Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures will be well above normal through the day today before a storm system brings a cold front through the area tonight. Heavy rainfall and a few isolated severe thunderstorms will be possible today and tonight. Dry and cooler high pressure will return Monday before another system approaches the area from the northwest by the middle of the week.
WEATHER HAZARDS
A Flood Watch is in effect tonight and tonight. A round or two of thunderstorms is possible later tonight or early in the morning.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog between 8am and 2pm. Highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 4am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Patchy fog before 4am. Lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain showers, possibly mixing with snow after 10pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog after 9am. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Rain before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 20 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.
Sunday Night
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 10pm, then a slight chance of rain showers between 10pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Windy, with a northwest wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. WIndy.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog between 8am and 2pm. Highs near 60. Calm winds becoming east 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers after 4am. Patchy fog before 4am. Lows around 40. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog. Highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 3am, then a chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog before 4am. Lows around 40. Winds out of the south 10 to 15 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Rain and snow showers likely before 11pm, then a chance of snow showers between 11pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
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Hazards
A Flood Watch will be in effect from 7am this morning through late tonight. Heavy rain is expected to move into the county this afternoon through tonight. A round of thunderstorms is also possible around midnight, give or take an hour or two. A copy of the flood watch is posted below.
Flood Watch National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 1049 PM EST Fri Jan 26 2024
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast Georgia, including the following areas, Habersham and Rabun, western North Carolina, including the following areas, Graham, Henderson, Macon, Northern Jackson, Southern Jackson, Swain and Transylvania, and upstate South Carolina, including the following areas, Greenville Mountains, Oconee Mountains and Pickens Mountains.
* WHEN...From 7 AM EST Saturday through late Saturday night.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flood Watch for flash flooding means there is a potential for rapid onset flooding based on current forecasts. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation and may impact areas that do not typically flood. Please monitor the latest forecasts and be prepared to take action quickly should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
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Record Weather Events for January 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F in Franklin in 1974
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Highlands in 1986
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.29 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station 1967
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.5 inches in Highlands in 1897
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 27th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 81°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1950 /> Lowest Temperature -15°F in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1987
Greatest Rainfall 5.75 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1996
Greatest Snowfall 19.0 inches in Boone, Watauga County in 1998
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.
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International News Headlines
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• N. Korea fires several cruise missiles into Yellow Sea: JCS [Yonhap News Agency]
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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 26, 2024
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PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 26, 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]
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On This Day
January 27th is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 338 days remain until the end of the year (339 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)
98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1186 – Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily.
1302 – Dante Alighieri is condemned in absentia and exiled from Florence.
1343 – Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull Unigenitus to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this.
1606 – Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
1695 – Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703.
1759 – Spanish forces defeat indigenous Huilliches of southern Chile in the battle of Río Bueno.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1785 – The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
1820 – A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
1825 – The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
1869 – Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
1874 – Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov premieres in Mariinsky Theatre in St.Petersburg
1880 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
1916 – World War I: The British government passes the Military Service Act that introduces conscription in the United Kingdom.
1918 – Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
1924 – Three days after his death Lenin's body is carried into a specially erected mausoleum.
1927 – Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
1943 – World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
1944 – World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
1945 – World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
1961 – The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
1965 – South Vietnamese Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương is removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.
1967 – Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
1967 – Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
1973 – The Paris Peace Accords officially ends the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
1980 – Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
1983 – The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
1996 – In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
1996 – Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
2002 – An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
2003 – The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
2010 – The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.
2010 – Apple announces the iPad.
2011 – Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a.
2013 – Two hundred and forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul.
2014 – Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element tennessine takes place in the United States.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, January 27, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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