**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 cold front will bring light rain to the mountains tonight, with the rest of the area remaining 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 on Tuesday, bringing better chances for beneficial rainfall. Dry high pressure builds in for Thanksgiving Day.
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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 Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
A slight chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of rain after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph by midmorning.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the east around 5 mph.
Monday
A slight chance of rain before noon, then a slight chance of showers between noon and 3pm, then a chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
A slight chance of rain before 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Monday
A slight chance of rain before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
A chance of rain before 7pm, then showers likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
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 18th is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 43 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)
326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.
401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
1105 – Maginulfo is elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV.
1180 – Phillip II becomes king of France.
1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV.
1282 – Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon.
1302 – Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy.
1421 – A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. This event will be known as St Elizabeth's flood.
1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
1494 – French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.
1601 – Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria during the Siege of Nagykanizsa.
1626 – The new St Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
1730 – The future Frederick the Great of Prussia is granted a pardon by his father and is released from confinement.
1760 – The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.
1803 – The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
1809 – In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".
1863 – King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
1872 – Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
1901 – Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
1903 – The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
1909 – Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
1910 – In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday.
1916 – World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
1918 – Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
1929 – Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
1940 – World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
1943 – World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
1944 – The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
1947 – The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
1949 – The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.
1970 – U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
1971 – Oman declares its independence from United Kingdom.
1978 – The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.
1978 – In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
1987 – King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
1988 – War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
1991 – Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
1991 – After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
1993 – In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
1993 – In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
1996 – A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
1999 – At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
2003 – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
2012 – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
2013 – NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
2020 – The Utah monolith, built sometime in 2016 is discovered by state biologists of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, November 18, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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