**NOTE** The rainfall we received overnight is not enough to cancel the burn ban. The burn ban is still in effect for now.
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A moist cold front will linger over the area through the morning hours today with elevated rain chances in store before drier air filters in by this afternoon/evening. Dry and seasonable weather returns early next week. Cooler temperatures and increased rain chances are expected again by the middle of next week.
The recent rainfall has stopped the growth of the nearby fires and allowed firecrews to gain ground on containment of the Collett Riudge Fire from 15% to 18%. No other updated figures from other fires is available at the time of publication (probably due to it being both a holiday and a weekend), so the numbers in the map below are the ones that were current as of Friday afternoon/evening.
A map of the currently active (Friday, Nov 10th) fires follows the three day forecast in the Hazards section.
• Wayah Bald Fire - 0.1 acres and 100% contained (Macon County) caused by an RV Fire
• Collett Ridge Fire - 5.335 acres and 15% contained (Cherokee and Clay Counties)
• Mill Mountain Fire - 675 acres 0% contained (Oconee County)
• East Fork Fire - 310 acres and 95% contained (Jackson County)
• Flat Mountain Fire - 5 acres and 100% contained (Jackson County)
• Casino Fire - 5 acres and 100% contained (Cherokee County)
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Burn ban issued for 14 counties in Western North Carolina due to hazardous forest fire conditions Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a slight chance of rain between 7am and 9am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Monday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable windss. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the southeast. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of rain before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the east 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable windss. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the southeast. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of rain before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the east 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds. Tonight Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds. Monday Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Monday Night Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Light and variable winds. Tuesday Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards
TherThe Air Quality Alert for smoke from nearby wildires has ban canceled due to rain and a burn ban is now in effect due to dry conditions and low humidity. Anyone who was in Macon County seven years ago during the 2016 wildfires knows what can happen if people ignore the burn ban. [LINK TO BURN BAN INFO]
Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1219 AM EST Fri Nov 10 2023
Record Weather Events for November 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest Rainfall 3.03 inches in Highlands in 1935
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands in 1968
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of November Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 11-04-2003
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands on 11-25-1950
Greatest Rainfall 4.69 inches in Highlands on 11-29-1914
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands on 11-28-1922
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Hilda)
Record Weather Events for November 12th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 88°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1946
Lowest Temperature 3°F in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1949
Greatest Rainfall 7.72 inches in Lewiston, Bertie County in 2020
Greatest Snowfall 11.0 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1968
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of November Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 89°F in High Point, Guilford County on 11-04-1974
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County on 11-15-1969
Greatest Rainfall 9.70 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 11-19-2003
Greatest Snowfall 13.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 11-01-2014
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Macon Calendar
MidDay Music, Saturdays 11a to 1pm at The Frog
573 E Main St., Franklin, NC ; frog28734@gmail.com; littletennessee.org
November 18th—Robby Greenburg’s Halfback Showcase—Several very talented musicians that have made their mark across the nation and finally have settled into the beautiful mountains of Western NC.
Frog Quarters is normally open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
2023 Veterans Day Parade (Franklin, NC) | Macon Media (4K Video)
• Purple Heart veteran gifted free home in surprise Veterans Day gesture by local nonprofit [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Nov. 9 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Hog farm ruling from appeals court may complicate other permits, environmentalists warn [Raleigh News and Observer]
Global National: Nov. 11, 2023 | Israel revises casualty estimate to 1,200 in Hamas attack
ABC World News Tonight Full Broadcast - Nov. 10, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Nov. 10 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (November 11, 2023)
News Roundup
Moody's changes U.S. credit rating outlook from stable to negative | NBC News
• What Elon Musk’s ‘Age of Abundance’ Means for Future of Capitalism [Wall Street Journalism]
• House Republicans unveil their plan to avert a government shutdown next week [CNBC]
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On This Day
November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 49 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom.
1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.
1330 – Battle of Posada ends: Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army by ambush.
1439 – Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
1892 – Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
1893 – Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
1905 – Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
1912 – King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
1912 – The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• [Wikipedia: Terra Nova Expedition]
• [Race to the South Pole - Tragedy at the South Pole]
1918 – Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
1920 – Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
1928 – SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
1933 – Nazi Germany uses a referendum to ratify its withdrawal from the League of Nations.
1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
1940 – World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
1940 – World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.
1941 – World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to −12 °C (10 °F) as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
1941 – World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
1942 – World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
• [Wikipedia: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]
• [Guadalcanal Naval Campaign (Video Playlist)]
• [Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 2 (IJN 3(?) : 3 USN)]
• [The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 1942 - Animated]
• 1944 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.
1944 – World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.
1948 – In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Catechism]
• [Newsreel: 1944 RAF Bombers Sink Nazi Battleship Tirpitz]
• [The Legendary Raid Of Hitler's Unsinkable Ship | Sinking The Tirpitz | Timeline]
1954 – Ellis Island ceased operations.
1956 – Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
1956 – In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
1958 – A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
1961 – Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the ketch Bluebelle.
1969 – Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.
1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
• [KATU-TV (2020 Remastered Version)]
• [Florence Whale Explosion]
• [OPB: ‘It was like a blubber snowstorm’: Why Oregon blew up a whale in 1970]
• [Exploding Whale Memorial Park (Florence, Oregon)]
1970 – The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan, becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
1971 – Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, U.S. President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
1975 – The Comoros joins the United Nations.
1977 – France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.
1979 – Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
• [Voyager 1 Reaches Saturn - CBS Evening News - November 12, 1980]
• [NASA: Images Voyager Took of Saturn]
• [Voyager Encounter Highlights Tape (Some Parts Silent)]
1981 – Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a crewed spacecraft is launched into space twice.
1982 – USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.
1990 – Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
• [Tim Berners-Lee: How This Guy Invented the World Wide Web 30 Years Ago]
• [The original proposal of the WWW, HTMLized]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Tim Berners-Lee]
1991 – Santa Cruz massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
1995 – Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence is reached.
1996 – A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 in the deadliest mid-air collision to date.
1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
1999 – The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people are killed and almost 5,000 are injured.
2001 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
2001 – War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
2003 – Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the
2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record of 501 kilometres per hour (311 mph) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
2011 – Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.
2011 – A blast in Iran's Shahid Modarres missile base leads to the death of 17 of the Revolutionary Guards members, including Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.
2014 – The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
• [Wikipedia: Philae (spacecraft)]
• [The amazing adventures of Rosetta and Philae]
• [Philae's descent: The director's cut]
• [Inside a comet: Philae's final secret]
• [ESA Photo Archive]
2015 – Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.
2017 – The 7.3 Mw Kermanshah earthquake shakes the northern Iran–Iraq border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured.
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Published at 7:21am on Sunday, November 12, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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