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.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm in the evening.
M.L.King Day
A slight chance of snow after 11am, mixing with rain after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday Night
A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 25. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20to 25 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
Sunday
Increasing clouds, with highs iun the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
M.L.King Day
A 20 percent chance of snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 42. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
M.L.King Day
A 20 percent chance of snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s.
Monday Night
A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to light and variable after midnight.
M.L.King Day
A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of snow after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night
Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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Hazards
A wind advisory will be in effect until 1pm.
Cold air will arrive in the North Carolina mountains Tuesday night behind a departing cold front. Windy conditions will likely produce bitter wind chill values of 5 to 15 degrees below zero in the early morning hours on Wednesday.
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Record Weather Events for January 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2013
Lowest Temperature -14°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.62 inches in Highlands in 2005
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.0 inches in Highlands in 1982
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 13th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 80°F in Dobbins Heights, Richmond County in 2017
Lowest Temperature -14°F in Highlands, Macon County in 1895
Greatest Rainfall 9.18 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 2018
Greatest Snowfall 11.0 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1968
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.
1/13/24—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.
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---
Major winter storm cripples Midwest, heads east | ABC News
Why experts are concerned about the JN.1 variant responsible for latest COVID wave | PBS NewsHour
• Spurning Hard Right, Johnson Stands by Deal to Avert Shutdown [New York Times]
• Americans’ Finances Defied the Skeptics, Bank Earnings Show [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Deflation: Here’s where prices fell in December 2023, in one chart [CNBC]
• Why the Cost of Money Is About to Go Up [https://archive.is/vrGLA]
• Arctic blast: Record-breaking cold weather forecast for many states [BBC News]
• Over 2,000 Flights Cancelled Nationwide Today As Travelers Brace for a Huge Snow Storm [Airline Hut]
• Texas is blocking U.S. border agents from patrolling, Biden administration tells Supreme Court [PBS NewsHour]
• 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
US & UK Strike Houthis | Impact on Global Shipping? | Is the Red Sea Open? | What is Going on With Shipping?
The West Strikes Back: 5 Takeaways from the Yemen Operation | William Spaniel
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War: US, allies strike Houthi targets in Yemen [Jerusalem Post]
• ‘Dangerous’: US attacks on Yemen’s Houthis belie push for de-escalation [Al Jazeera]
• Italy refuses to extradite priest accused of murder and torture to Argentina [The Guadian (UK)]
• US confirms fuel transfer from Hawaii naval base to Philippines [Taiwan News]
• Blinken, senior Chinese official discuss N. Korea, Taiwan, Russia's war in Ukraine [Yonhap News Agency]
China's military purge: Are Chinese missiles filled with water? | Sandboxx
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. 12, 2024 | Plunging temperatures in Canada cause chaos, excruciating cold
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 12 2024
"CBS News Weekender" Full Broadcast | Jan. 12, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 12 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 12, 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
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from January 5 to 12: Visitors to the Scorpion [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 5 – 14 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
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On This Day
January 12th is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 353 days remain until the end of the year (354 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)
475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.
1554 – Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
1616 РThe city of Bel̩m, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
1792 – Federalist Thomas Pinckney appointed first U.S. minister to Britain.
1808 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
1808 – The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
1848 – The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
1872 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
1895 – The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
1911 – The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
1916 РBoth Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le M̩rite as the first German aviators to earn it.
1918 – The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
1932 – Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
1942 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
1945 – World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [WAR WITNESS: Heritage. 59. Victor Isaev. Vistula-Oder Offensive.]
1962 – Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [VIDEO: Operation Chopper]
• [LINKTEXT]
1964 – Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
1966 – Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
1967 – Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
1969 – The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
• [Super Bowl III: "Joe Namath's Guarantee" | Jets vs Colts | NFL Full Game]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Box Scores on Pro Football Reference]
1970 – Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
1986 – Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist.
1990 – A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
1991 – Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
1997 – Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-81 to the Russian space station Mir, carrying astronaut Jerry M. Linenger for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut John E. Blaha.
• [Launch Video]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [STS-81 Mission Highlights Resource Tape]
1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
2001 – Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
2004 – The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
2005 – Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
2006 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
2007 – Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught), one of the brightest comets ever observed is at its zenith visible during the day.
• [Wikipedia article]
2010 – An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [What Made Haiti's Earthquake the Deadliest this Century?]
• [LINKTEXT]
2012 – Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
2015 – Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.
2016 – Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
2020 – Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts, and kills 39 people.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [BBC: On Taal Volcano Island After the 2020 Eruption]
• [Taal Volcano January 12, 2020 (Nature Reboots)]
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, January 13, 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.
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