Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier air moves in from the west today and tonight. An upper level low pressure brings colder weather late today night with snow possible across the mountains from Thursday night through Friday night. A low pressure system could affect our region early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the southwest.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs near 40.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after 8am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Thursday Night
A slight chance of snow showers between 9pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs near 40.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly 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
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 7pm, then a slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of snow showers before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.
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Hazards
Dense fog is possible in the morning hours.
On This Day
December 27th is the 361st day of the year (362nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; four 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)
537 – The construction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is completed.
1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
1521 – The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg, disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse.
• [Wikipedia: Zwickau prophets]
• [Wikipedia: Radical Reformation]
• [CHURCH HISTORY | Class #59: Zwickau Prophets and Luther's Sacralism]
1655 – Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
1657 – The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.
1703 – Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
1814 – War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
• [Wikipedia: USS Carolina (1812)]
• [A Discussion on the USS Carolina and Crew]
• [Wikipedia: War of 1812]
1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.
1836 – The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.
1845 – Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
1845 – Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the USA had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny".
• [Wikipedia: Manifest destiny]
• [VIDEO: Manifest Destiny Explained]
• [HistoryPod]
• [Wikipedia Bio: John L. O'Sullivan]
1911 – "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1918 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine occupies Yekaterinoslav and seizes 7 airplanes from the UPRAF, establishing an Insurgent Air Fleet.
1922 – Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
1927 – Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
1929 – Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".
1932 – Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.
1935 – Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
1939 – The 7.8 Mw Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.
1939 – Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kelja]
• [Wikipedia: Winter War]
• [Winter War - Soviet Finnish 1939-1940 War - FULL 3d DOCUMENTARY]
1945 – The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
1949 – Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
1966 – The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
• [Apollo 8 Splashdown - Jim Lovell]
• [CBS News - Apollo 8 - recovery - 1 of 2]
• [CBS News - Apollo 8 - recovery - 2 of 2]
• [Apollo 8 - Splashdown (Full Mission 42)]
1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.
1983 – Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.
1985 – Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.
1989 – The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.
1996 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
1997 – Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
2002 – Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
2007 – Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.
2007 – Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
2008 – Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.
• [Operation cast Lead]
• [The beginning of the ground offensive - Operation Cast Lead]
• [Wikipedia: Gaza War (2008–2009)]
2009 – Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.
2019 – Bek Air Flight 2100 crashes during takeoff from Almaty International Airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan, killing 13.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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