Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and chilly high pressure will be overhead today leading to clear skies and lighter winds. High pressure will linger over the region through Thursday night leading to continued dry weather. Moisture will return from the west on Friday with unsettled weather occurring at times through the weekend as waves of low pressure track across the Southeast.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Light winds out of the the southeast.
Friday
Rain, mainly before 3pm. highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
A chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of showers after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Chance of rain is 50%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the west early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm around noon.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. South wind 3 to 7 mph.
Friday
Rain, mainly before 4pm. highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
A chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of showers after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 20s. Light winds out of the north.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Friday
Rain, mainly before 4pm. highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
A chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of showers after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Friday
Rain, mainly before 3pm. highs near 50. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
A chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of showers after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Chance of rain is 40%.
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Hazards
Most of the county will not experience hazardous weather conditions today, however, elevations above 3500 may experience wind chills in the single digits this morning.
Record Weather Events for November 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 74°F in Franklin in 1970
Lowest Temperature 5°F in Highlands in 1922
Greatest Rainfall 4.69 inches in Highlands in 1914
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Highlands in 1963
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 29th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1985
Lowest Temperature -5°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1955
Greatest Rainfall 7.50 inches in Henderson, Vance County in 1934
Greatest Snowfall 5.0 inches in Marshall, Madison County in 1903 />
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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News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Retired Air Force colonel rescues cats stuck in trees | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch and other WNC leaders win NC Dogwood Awards from AG Josh Stein. [Asheville Citizen Times]
• NC wanted to share information on drug pricing. Here’s how it got shot down. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Rep. Caleb Rudow announces run for NC District 11 seat [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Gov. Roy Cooper, facing end of term, ups his profile as Biden surrogate [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
---NATIONAL---
Biden speaks on efforts to improve supply chains and lower inflation | PBS NewsHour
Memorial service for Rosalynn Carter, with Jimmy Carter and Bidens expected | PBS NewsHour
• Rosalynn Carter funeral: Jimmy Carter and all 5 living first ladies attend service [Yahoo News]
• Cardinals LB Jesse Luketa got a flat tire before Sunday’s game — a family was there to help [The Athletic]
• Just 2 House members did not vote in favor of a resolution affirming Israel's right to exist [Business Insider (via Yahoo News)]
• Nikki Haley bags Koch endorsement in bid to replace Donald Trump [BBC News]
• With Fed likely done hiking rates, Waller flags pivot ahead [Reuters]
International News Headlines
Common virus surge in China linked to COVID lockdown | Vargas Report | News Nation
Iranian Drone Spies on US Navy Transiting Strait of Hormuz | Funker530
• Net zero by 2050: 9 charts showing the world's progress [DW News]
• Mali opens terror probe into jihadists and separatists [France 24]
• ECOWAS ready “to deploy elements” in Sierra Leone “if need be” [Africa News]
• UN warns that gang violence is overwhelming Haiti’s once peaceful central region [AP News]
• (video) Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: How the 17-day India rescue unfolded [BBC News]
• First morning outside Uttarkashi tunnel, here's what 41 workers did after 17 days [Hindustan Times]
• S. Korea mulling restoring disarmed guard post on eastern front: sources [Yonhap News Agency]
Washington Today (11-28-23): Fmr First Lady Rosalynn Carter remembered for 'unshakeable strength" | C-SPAN Radio
Divisions over Israel and Ukraine aid, Nikki Haley scores Koch endorsement, more | America Decides | CBS News
GGlobal National: Nov. 28, 2023 | 12 more hostages released as Gaza fighting pause holds
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Nov. 28, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Nov. 28 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (November 28, 2023)
---COVID--- Long COVID: All you need to know | Sabine Hossenfelder
• New CDC life expectancy data shows painfully slow rebound from covid [Washington Post]
• WHO authorizes emergency use of Novavax's updated COVID shot [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
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• Vaccination, immunity, and the changing impact of COVID-19 on infant health [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]
• SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody treatment followed by vaccination shifts human memory B cell epitope recognition suggesting antibody feedback [bioRxiv]
• Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization in individuals with natural, vaccine-induced and hybrid immunity: a retrospective population-based cohort study from Estonia [nature: scientifics report]
• TWiV 1062: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1063: Childhood paralysis with Kevin Messacar [Microbe TV]
Science and Technology SpaceX Starlink 124 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 November 2023 | SciNews
• The Sky This Week from November 24 to December 1: Celebrate November’s Full Beaver Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 24 - December 03 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Altman's Whiplash Weekend | TWiT TV
You Can't Escape Worms | Compilation | Journey to the Microcosmos
The Last of Starship V1 | Starbase Update | NASA Spaceflight
• Electric Cars and Driving Range: Here’s What to Know [Wall Street Journal]
• Remote work, reduced pay: are we willing to make a trade? [Eureka Alerts (American Association for the Advancement of Sciene)]
• Elon Musk Endorses Debunked ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theory—And Deletes Post [Forbes Magazine]
• The Washington Post Will Pause Its Advertising on X [Washingtonian]
• Researchers discover new classes of RNA for learning and memory [University of Queensland (Australia)]
• Meta Joins Google In Turning Its Back On The Open Web, And Embracing Unconstitutional Mandates That Pretend To ‘Protect The Children’ [techdirt]
---SCIENCE VIDEOS--- The Level1 Show November 29 2023: I Will Not Follow The Board's Plan, Sam-I-Am | Level1 Techs
Will My Hand Be Stolen? - DTNS 4653 | Daily Tech News Show
Turning A Semi-Boring Genre Of Tech Into Magic - Android Faithful #21 | Daily Tech News Show
Coder 546: A Very Tidy Excuse | Jupiter Broadcasting
Czechoslovak Legion - One of the Best Stories Ever Told | Kings and Generals
SpaceX Preparing Starship Version 2! Ship 25 Explodes, Raptor 3 Around the Corner, & Ariane VI Tests | Matt Lowne
SpaceX Starship Booster 9 Tank Slosh simulation | TheSpaceEngineer
How do magnets work? | Fermilab
This Simple Question Changed Gravity Forever | The Science Asylum
The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill (Free with Ads) | YouTube Movies & TV
Moon rush: the launch of a lunar economy | FT Film
The Coming Psychological Black Death | WhatIfAltHist
Special Section: The Hamas-Israel War of 2023
• Iran Updates (Refocused on the Israel-Hamas War), November 28, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
• Liveblog: PM receives list of hostages to be released Wednesday [Jerusalem Post]
• Liveblog: Israel-Hamas war live: Palestinians hope for another Gaza truce extension [Al Jazeera]
Israel’s Ground Assault to Cease-Fire | Task and Purpose
🔴 (discretion) Ceasefire in Gaza, Russia Gains Ground | Combat Footage Show
Israel, Hamas Extend Gaza Truce | Bloomberg Television
Houthis fire ballistic missiles toward US warship | Fox News
• Germany records over 300% increase in antisemitic incidents [DW News]
• How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October [BBC News]
• New revelations on Oct. 7 failures show incorrect assessments, officials left out of the loop [YNET News]
• Israel-Hamas War Day 54 | Israel Receives List of Hostages to Be Released From Hamas Captivity Wednesday as Gaza Cease-fire Talks Resume [Haaretz]
• US sending planes with Gaza aid, says Israel should limit civilian displacement [Al Arabiya News]
• Israel must face international court – Erdogan [Russia Today]
ukraine **note** Al Jazeera appears to have abandoned their daily liveblog on this war. --Bobby
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 639 [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 643: Ukrainian society shows high level of unity despite ongoing Russian aggression [Euromaidan Press]
Russia extends Wall Street Journal reporter's detention | Fox News
20 Days in Mariupol (full documentary) | FRONTLINE and The Associated Press
Video shows fierce trench warfare in Ukraine | CNN
How Ukraine and Russia Are Both Adapting To Ukraine's Offensive | The Military Show
• Ukraine live updates: Kyiv urges support to protect grain exports[DW News]
• Ukraine fighting is deadlocked, spy chief Kyrylo Budanov tells BBC [BBC News]
• Ukraine's Avdiivka empties in face of Russian assaults [France 24]
• NATO chief urges allies to ‘stay the course’ in supporting Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
Pro-Russian News Sources
NATO Was For The Purpose Of Waging War Against Russia | Douglas Macgregor Straight Calls
• US trying to organize coup in Russia – Moscow [Russia Today]
• Putin: The West wants to dismember and plunder Russia [Pravda]
• NATO aims to contain Russia, sacrifices Ukraine’s people — Kremlin spokesman [TASS]
----------UKRAINE VIDEOS------------ 🔴 (discretion) Ceasefire in Gaza, Russia Gains Ground | Combat Footage Show
Ukraine Conflict (20231128): Full Frontline Update | ATP Geopolitics
Day 641: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine military spy chief’s wife poisoned with heavy metals: officials | New York Post
This Ukrainian Town Could Become the Next Bakhmut | WSJ
Russia's Black Sea Fleet forced back by biggest Crimea storm in 100 years | The Telegraph
Fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka | ITV News
Ukraine's army bolsters defences to repel Russian forces amid increasing attacks | Times Radio
Volunteers from Brazil fighting for a free Ukraine | Military Mind | TVP World
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On This Day
November 29th is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 32 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)
561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.
903 – The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.
1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
1549 – The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.
1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
1732 – The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
1807 – Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil: John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 – Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.
1864 – American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
1872 – American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
1899 – FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
1902 – The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
1943 – World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
1944 – World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
1947 – Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
1947 – First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
1963 – "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 – Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
1986 – The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
1987 – North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.
2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
2009 – Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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