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Saturday, February 10, 2024

Weekend Weather Briefing for Saturday, February 10, 2024





Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

Rain returns to the region over the weekend and continues through Monday. A front moves in Monday night with colder temperatures and drier weather returning by Tuesday afternoon and onward.






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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Monday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

Showers. Patchy fog. Lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday

Showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.

Monday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs near 61. Chance of rain is 90%.

Monday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Windy. Chance of rain is 60%.


Highlands Plateau

Today

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

Showers. Patchy fog. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday

Showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.

Monday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Chance of rain is 100%.

Monday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Windy. Chance of rain is 60%.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 6 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.

Sunday

Showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. 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.

Sunday Night

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.

Monday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs near 60. Chance of rain is 90%.

Monday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Windy. Chance of rain is 60%.


Nantahala Area



Today

Showers likely, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 1pm. 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.

Tonight

Showers. Patchy fog. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday

Showers, mainly before 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs near 60. 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.

Sunday Night

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.

Monday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.

Monday Night

Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Chance of rain is 60%.


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Hazards



Hazardous weather is not expected today.


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Record Weather Events for February 10th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 78°F in Highlands in 1932
Lowest Temperature -2°F in Franklin in 1995
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.26 inches in Franklin in 1945
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.0 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1980

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912

Record Weather Events for February 10th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 82°F in Greensboro, Guilford County in 1965
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1971
Greatest Rainfall 3.28 inches in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1946
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County in 1948
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985




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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)

Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.

Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)

February 2024 Schedule

2-3-24---Sonia Brooks—Come hear and even sing along with a gal who loves folk and popular music of the past decades. She loves to entertain and make sure that the songs are preserved and shared with all age groups.



2-17-24---Paul Linser and Charlie Simmons—Two award-winning finger-style pickers that we’re always happy to have at Frog Quarters. You’ll hear covers and originals from Charlie and Paul as they keep us all entertained for MidDay Music.

2-24-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band---Enjoy hearing Jim’s Band as they play the big sound of real, classic country—songs that you don’t hear on the radio anymore. Jim and the fellas are always a popular group with the crowd at Frog Quarters.

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


---NATIONAL---

Hacking America | Chinese hackers target devices | Scripps News



 ---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- 

White House Counsel Spokesperson Responds to Special Counsel Report | C-SPAN



Will tanking the bipartisan border deal help or hurt Trump?| Washington Week PBS





Washington Today (2-9-24): VP calls report knocking President's memory 'politically motivated' | C-SPAN Radio



Global National: Feb. 9, 2024 | Supreme Court upholds Ottawa’s Indigenous child welfare law



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 09 2024


"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Feb. 8, 2024


Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 09 | NBC News


PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 09, 2024)



---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---

• The Sky This Week from February 2 to 9: A last look at Mercury [Astronomy Magazine]

• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 2 – 11 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

The Level1 Show February 9 2024: Surveillance In The Boys Room | Level1 Techs



Where is Your Tribe? - DTNS 4703 | Daily Tech News Show



More Bang For The Bezel:Android Faithful #30 | Daily Tech News Show



• Ford's Developing A Cheap EV Platform To Fend Off Tesla And Chinese EVs [Inside EVs]

• The US Added 1.2 Million EVs To The Grid Last Year, & Electricity Use Went Down [Clean Technica]

• Elon Musk is unfathomably rich. Here’s where his money is stashed. [Wall Street Journal]

• How the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Is Different than the 2017 Eclipse [NASA]

• US receives thousands of reports of AI-generated child abuse content in growing risk [Reuters]

• Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks — botnet causes millions of euros in damages [tom's Hardware]

• Taylor Swift threatens to sue student who tracks her private jet [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68223602]

---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---

Study Explains Dark Energy and Inflation As Parallel Universe Collision | Antov Petrov



Antimatter Surprised CERN Scientists Yet Again | Astrum









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On This Day

February 10th is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 324 days remain until the end of the year (325 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)




1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.

1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

1355 – The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.

1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.

1567 – Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.

1712 – Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.

1763 – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.

1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.

1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

1846 – First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war.

1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

1862 – American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.

1906 – HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships, is christened.

1920 – Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs the symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.

1920 – About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.

1923 – Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas.

1930 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope of overthrowing French protectorate over Vietnam.

1933 – In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.

1936 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.

1939 – Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.

1940 – The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.

1943 – World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.

1947 – The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.

1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

1962 – Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

1964 – Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.

1967 – The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

1972 – Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.

1984 – Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre.

1989 – Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

1996 – IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

2003 – France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.

2004 – Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a Fokker 50 crashes near Sharjah International Airport.

2009 – The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.

2013 – Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.

2016 – South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.

2018 – Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker on route 872 in Hong Kong overturns.

2021 – The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, February 10, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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