Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Mild and dry high pressure today gives way to a colder air mass and the potential for light mountain snow Friday and Saturday. end of the week. A weak low pressure system could affect the region Monday, with another one for Wednesday.
---BEGIN SPONSOR SEGMENT---
Weather Sponsor
Adams Products, a Division of Oldcastle is underwriting the daily weather briefing & public safety updates for the month.
Open 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, M-F, located at 895 Hickory Knoll Road, Franklin, NC. Visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Adams.Oldcastle.Franklin.NC
All your masonry needs are available. Our phone number is 828.524.8545, the public is welcome, we'll help you with your next project.
---END SPONSOR SEGMENT------
Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Friday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 50. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Back to Top
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Back to Top
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
• How long do North Carolinians live? Not as long as they used to. [Asheville Citizen Times]
• Tricia Cotham, tornadoes and gender transitions: PolitiFact's top NC fact-checks of 2023 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Congress passed only 31 laws in 2023; just one came from a North Carolina lawmaker [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 2023 A Look Back: Homer Simpson Award [Smoky Mountain News]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education December 2023 Meeting at Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
U.S. Shoots Down Another 17 Houthi Drones And Missiles Over Red Sea, Military Says | Forbes Breaking News
Colorado Supreme Court facing threats after Trump's ballot removal | Scripps News
• Tides have changed: Housing market experts split on whether the ‘silver tsunami’ of baby boomer downsizing will begin in 2024 [Fortune Magazine]
• First Amendment claim struck down in Project Veritas case focused on diary of Biden’s daughter [AP News]
• New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI, Alleging Copyright Infringement [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work [New York Times]
• Prosecutors urge clampdown on ‘irrelevant and prejudicial’ evidence in election subversion case [Courthouse News Service]
• When do legal observers at protests get First Amendment protection? [SCOTUSblog]
International News Headlines
Transnistria: The Strangest Place on Earth | Places
How the collapse of the USSR set Putin on the path to destruction | Peter Zeihan and Michael Binyon | Times Radio
• Antony Blinken leads officials to Mexico as US seeks to stem migration [BBC News]
• DR Congo police fire tear gas at banned election protest [Africa News]
• Argentina: Protesters march against Milei's economic reforms [DW News]
• North Korean leader Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations [France 24]
• Xi vows to resolutely stop anyone from 'making Taiwan secede from China' [Taiwan News]
• Indian Navy presses 5 destroyers for securing Arabian Sea; full details of ships [Hindustan Times]
Why the World's Tallest Tree is Kept Hidden | Aidin Robbins
Failure at the Fence (full documentary) | FRONTLINE + @WashingtonPost
Washington Today (12-27-23): Michigan Supreme Court keeps Donald Trump on GOP primary ballot | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Dec. 27, 2023 | Palestinian Authority leader condemns Israel's operation in Gaza
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - December 27, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Dec 27 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (December 27, 2023)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from December 22 to 29: A Christmastime Cold Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 22 – 31 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show December 27 2023: Letters to Peccy | Level1 Techs
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Linux Workstations | No Boilerplate
Scientists Are Bringing Back Extinct Species. But Is This A Good Thing? | Joe Scott
• War of the workstations: How the lowest bidders shaped today's tech landscape [The Register]
• Humanoid robots are now doing work of humans in Spanx warehouse [Fox News]
• Social media platforms generate billions in annual ad revenue from US youth [Eureka Alert: American Association for the Advancement of Science]
• A Decade of Tweets: Visualizing Racial Sentiments Towards Minoritized Groups in the United States Between 2011 and 2021 [Epidemiology]
New Species of Tiny Plesiosaur Discovered | 7 Days of Science
• Five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs discovered in south-east Asia [The Guardian (UK)]
• India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications [Washington Post]
• Flying taxi services could begin appearing as early as 2024 [TechSpot]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
The Incredible Story of Sending Man to the Moon (A Deep Dive) | Megaprojects
Promoting Linux: An End-User Manifesto | Explaining Computers
The Man Who Haunts Science | Vsauce2
Linux Saloon 95 | Applications in Review 2023
10 Interesting Observations of the James Webb Space Telescope For 2023 | John Michael Godier
Exciting Discoveries About Dwarf Planets Eris/Pluto/Charon/Orcus and Their Unusual Moons | Antov Petrov
---COVID News Roundup---
Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 12/27/23 8 pm eastern | Microbe TV
A group of people who've lost loved ones to COVID-19 are finding strength in each other | WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
• In search of a pan-coronavirus vaccine: next-generation vaccine design and immune mechanisms [nature: Cellular and Molecular Immunology]
• General and orofacial symptoms associated with acute and long COVID in 80- and 90-year-old Swedish COVID-19 survivors [National Library of Science]
• Olfactory immune response to SARS-CoV-2 [nature: Cellular and Molecular Immunology]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
Large explosion in Crimea as Ukrainian airstrike hits Russian warship | Guadian News
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20231225b): Military Aid & Geopolitical News, TVP Analysis | ATP GGeopolitics
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 27, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 672: Ukraine strikes back against Russia on land, sea, cyber fronts [Euromaidan Press]
• Ukraine war: Does attack on Russian ship make a difference? [BBC News]
On This Day
December 28th is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; three 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)
418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I.
457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor.
484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).
893 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
1065 – Edward the Confessor's Romanesque monastic church at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.
1659 – The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.
1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).
1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.
1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.
1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1879 – Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
1885 – Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
1902 – The Syracuse Athletic Club defeat the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
1908 – The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
1918 – Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, becomes the first woman to be elected Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons.
1941 – World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.
1943 – Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.
1943 – World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Miami.
1956 – Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
1967 – American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
1972 – The last scheduled day for induction into the military by the Selective Service System. Due to the fact that President Richard Nixon declared this day a national day of mourning due to former President Harry S Truman's death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed.[4] Since the draft was not resumed in 1973, they were never drafted.
1973 – The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
2006 – War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
2009 – Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
2014 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.
2014 – Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.
Back to Top
Back to Top
Support Macon Media
If you receive value from what Macon Media provides to the community, please consider becoming a supporter and contribute at least a dollar a month. Those who support Macon Media with at least a dollar a month receive early access to video of some events and meetings before they are made public on the website. Videos and news involving public safety are not subject to early access.
Or, if you prefer Pay Pal, try PayPal.me/MaconMedia
Published at 5:00am on Thursday, December 28, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
Posts
0 comments :
Post a Comment