Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Daytime temperatures will be warm and springlike through the weekend. Showers are likely along with a few thunderstorms Friday, ahead of a cold front. Rain chances taper off early Saturday, but the front will stall across the Southeast and rainfall could redevelop Sunday. Cool but mostly dry weather returns Monday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thuresday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with a low around 41. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind 3 to 8 mph.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. High near 69. Light southwest wind becoming west southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with a high near 64. West wind 6 to 8 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with a low around 45. West wind 5 to 7 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 68. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the morning.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South southwest wind around 9 mph.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. High near 63. West southwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 10pm and 4am. Low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with a low around 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind around 7 mph.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. High near 69. West southwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 10pm and 4am. Low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with a low around 44. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind 5 to 7 mph.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 64. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 10pm and 5am. Low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10 out of 12) today with Elm, Maple, and Juniper being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.2out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 80°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1990
Lowest Temperature 5°F in Highlands in 1998
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.03 inches in Highlands in 1929
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1993
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 13th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 91°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1990
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1998 /> Greatest Rainfall 7.68 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1963
Greatest Snowfall 36.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1993
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.
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!
WHT Sculpture Community Celebration
11 am at Women's History Park (592 E. Main Street)
See https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/womens-history-trail-sculpture.html for more details.
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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On This Day
March 13th is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 293 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)
1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
1591 – At the Battle of Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.
1639 – Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
1697 – Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
1741 – The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus.
1809 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
1811 – A French and Italian fleet is defeated by a British squadron off the island of Vis in the Adriatic during the Napoleonic Wars.
1826 – Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
1845 – Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
1848 – The German revolutions of 1848–1849 begin in Vienna.
1862 – The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
1881 – Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
1884 – The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
1900 – British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
1920 – The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
1930 – The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
1943 – The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
1954 – The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
1957 – Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
1969 – Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
1979 – The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
1979 – Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people.
1988 – The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
1992 – The Mw 6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
1993 – The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas.
1996 – The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
1997 – The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
2003 – An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
2012 – The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.
2013 – The 2013 papal conclave elects Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
2016 – The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people.
2016 – Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people.
2020 – President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
2020 – Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against police brutality.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, March 13, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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