Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Warmer temperatures return through today with continued dry weather. A low pressure system will bring cooler temperatures and rain back on Friday, with rain chances potentially lingering into Saturday. High pressure should build back in from the northwest to salvage the second half of the weekend and Monday with warmer temperatures.
Low relative humidity this afternoon will make outdoor burning unwise.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 42. Calm winds.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 15 mph early in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers. Low in the mid-to-upper 40s. WInds out of the east 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Windy. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable by noon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with highs near 45. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers. Low in the mid 40s. BreeWinds out of the east 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Windy. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Breezy.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers. Lows in the upper 40s. WInds out of the east 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Windy. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph by noon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Friday
Showers likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers. Lows in the upper 40s. WInds out of the east 10 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph by midevening. Chance of rain is 100%.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards
Due to low humidty, there is an increased fire danger for the county this afternoon. Please do not burn outdoors today. ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... In coordination with land managers and neighboring forecast offices, a Fire Danger Statement has been issued for all of western North Carolina on Wednesday. In the affected areas, gusty afternoon winds will coincide with low humidity and dry fuels. Fire will have an easier time starting and spreading. Refer to your local burn-permitting authority on whether you may burn Wednesday. If you do burn, exercise extreme caution.
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Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.3 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (7.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 21st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 81°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Franklin in 1965
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.80 inches in Franklin in 1980
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.8 inches in Highlands in 1960 (also a state record)
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 21st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 91°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1948
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2013 /> Greatest Rainfall 3.55 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1980
Greatest Snowfall 29.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2001
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
3-23-24---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!
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.
On This Day
March 21st is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 285 days remain until the end of the year.
Sometimes the March equinox falls on this date (mostly in Western Hemisphere countries), marking the vernal point in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal point in the Southern Hemisphere.
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: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the Vivarium, by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and Peranius.
630 – Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem.
717 – Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.
1152 – Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
1188 – Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan.
1556 – On the day of his execution in Oxford, former archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine."
1788 – A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
1800 РWith the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pius VII is crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-m̢ch̩.
1801 – The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces near the ruins of Nicopolis near Alexandria in Egypt.
1804 РCode Napol̩on is adopted as French civil law.
1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
1844 – The Baháʼà calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Baháʼà calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Baháʼà Faith as the Baháʼà New Year or Náw-Rúz.
1861 – Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
1871 – Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
1871 – Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
1918 – World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
1919 – The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
1921 – The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
1925 – The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
1925 – Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
1928 – Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
1935 – Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
1937 – Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
1943 – Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
1945 – World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
1945 – World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians.
1945 – World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the Transdanubian Hills concludes.
1946 – The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
1952 – Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
1960 – Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
1963 – Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
1965 – Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
1965 – Martin Luther King Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
1968 – Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
1970 – The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
1980 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
1983 – The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.
1986 – Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships
1989 РTransbrasil Flight 801 crashes into a slum near Ṣo Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, killing 25 people.
1990 – Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
1994 – The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.
1999 – Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
2000 – Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
2006 – The social media site Twitter is founded.
2019 – The 2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion occurs, killing at least 47 people and injuring 640 others.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, March 21, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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