Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
As low pressure moves off the mid Atlantic coast, the rain will gradually end across our area thismorning. Very warm and somewhat moist conditions return by the end of the weekend and continue into next week. Another system moves in by the middle of the week with another round of rainfall.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of rain before 8am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the west 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the south in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Partly sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Monday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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Record Weather Events for March 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin in 1976
Lowest Temperature 3°F in Highlands in 19140
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.86 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2007
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 12.0 inches in Highlands in 1942
Record weather events for March in Macon County
Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 15, 1967
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on March 7, 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands on March 29, 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 13, 1993
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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)
March 2024 Schedule
3-2-24—Bill Peterson & Charley Simmons--What a treat! You'll hear originals by both these guys along with some covers. Bill has that booming voice on his blues selections (ask him to play his cheeky dog songs:) & Charley has the finger-style guitar down pat with his songs.
3-9-24---The Shifty Sisters--Bringing their own songs and some covers to The Frog. Always fun, always heartfelt, many times irreverant as they sing about the Low Rent Side of Heaven and Facebook Blues.
3-16-24---Barry Roma--Our Franklin Crooner!...bringing you Classic Love Songs from Johnny Mathis, Orbison, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & more.
3-23-24---No Live Music inside. WHT (Women's History Trail) Statue dedication across the street. Frog Quarters will be open our Regular Hours for gifts and to serve Coffee & Treats.
3-30-24---Sonia Brooks & Chuck Dorling--Come hear and 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. Chuck is right along with her & on his own.... singin' the blues.
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---
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "This will be my last term as Republican leader of the Senate." | C-SPAN
Examining Mitch McConnell's legacy as Senate Republican leader | CBS News
• McConnell departure leaves GOP’s Reagan wing reeling [Politico]
Illinois judge removes Trump from ballot because of “insurrectionist ban” | CNN
• Supreme Court to Say If Donald Trump Must Stand Trial in 2020 Election Conspiracy Case [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Trump Says He Might Have to Sell Properties to Pay $454 Million Penalty [New York Times]
• Leaked Russian military files reveal criteria for nuclear strike [Financial Times]
• Mark Meadows loses latest bid to move Georgia election case to federal court [ABC News]
• 'Devastating' Texas wildfires spark disaster declaration, nuclear plant partial evacuation [ABC News]
2024 Campaign Trail: The Final Days Before Super Tuesday | C-SPAN
Washington Today (3-1-24): Thousands protest at Navalny funeral; U.S. will airdrop food to Gaza | C-SPAN
Global National: March 1, 2024 | State funeral planned for former PM Brian Mulroney
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 01, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 01, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 01 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 01, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Battle for Reality: String Theory vs Quantum Field Theory | Arvin Ash
• The Sky This Week from February 23 to March 1: Catch a chilly Full Snow Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 23 to March 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show March 1 2024: Big Rat Energy | Level1 Techs
Large Language Money - DTNS 4717 | Daily Tech News Show
The Exotic Stars Lurking Within Our Universe | Astrum
Revise the textbooks: New type of magnetism confirmed | Sabine Hossenfelder
Why Does Everything Decay Into Lead | SciShow
• Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns [New York Times]
• ‘Killer robots’ are coming, and U.N. is worried [Harvard Gazaette]
• SEC Investigating Whether OpenAI Investors Were Misled [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Why is Japan's chip czar welcoming TSMC with open arms? [Commonwealth Magazine]
• 'It's my job': Salesforce's Marc Benioff tracked journalist in Hawaii, per report [SF Gate]
• Scientists Are Putting ChatGPT Brains Inside Robot Bodies. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? [Scientific American]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
NASA DART Mission May Have Completely Resurfaced The Asteroid | Antov Petrov
The Paradox of an Infinite Universe | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
How Private Data and Big Tech Are Controlling Your Life | Curious Droid
The quantum world: Dreams and delusions | Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Michio Kaku, and more! | The institute of Art and Ideas
Kasm: the Open Source Workspace Streaming Platform | Michael Tunnell
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On This Day
March 2nd is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 304 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off.
986 – Louis V becomes the last Carolingian king of West Francia after the death of his father, Lothaire.
1444 – Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.
1458 – George of Poděbrady is chosen as the king of Bohemia.
1476 – Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel.
1484 – The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.
1498 – Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.
1657 – The Great Fire of Meireki begins in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, causing more than 100,000 deaths before it exhausts itself three days later.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in and around the Savannah River by a small fleet of the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
1791 – Claude Chappe demonstrates the first semaphore line near Paris.
1797 – The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
1807 – The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.
1811 – Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.
1815 – Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.
1836 – Texas Revolution: The Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico is adopted.
1855 – Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1859 – The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, begins.
1865 – East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
1867 – The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
1877 – Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick Maclean in Windsor.
1901 – United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
1901 – The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
1917 – The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
1919 – The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
1932 – Finnish president P. E. Svinhufvud gave a radio speech, which four days later finally ended the Mäntsälä Rebellion and the far-right Lapua Movement that started it.
1937 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
1939 – Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
1941 – World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.
1943 – World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
1955 – Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
1962 – In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
1962 – Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
1965 – The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
1968 – Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
1969 – In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
1970 – Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
1972 – The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
1977 – Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".
1978 – Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
1983 – Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
1989 – Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
1991 – Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
1992 – Start of the war in Transnistria.
1992 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations.
1995 – Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
2004 – War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
2012 – A tornado outbreak occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
2017 – The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, March 02, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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