Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure will move in from the west today and should keep our weather quiet through Thursday. The next in a series of fast moving low pressure systems will arrive on Friday with more rain, wind, and storms. That system will move away quickly Friday night, with another weak high moving through for the weekend. Yet another storm system may affect the region early next week.
SCHOOL DELAYS FOR WEDNESDAY 01-10-2024
As of 4am, The Franklin and Highlands School Districts in Macon County are on a three-hour delay. The Nantahala School District is on a two-hour delay. Jackson County and Swain County Schools are on a two-hour delay today.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm.
Friday
Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers between 9am and 10am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. Highs near 50. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph in the morning decreasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southeast after midnight.
Friday
Snow showers before noon, then rain, possibly mixed with snow showers between noon and 3pm, then rain showers after 3pm. Some thunder is also possible. Highs in the lower 40s. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Friday Night
Rain and snow showers likely before 1am, then a chance of snow showers between 1am and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southeast before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.
Friday
Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers between 9am and 10am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. Highs near 50. WIndy. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Friday
Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers between 9am and 10am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. Highs in the upper 40s. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Friday Night
Rain and snow showers likely before 2am, then a chance of snow showers between 2am and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
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Hazards
A Wind Advisory is in effect until 1pm this afternoon. Other than that, not weather hazards are expected today or tonight. Schools in Macon County are on a three-hour delay.
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Record Weather Events for January 10th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 75°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1949
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Franklin in 1970
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.52 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1972
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 7.5 inches in Franklin in 2011
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 10th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 80°F in Hickory, Burke County in 1949
Lowest Temperature -26°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1982
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches at Lake Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1879
Greatest Snowfall 22.5 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1996
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.
1/6/24—George James—You’ll enjoy George’s tenor voice on his wide repertoire of Folk, Soft Country & Celtic Folk covers. Bring your requests in, because if George doesn’t know one popular hit, he’ll probably know another by the artist.
1/13/24—Al Scortino & Greg “Squeeze Box” Thomas—Both these guys have a fantastic offering of original songs they’ve written over the years. “Slice of life” songs, environmental songs and more. You’ll be shedding a tear over Al’s award-winning folk song, Molly’s Makeup. Greg always has the perfect instrumental accompaniment with the keyboard, accordian or harmonica. These guys are a treat.
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.
1/27/24—Mike Yow—When this talented Singer/Songwriter isn’t doing Country, Rock or Gospel with his group, Arnold Hill, he performs his originals along with Appalachian, country and folk/pop of others. It’s always a treat when Mike comes to town.
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---
• Strong winds and heavy rains pummel Western North Carolina from major storm system [BPR]
• Heavy rainfall causes flash flooding in multiple counties, prompting road closures [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• School closings, delays in Western North Carolina for Jan. 10 [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Will you be able to bet on March Madness in NC? Gov. Cooper says that's the plan [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, 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]
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On This Day
January 10th is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 355 days remain until the end of the year (356 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)
49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
AD 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty.
69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
236 – Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans.
1430 – Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, establishes the Order of the Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world.
1475 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.
1776 – American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
1791 – The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
1812 – The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.
1861 – American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
1863 – The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1901 – New York: Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways.
1916 – World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
1920 – League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
1941 – World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
1946 – The first General Assembly of the United Nations assembles in the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. Fifty-one nations are represented.
1946 – The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.[19]
1954 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people.
1962 – Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
1966 – Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1972 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1981 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
1984 – Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
1985 – Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
1990 – Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
2000 – Crossair Flight 498, a Saab 340 aircraft, crashes in Niederhasli, Switzerland, after taking off from Zurich Airport, killing 13 people.
2007 – A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
2012 – A bombing at Jamrud in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others.
2013 – More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the Quetta area of Pakistan.
2015 – A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people.
2019 – A 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered.
2021 - PGA of America pulls 2022 PGA Championship from Trump National GC at Bedminster, NJ, days after supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the US Capitol
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, January 10, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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