Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will continue the remainder of the week, leading to warmer temperatures through the early weekend. Rain will begin Saturday night and Sunday as a cold front crosses our region from the west. Thunderstorm appear likely on Sunday, then the rain may change over to light snow in the North Carolina Mountains Sunday night as the precipitation ends.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around freezing. Calm winds.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. WInds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60.
Saturday Night
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11pm. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 90%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50.
Saturday Night
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain is 100%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around freezing. Calm winds.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60.
Saturday Night
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11pm. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 100%.
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
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. WInds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Saturday Night
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11pm. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 100%.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight for most areas of Macon County. Locations that received snow will need to take extra precautions when on the roadway this morning due to black ice. Avoid driving during freezing temperatures, if possible.
Record Weather Events for December 7th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 74°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1998
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in 1937
Greatest Rainfall 3.98 inches in Highlands in 1909
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands in 1900
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of December Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on 12-31-1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on 12-30-1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.25 inches in Highlands on 12-28-2018
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on 12-21-1876
Record Weather Events for December 7th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 86°F in Washington, Beaufort County in 1906
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1977
Greatest Rainfall 5.45 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1950
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1959
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of December Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F in Edenton, Chowan County on 12-03-1922
Lowest Temperature -21°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 12-30-1917
Greatest Rainfall 7.80 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 12-29-2018
Greatest Snowfall 25.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 12-09-2017
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News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
Macon County Public Library Board (Dec 2023) | Macon Media
• Mission Health hosts free public events on Medicaid expansion [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Macon school board opposes partisan elections [Smoky Mountain News]
• Cold weather calls for extra care for homeless [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Robinson 'vengeance' remarks stir controversy within NC GOP [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• ‘The dean’ of NC House Democrats won’t run again. Here’s who he wants to replace him. [Raleigh News and Observer]
U.S. Senate Republicans block Ukraine, Israel aid bill over border dispute | ANC
Washington Today (12-6-23): Senate GOP blocks Ukraine aid, saying more U.S. border security needed | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Dec. 6, 2023 | Senior Iranian official found to be living in Toronto
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - December 6, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Dec 06 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (December 06, 2023)
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On This Day
December 7th is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 24 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)
43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius.
574 – Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him as Caesar.
1703 – The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
1724 – Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
1776 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1837 – The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
1842 – First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
1904 – Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1922 – The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
1930 – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television advertisement in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show.
1932 – German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1936 – Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
1942 – World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
1962 – Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
1963 – Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1965 – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
1971 – The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
1971 – Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
1972 – Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
1982 – In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
1982 – The Senior Road Tower collapses in less than 17 seconds. Five workers on the tower are killed and three workers on a building nearby are injured.
1983 – An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.
1988 – The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.
1993 – Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
1995 – The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
1995 – Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.
1995 – An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20.
2003 – The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
2015 – The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
2016 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, December 07, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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