**NOTE** The burn ban is still in effect for now.
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Low pressure moves slowly from the Gulf of Mexico across Florida through Friday, bringing continued cloud cover to our region. A cold front is expected to bring some rain to the mountains Friday night, with the rest of the area expected to remain mostly dry. Dry and cool high pressure controls our weather for the rest of the weekend and into Monday. A strong storm system is forecast to cross our region by the middle of next week, bringing better chances for beneficial rainfall.
The Macon County Board of Commissioners November 2023 Regular Meeting [LINK].
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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 Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph.
Tonight
A chance of rain before 8pm, then showers likely, mainly between 8pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph in the morning decreasing to light and variable in the afternoon.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain before 8pm, then showers likely, mainly between 8pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A chance of rain before 8pm, then showers likely, mainly between 8pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of rain before 8pm, then showers likely, mainly between 8pm and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today. There will be increased rain chances between 1pm this afternoon and 7am Saturday morning. Rainfall totals are expected to be between a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch or so.
There is another chance of rain on Monday, but a period of high wind will precede or accompany it, so any outdoor fires during this time will be very dangerous and apt to spread fast.
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On This Day
November 17th is the 321st day of the year (322nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 44 days remain until the end of the year.
This day marks the approximate midpoint of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and of spring in the Southern Hemisphere (starting the season at the September equinox).
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)
887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt. His nephew Arnulf of Carinthia is elected as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Charles the Fat]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Arnulf of Carinthia]
• [Wikipedia: Holy Roman Empire]
1183 – Genpei War: The Battle of Mizushima takes place off the Japanese coast, where Minamoto no Yoshinaka's invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the Taira clan.
1292 – John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.He killed the tren
1405 – Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.
1511 – Henry VIII of England concludes the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon.
1558 – Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
1603 – English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1777 – Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
• [Wikipedia: 6th United States Congress]
• [6th Congress Profile]
• [LINKTEXT]
1810 – Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
1811 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
1837 – An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
1856 – American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
1858 – Modified Julian Day zero.
1858 – The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.
1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
1869 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
1878 – First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
1885 – Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
1894 – H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
1896 – The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
1903 – The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
1939 – Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
• [Wikipedia: International Students' Day]
1940 – The Tartu Art Museum was established in Tartu, Estonia.
1947 – The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
1950 – Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
1950 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
1953 – The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
1957 – Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
1968 – British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
1969 – Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
1970 – Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
1973 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
1983 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
1986 – The flight crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 are involved in a UFO sighting incident while flying over Alaska.
1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
1990 – Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
1993 – United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
• [Wikipedia: North American Free Trade Agreement]
• [Roll Call Vote 103rd Congress - 1st Session]
• [Summary: H.R.3450 — 103rd Congress (1993-1994)]
1993 – In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
2000 – A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
2000 – Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
2003 – Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s tenure as the governor of California began.
2012 – At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
2013 – Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
2013 – A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
2019 – The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
• [COVID-19]
• [PLOS: Dating first cases of COVID-19]
• [Live Science: 1st known case of coronavirus traced back to November in China]
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, November 17, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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