Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Northwest flow precipitation will continue through early this morning along the Tennessee border. Winds will increase and become gusty as cooler high pressure pushes into the region today, with frequent strong gusts across the mountains. The high pressure will maintain dry conditions through much of the workweek and the eventual return of springlike temperatures Tuesday. Another cold front will arrive on Friday, bringing the next chance for rainfall.
Wind Advisory in Effect from 6am Today Until Noon on Monday
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. West wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-top-mid 60s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
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Hazards
A wind advisory will be in effect from 6am this morning until noon tomorrow. Details are posted below.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
305 AM EST Sat Mar 9 2024
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON EDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. A few ridgetops could see peak gusts up to 60 mph.
* WHERE...Most of the western North Carolina mountains.
* WHEN...From 6 AM Sunday to noon EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or your favorite source of weather information for the latest updates. Additional details can be found at www.weather.gov/gsp.
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Record Weather Events for March 09th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1974
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in 1996
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.30 inches in Franklin in 1880
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.0 inches in Franklin in 1962
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
Record Weather Events for March 09th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1974
Lowest Temperature -10°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1899
Greatest Rainfall 3.30 inches in Franklin, Macon County in 1941
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 2014
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 03-27-1921
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-03-1980
Greatest Rainfall 10.10 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 03-04-1979
Greatest Snowfall 36.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-13-1993
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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)
March 2024 Schedule
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
Global National: March 9, 2024 | Hundreds attend vigil for Ottawa homicide victims
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 09, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 09, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 09 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 09, 2024)
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On This Day
March 10th is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 296 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)
241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
947 – The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor.
1496 – After establishing the city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command.
1535 – Spaniard Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the fourth Bishop of Panama, discovers the Galápagos Islands by chance on his way to Peru.
1607 – Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
1629 – Charles I dissolves the Parliament of England, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.[7]
1661 – French "Sun King" Louis XIV begins his personal rule of France after the death of his premier, the Cardinal Mazarin.
1735 – An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
1814 – Emperor Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
1830 – The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
1831 – The French Foreign Legion is created by Louis Philippe, the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France.
1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
1861 – El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
1873 – The first Azerbaijani play, The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran, prepared by Akhundov, is performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
1876 – The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
1891 – Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
1909 – By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
1933 – The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead.
1944 – Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
1945 – World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
1949 – Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacks rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
1975 – Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
1977 – Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus.
1990 – In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
2000 – The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
2017 – The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
2019 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashes, leading to all 737 MAX aircraft being grounded worldwide.
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, March 10, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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