Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry conditions return for the weekend with another cold front moving through the area on Sunday. A low pressure system could develop in the northern Gulf of Mexico early next week, bringing potential precipitation Monday into Tuesday. Very cold air settles into the area by mid-week.
WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
Macon County is under a winter weather advisory until 7am tomorrow (Tuesday) for potential snow and sleet. Most of the county will see little accumulation, but higher elevations could see several inches. A mass of very cold air will arrive Tuesday night and overnight temperatures will plummet into the single digitis and wind chills be be below zero for much of the day on Wednesday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
M.L.King Day
A chance of snow before 10am, then rain likely. Cloudy, with highs in the lower 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight
A chance of rain and sleet before 1am, then a chance of rain between 1am and 5am, then a chance of rain or freezing rain after 5am. Patchy fog before 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.
Tuesday
A slight chance of freezing rain before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 6. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens.
Highlands Plateau
M.L.King Day
A chance of snow before 9am, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of rain. Patchy fog between 1am and 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a steady temperature in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain or freezing rain before 7am, then a slight chance of freezing rain between 7am and 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near feezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 10. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near feezing.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Otto and South Central Macon County
M.L.King Day
A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before 5am. Patchy fog between 8pm and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph before midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain or freezing rain before 7am, then a slight chance of freezing rain between 7am and 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper single digits8. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 30s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Nantahala Area
M.L.King Day
Rain and snow likely before 1pm, then rain likely between 1pm and 2pm, then rain and snow likely after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am, then patchy fog after 4pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s. WInds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight
Rain and snow likely before 3am, then a chance of rain or freezing rain between 3am and 4am, then a chance of freezing rain after 4am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. WInds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tuesday
A chance of freezing rain, mainly before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 6. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near feezing.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens.
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Hazards
A winter weather advisory will be in effect until 7am tomorrow (Tuesday).
Very cold air will arrive tomorrow night. Windy conditions and single digit low temperatures early Wednesday morning may produce bitter wind chill values of 5 to 15 degrees below zero.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
319 AM EST Mon Jan 15 2024
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Snow. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches, with a few of the highest ridges seeing 4 to 8 inches. Spotty freezing rain at times could produce a light glaze of ice as well.
* WHERE...Macon, Northern Jackson, Haywood, Madison, Yancey, and Mitchell Counties in western North Carolina.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning and evening commutes.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Very cold temperatures and light snow showers or light freezing drizzle could linger through Tuesday morning. Additional statements may be needed to address ongoing slippery road conditions as confidence increases.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Winter Weather Advisory means that periods of snow, sleet, or freezing rain will cause travel difficulties. Be prepared for slippery roads and limited visibilities, and use caution while driving.
Please report snow and ice accumulations by calling the National Weather Service toll free at...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. Leave a message with your observation and the specific location where it occurred. You can also post your report to National Weather Service Greenville Spartanburg Facebook or tweet your report using hashtag nwsgsp.
Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or your favorite source of weather information for the latest updates. Additional details can be found at www.weather.gov/gsp. The latest state road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
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Record Weather Events for January 15th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 75°F in Highlands in 1932
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Highlands in 1893
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.04 inches in Highlands in 2013
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands in 1893
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 5.10 inches in Highlands on 01-12-2018
Greatest Snowfall 10.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-08-1988
Record Weather Events for January 15th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Salisbury, Rowan County in 1937
Lowest Temperature -14°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1994
Greatest Rainfall 6.40 inches in Sparta, Alleghany County in 1995
Greatest Snowfall 11.4 inches in Waynesville, Haywood County in 1966
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 86°F in Marion, Mcdowell County on 01-24-1927
Lowest Temperature -34°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 9.18 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 01-13-2018
Greatest Snowfall 28.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-28-1998
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
January Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
This is a reminder that Frog Quarters remains closed throughout this week, but we will reopen with our regular schedule (Wed thru Sat, 9a to 2p) beginning next week on January 3rd........Meaning Live MidDay Music will resume on Saturdays from 11a to 1p.
1/20/24—Melody Lowery—A talented singer/songwriter who’s quite the musician whether playing her favorite guitar or demonstrating her many years of schooling on the keyboard. She’s known around town for her original, Frogtown Girl—a Franklin, NC ballad.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
• Mission Hospital at risk of losing Medicare funding due to Emergency Department failures [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Leading the way: Cherokee to receive 15 more electric school buses [Cherokee One Feather]
• The Wrap: HOAs, gerrymandering and the campaign trail [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Motorists, first responders adjust as $275,000 repairs start on U.S. 64 in Cullasaja Gorge [WLOS-TV 9Asheville, NC)]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | January 2024 Regular Meeting | [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (January 2024 Regular Meeting) [Macon Media]
• 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---
What is an Iowa caucus? | CBS News
What Iowa Republican voters are thinking on frigid eve of 2024 caucuses | PBS NewsHour
• Ban on guns in post offices is unconstitutional, US judge rules [Irish Independent]
• The Supreme Court will decide whether local anti-homeless laws are ‘cruel and unusual’ [AP News]
• Winter Storms and Dangerous Cold Bring Weather Warnings Across U.S. [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• State trooper plunges into icy Vermont pond to save 8-year-old girl [AP News]
• We’re In a Major COVID-19 Surge. It’s Our New Normal [Time Magazine]
• How Charlie Kirk Plans to Discredit Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Act [Wired Magazine]
• Judge orders Trump to pay nearly $400,000 for New York Times' legal fees [CBS News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- Brooks and Capehart on Iowa expectations and Biden campaign concerns | PBS NewsHour
• Rand Paul Launches ‘Never Nikki’ Initiative, Slams Haley for Supporting ‘Forever Wars’ [National Review]
• Trump campaign tries to stave off Iowa turnout drop from brutal winter weather [Politico]
• Final sprint to the Iowa caucuses [CNN]
• Oregon Supreme Court won’t remove Trump from ballot for now, says it’s waiting on SCOTUS [CNN]
International News Headlines
What is stopping Guatemala's president-elect from taking office? | DW News
Iceland volcano - emergency declared as lava sets town on fire | BBC News
• N.Korea says it tested solid-fuel ballistic missile with hypersonic weapon [France 24]
• Taiwan People’s Party reshuffles political landscape [Taiwan News]
• Comoros: Polls open as President Assoumani seeks fourth term [Africa News]
• Ecuador violence affects whole world, president tells BBC [BBC News]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 14, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War: Three Gaza hostages show sign of life in Hamas video, Hamas says on day 100 [Jerusalem Post]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Jan. 14 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Manchin, Kirby, Sununu | Face the Nation
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 1/12/24
Washington Today (1-12-24): Pres. Biden says Houthi strikes 'delivered a message to Iran' | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 14, 2023 | Israel-Hamas conflict reaches 100 days
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 14 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Jan. 14, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 14 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 14, 2024)
---OTHER VIDEO NEWS---
New Rockets, New Tech, and New Glenn | This Week In Spaceflight | NASA Spaceflight
NASA’s X-59 Quesst supersonic aircraft revealed in California | Video From Space
Best of CES 2024 | The Verge
🔴 (viewer discretion advised) US and UK Strike Houthi's in Yemen | Combat Footage Show
News from the Press Site: A roundup of the week's space news | Spaceflight Now
TWiV 1078: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
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On This Day
January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 350 days remain until the end of the year (351 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
AD 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
1541 РKing Francis I of France gives Jean-Fran̤ois Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London.
1582 – Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1759 – The British Museum opens to the public.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
1782 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
1815 – War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
1818 – A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
1822 – Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
1865 – American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
1867 – Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
1876 – The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
1908 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 99 m (325 ft).
1911 – Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent communists in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
1919 – Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
1934 – The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republicans both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
1943 – World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
1943 – The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington County, Virginia.
1947 – The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist government.
1962 – The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
1962 – Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
1966 РThe First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'̩tat.
1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
1969 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
1970 – Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
1970 – Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
1973 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
1975 – The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
1976 – Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
1977 – Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashes in Kälvesta near Stockholm Bromma Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, killing 22 people.
1981 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from the Polish trade union Solidarity at the Vatican led by Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa.
1991 – The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
1991 – Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched.
2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued.
2013 – A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
2015 – The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.
2016 – The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
2018 – British multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion went into liquidation[20] – officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK"
2019 – Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19.
2019 – Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.
2020 – The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan.
2021 – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi island killing at least 105 and injuring 3,369 people.
2022 – The Hunga Tonga-Hunga HaÊ»apai volcano erupts, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.
2023 – Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near Pokhara International Airport, killing all 72 people on board.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, January 15, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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