Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures will gradually warm throughout the week, ending up well above normal by Thursday. Rain chances increase today into Thursday, with unsettled weather and cloud cover lingering through the rest of the workweek. A low pressure system will bring a brief period of heavy rainfall on Saturday. Dry high pressure will return by early next week.
WEATHER HAZARDS
A Flood Watch is in effect today. More rain is expected Friday into Saturday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog. Highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southeast after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 70%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers between 10pm and 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10am, then showers likely between 10am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs near 60. Chance of rain is 90%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards
A developing frontal system will bring abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico to the southern Appalachians and the adjacent foothills today through Saturday. This will result in widespread rain, especially along south-facing mountain ridges, and a few thunderstorms capable of producing heavy downpours. Isolated flooding could develop across the mountains and foothills as early as Thursday, with the risk increasing Thursday night into Friday.
Another passing storm system over the weekend could bring another round of heavy rainfall Saturday through Saturday night. The threat for isolated flash flooding may be higher with this later system, particularly with heavy rain falling on saturated soils from the earlier rainfall. A few landslides will also be possible along steep mountain slopes over the weekend.
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
351 AM EST Thu Jan 25 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast Georgia, including the following areas, Habersham and Rabun, western North Carolina, including the following areas, Macon, Southern Jackson and Transylvania, and upstate South Carolina, including the following areas, Oconee Mountains and Pickens Mountains.
* WHEN...Through this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Periods of moderate to heavy rain are expected over the watch area throughout the day. By this evening, storm total rainfall of 2.5 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts are expected. This rain is expected to fall relatively evenly throughout the day, so stream rises are expected to be gradual. However, isolated flash flooding cannot be ruled out.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. Please monitor the latest forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
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Record Weather Events for January 25th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 70°F in Franklin in 1967
Lowest Temperature -2°F in Franklin in 1963
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.66 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station 1964
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.5 inches in Franklin in 1977
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 25th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 81°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1950 /> Lowest Temperature -9°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1963
Greatest Rainfall 3.81 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 2010
Greatest Snowfall 22.0 inches in Statesville, Iredell County in 1926
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.
1/27/24—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---
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Local sports betters react to legal betting coming to NC | WXII-TV (Greensboro, NC)
• Neighbors shocked as Macon County house fire turns into murder-suicide investigation [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Macon County receives surprise $62 million grant to build new high school [BPR]
• Congressman Edwards to host community summit on homelessness [Mountain Xpress]
• Necessary discipline, or 'cancel' culture? NC lawmakers may revise ethics oversight for lawyers [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Swain secures funding for library expansion [Smoky Mountain News]
---RECENT STATE NEWS---
• NC DPI Awards $62 Million Grant for Construction of a New Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Unexpected $62M grant speeds up Franklin High School's long-awaited rebuild [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Medicaid expansion already helping rural areas, state health chief says [WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Gov. Roy Cooper, Democrats want abortion access at forefront of 2024 election [Raleigh News and Observers]
• From the White House to local politics: Get ready for the 2024 primary election [BPR]
• Macon County Board of Education January 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• NC DPI Awards $62 Million Grant for Construction of a New Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education January 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• 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---
• Beloved journalist Charles Osgood dies at 91 [CBS New York (YouTube)]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- President Biden gives remarks at a political event in Washington, DC | Yahoo News
International News Headlines
If NATO fails to prepare for conflict, another World War could come | Lord Dannatt | Times Radio
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• We are running out of time to build defences against Russia, warns Norway's commander in chief [The Telegraph (UK) ]
• N. Korea fires several cruise missiles into Yellow Sea: JCS [Yonhap News Agency]
• Germany: Train drivers begin longest strike yet [DW News]
International Conflicts
The state of the war in Ukraine, 700 days after Russia's invasion | CBS News
What is driving Iran's proxies and could Tehran benefit from all-out war? | DW News
What the Ship (Ep98) | Red Sea Attacks | Trade, Ships & Mariners | Australia Ports | Alliances | What is Going on With Shipping?
Why The World Is Rushing Back To The Moon | CNBC
Japan becomes fifth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon | The World | ABC News (Australia)
Washington Today (1-24-24): United Auto Workers union endorses President Biden's re-election | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 24, 2023 | Former junior hockey stars to surrender to police over sex assault
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 24, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Jan. 23 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 24 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 24, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from January 19 to 26: Howl at the Full Wolf Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 19 – 28 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show January 24 2024: Logos-R-Us | Level1 Techs
Netflix Hints at Price Increases, Plans to Retire Basic Service Amid Ad-Tier Growth | Hollywood Reporter
Extreme Weather Events Underestimated By Climate Models, New Study Finds | Sabine Hossenfelder
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Ancient Star Filled With Strange Elements Suggests an Impossible Supernova | Antov Petrov
WrestStreamMania! - DTNS 4690 | Daily Tech News Show
Samsung's AI Secret is Google: Android Faithful #283 | Daily Tech News Show
Our Most Mysterious Extinct Cousins | PBS Eons
5 BEST Things I Saw in Vegas at CES 2024 | Undecided with Matt Ferrell
When Did Raspberry Pi become the villain? | Jeff Geerling
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On This Day
January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 340 days remain until the end of the year (341 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)
41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty.
1348 – A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.
1494 – Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
1515 – Coronation of Francis I of France takes place at Reims Cathedral, where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of Charlemagne.
1533 – Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
1554 – São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests.
1573 – Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
1575 – Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
1585 – Walter Raleigh is knighted, shortly after renaming North America region "Virginia", in honor of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
1704 – The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
1755 – Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
1765 – Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
1787 – Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
1791 – The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
1792 – The London Corresponding Society is founded.
1819 – University of Virginia chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders.
1858 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional.
1879 – The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
1890 – Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
1909 – Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
1917 – Sinking of the SS Laurentic after hitting two German mines off the coast of Northern Ireland.
1918 – The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia.
1918 – The Finnish Defence Forces (The White Guards) are established as the official army of independent Finland, and Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed its Commander-in-Chief.
1924 – The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
1937 – The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
1941 – Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
1942 – World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
1945 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
1946 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
1946 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
1947 – Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
1949 – The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
1960 – The National Association of Broadcasters in the United States reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
1961 – In Washington, D.C., US President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
1964 – Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
1967 – South Vietnamese junta leader and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky fires rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Nguyen Huu Co, while the latter is overseas on a diplomatic visit.
1969 – Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
1971 – Charles Manson and four "Family" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders.
1971 – Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
1980 – Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
1986 – The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
1990 – Avianca Flight 52 crashes in Cove Neck, New York, killing 73.
1993 – Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
1994 – The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.
1995 – The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
1996 – Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States.
1998 – During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
1998 – A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
1999 – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
2003 – Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
2005 – A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.
2006 – Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
2010 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90.
2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes.
2013 – At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
2015 – A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines kills 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
2019 – A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing at least 7 people and leaving 200 missing.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, January 25, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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