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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

News and Weather Briefing for Wednesday, March 06, 2024



Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

Above normal temperatures and an active weather pattern will persist through the weekend. A frontal system will bring heavy rain and possibly a few thunderstorms to the area tonight and Wednesday. Dry high pressure briefly controls our weather Wednesday night and Thursday. A more robust low pressure tracks across the Southeastern States from Friday into the weekend bringing more heavy rain and possible storms.








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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Friday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Showers, mainly before 4pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. Highs near 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday

Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Friday

A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a chance of showers after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Friday Night

Showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 90%.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers, mainly before 4pm. Patchy fog. Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday

Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the south in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight.

Friday

A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a chance of showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Friday Night

Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain is 90%.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Showers, mainly before 4pm. Patchy fog before 3pm. Highs near 60. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Patchy fog after 7pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. WInds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday

Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.

Friday

A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a chance of showers after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 30%.

Friday Night

Showers. Lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Chance of rain is 90%.


Nantahala Area



Today

Showers, mainly before 5pm. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday

Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.

Friday

A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a chance of showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 30%.

Friday Night

Showers. Lows around 50. Chance of rain is 90%.


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Hazards



Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.


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Record Weather Events for March 6th

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

Highest Temperature 75°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1961
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Highlands in 1901
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.19 inches in Nantahala in 1963
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.5 inches in Highlands in 1969

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

3-9-24---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
---STATE AND LOCAL---

Super Tuesday Latest: Biden & Trump are sweeping, rematch set; Robinson, Stein battle for Governor | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)



North Carolina's gubernatorial race is shaping up to be an important one throughout the country | WXII-TV (Winston-Salem, NC)



• Liveblog: 2024 Primary Results for Macon County [Macon Media]

• Far-right challenger leads incumbent superintendent Truitt in GOP primary [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Forbes Advisor ranks North Carolina third worst for healthcare [WITN-TV (Washington, NC)]

• Robinson, Stein set for November showdown in governor's race [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Western NC voters make Primary Election choices [BPR]

• Edwards prevails in NC-11 [Smoky Mountain News]



---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- 

Trump Super Tuesday speech: Former president nearly sweeps, eyes GOP nomination | LiveNOW from FOX



Haley projected winner in Vermont GOP primary, NBC News projects | Super Tuesday | NBC News



• Trump, Biden come close to sweeps — but no dice [Politico]

• On a Bright Night for His Campaign, Trump Again Conjures a Dark Vision [New York Times]

• 'History of favoring moderate Republican candidate': Haley beats Trump in close VT primary [Burlington Free Press]

• Biden loses American Samoa Democratic caucuses [KFOR-TV (Oklahoma City, OK)]





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On This Day

March 6th is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 300 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)




12 BC – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.

632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam.

961 – Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete.

1204 РThe Siege of Ch̢teau Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.

1323 – Treaty of Paris of 1323 is signed.

1454 – Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.

1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.

1665 – The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal.

1788 – The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.

1820 – The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.

1834 – York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.

1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.

1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.

1882 – The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.

1899 – Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.

1901 – Anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II.

1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.

1930 – International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.

1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.

1943 – Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.

1943 – World War II: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eight Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later.

1943 – World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.

1944 – World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.

1945 – World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.

1946 – Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.

1951 – Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.

1953 – Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1957 – Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.

1964 – Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.

1964 – Constantine II becomes the last King of Greece.

1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.

1967 – Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.

1968 – Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.

1970 – An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.

1975 – For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.

1975 – Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.

1984 – In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country's miners.

1987 – The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.

1988 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.

1992 – The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.

2003 РAir Alg̩rie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar РHadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.[

2008 – A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.

2018 – Forbes names Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth.

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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, March 06, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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