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Thursday, November 30, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Thursday, November 30, 2023





Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

High pressure will linger over the region leading to continued dry weather through tonight. Moisture will return from the west beginning early Friday, with off and on rain chances through the weekend as low pressure systems move across the Eastern states. Drier conditions will return early next week as high pressure builds into the region.



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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Friday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 30s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday

Showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night

Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.

Saturday

Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 70%.

Saturday Night

Showers. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 80%.


`Highlands Plateau

Today

Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday

Showers, mainly after 7am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.

Saturday

Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.

Saturday Night

Showers. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 80%.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday

Showers, mainly after 7am. Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 11pm. Cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Saturday

Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 70%.

Saturday Night

Showers. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 80%.


Nantahala Area

Today

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.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Increasing clouds, with lows in the upper 30s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph by midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday

Showers. Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Saturday

Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Highs near 60. Chance of rain is 80%.

Saturday Night

Showers. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.


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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 30th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)

Highest Temperature 73°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1970
Lowest Temperature 7°F in Franklin in 1959
Greatest Rainfall 1.63 inches in Highlands in 2020
Greatest Snowfall 0.5 inches in Franklin in 1876

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 30th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 83°F in Longwood, Brunswick County in 1985
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1955
Greatest Rainfall 4.89 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1934
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery 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---

NC Lottery Approving Applications for Sports Betting Licenses | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)



• Why NC's most powerful Republican is endorsing a candidate for governor, but not president [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• After NC substation attack, lawmaker ‘not sure the FBI is taking this very seriously’ [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• State Board of Elections invites public input on new rules regarding election observers [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• On the Edge: Is child care headed off a cliff in Western North Carolina? [BPR]

---NATIONAL---

Henry Kissinger, statesman and scholar, dies at 100 | Washington Post



Jimmy Carter, Biden, Former First Ladies Attend Rosalynn Carter's Funeral In Atlanta, Georgia | Forbes Breaking News



• Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state who shaped decades of U.S. policy, dies at 100 [NBC News]

• Henry Kissinger, Colossus on the World Stage [Foreign Policy]

• US lost more than two local newspapers a week this year, new Medill report finds [Poynter]

• Trump legal news brief: Trump’s lawyers say he did not take an oath ‘to support the Constitution’ [Yahoo News]

• Justices skeptical that double jeopardy clause allows retrial based on inconsistent verdict of acquittal [SCOTUSblog]

International News Headlines

The rise of Xi Jinping, explained | Vox



Putin's advances in the Arctic | DW Documentary





• US says it foiled alleged plot to assassinate Sikh activist in New York [BBC News]

• Why Can’t Mexico Stop the Killing of Journalists? [Columbia Journalism Review]

• Five journalists were shot in one day in Mexico, officials confirm [AP News]



Washington Today (11-28-23): Fmr First Lady Rosalynn Carter remembered for 'unshakeable strength" | C-SPAN Radio



Advancing Digital Transformation and Digital Public Infrastructure: The Role of the Private Sector | Center for Strategic & International Studies



Global National: Nov. 29, 2023 | US alleges plot to kill Sikh activist in NY tied to BC murder



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Nov. 29, 2023


Nightly News Full Broadcast - Nov. 29 | NBC News


PBS NewsHour full episode, (November 29, 2023)



---COVID--- 



• XBB.1.5 monovalent mRNA vaccine booster elicits robust neutralizing antibodies against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants [bioRxiv]

• Financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccines in a rural low-resource setting: a cluster-randomized trial [naure medicine]

• Why You Are More Likely to Get Sick This Winter, in Charts [Wall Street Journal]

• TWiV 1062: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 1063: Childhood paralysis with Kevin Messacar [Microbe TV]

Science and Technology 




• 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]

The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What? | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell



New Species of Desert-Running Dinosaur Discovered | 7 Days of Science | Ben G Thomas



• Elon Musk claims advertisers are trying to ‘blackmail’ him, says ‘Go f--- yourself’ [CNBC]

• A new kind of solar cell is coming: is it the future of green energy? [nature]

• Weather experts in Midwest say climate change reporting brings burnout and threats [NPR]

• 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



What is Microsoft Syncing? - DTNS 4654 | Daily Tech News Show



Can We Colonize Alpha Centauri with Current Technology? | John Michael Godier





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






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On This Day

November 30th is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 31 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)



977 – Emperor Otto II lifts the siege at Paris and withdraws. His rearguard is defeated while crossing the Aisne River by Frankish forces under King Lothair III.

1707 – The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.

1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.

1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).

1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines.

1803 – In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to an official from the French First Republic. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.

1804 – The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.

1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, five years to the day from the ground breaking.

1853 – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.

1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.

1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.

1883 – The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom).

1900 – A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for autos.

1916 – Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.

1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

1939 – World War II: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the Winter War.

1940 – World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands

1942 – World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

1947 – Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

1953 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

1966 – Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1967 – South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.

1967 – Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.

1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.

1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.

1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)

1982 – Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history.

1994 – MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.

1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men".

1999 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.

1999 – In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.

1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.

2000 – NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.

2001 – Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders. He was eventually convicted of a total of 49 murders.

2004 – Lion Air Flight 583 overshoots the runway while landing at Adisumarmo International Airport and crashes, killing 25 people.

2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.

2012 – An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.

2018 – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 15 miles from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths.

2021 – Barbados becomes a republic.


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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, November 30, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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