Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low pressure system will bring cooler temperatures and rain back today, with rain chances lingering into Saturday. High pressure will build in from the north on Sunday into Monday leading to drier weather. A slow moving cold front arrives from the west in mid week with more rain.
A period of high winds and heavy rain will begin this afternoon through early tomorrow afternoon.
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.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with highs in the low-to 50s. Light and variable winds eraly in the morning increasing to come out of the south southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph decreasing into light winds and shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog after 3pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Saturday
Showers, mainly before 11am. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog after 5pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. Patchy fog after 7pm. Lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 10 to 20mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 40s. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 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.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight. High winds may lead to scattered power outages later this afternoon and overnight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.2out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 22nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2017
Lowest Temperature 10°F in Franklin in 1965
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.49 inches in Highlands in 1955
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.5 inches in Highlands in 1981
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 22nd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 95°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1921
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2013
Greatest Rainfall 4.70 inches in Henderson, Vance County in 1903
Greatest Snowfall 20.0 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery 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.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
New hospital construction delayed by North Carolina's approval process | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
Inside the 1898 white supremacy campaign that changed a North Carolina town forever | ABC News
• More than 1,600 ballots not counted in North Carolina primary election due to voter ID and absentee ballot issues [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• CNN Ambushes NCGOP Nominee Who Called for Biden’s Execution [The Daily Beast]
• NC told Duke Energy to cut carbon emissions. What’s happened and what’s supposed to. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Waynesville considers ordinance on vacation rentals to protect affordable housing [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• WCU Literary Fest returns [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• From CPP: What HCA has told feds it’s doing to fix staffing issues at Mission Hospital. Why nurses say it’s not happening. [Mountain Xpress]
---NATIONAL---
2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Why you’ll never see it again | About That | CBC News
Idaho police capture escaped inmate and accomplice | CBS News
The $130B Plan to Replace the U.S.’s Nuclear Missiles | WSJ Equipped
• Apple lawsuit: US accuses tech giant of monopolising smartphone market [BBC News]
• Tennessee Senate passes Kingston rep's bill based on 'chemtrails' conspiracy theory [The Oak Ridger (via Yahoo News) ]
• CNN Ambushes NCGOP Nominee Who Called for Biden’s Execution [The Daily Beast]
• Gavin Newsom’s Homelessness Measure Succeeded—But Narrow Win Shows a Divided California [Wall Street Journal]
• New Navy Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan Details 19 Ship Decommissionings in FY 2025 [USNI News]
• Reddit pops 48% in NYSE debut after selling shares at top of range [CNBC]
International News Headlines
• 'Malicious' N.K. cyberactivities account for half of foreign currency income, fund WMD programs: UN report [Yonhap News Agency]
• Russia preparing for wider conflict with NATO sooner than expected, says report [euronews]
• Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin is being taught in Russian schools [Independent (UK)]
• Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns [Al Jazeera]
• UN General Assembly adopts first AI resolution [DW News]
• EU: Bosnia and Herzegovina to begin talks to join bloc [BBC News]
---International Conflicts ---
Escalating regional conflict worsens food shortage in South Sudan | Switch TV News
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 21, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 756: Ukrainian air defense intercepts all 31 Russian missiles targeting Kyiv [Euromaidan Press]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Blinken calls Rafah offensive a 'mistake' [DW News]
• Liveblog: US 'in the dark' about Rafah op, most US Jews support Israel’s war against Hamas [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: ‘The choice is clear – a 2-state solution’ [Al Jazeera]
• China is building its military on a 'scale not seen since WWII' and is on track to be able to invade Taiwan by 2027: US admiral [Business Insider]
The U.S. Navy's 30 Year Plan on Shipbuilding - 2024 | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (3-21-24): Last FY24 spending package unveiled with gov't shutdown deadline looming | C-SPAN
Global National: March 21, 2024 | Limits of Canada ending military's authority over sex offences
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 21, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 21 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 21 NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 21 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Does Now Exist? | History of the Universe
• The Sky This Week from March 15 to 22: A conjunction of Venus and Saturn [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 15– 24 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show March 22 2024: Engine Has Flight If You Have Coin | Level1 Techs
On This Day
March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 284 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)
106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.
235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century.
871 – Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.
1185 – Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan.
1312 – Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar.
1508 – Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
1631 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
1794 – The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves.
1829 – In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
1849 – The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
1873 – The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
1894 – The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.
1895 – Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.
1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
1913 – Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
1916 – Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency.
1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
1933 – Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
1933 – Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau.
1934 – The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
1939 – Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
1943 – World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
1945 – World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
1946 – The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan.
1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
1963 – The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me.
1972 – The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
1988 – The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987.
1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
1992 – Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
1995 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
1997 – Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles.
2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox.
2013 – At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
2016 – Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
2017 – A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
2017 – Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.
2019 – The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.
2019 – Two buses crashed in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.
2020 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
2021 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, March 22, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with highs in the low-to 50s. Light and variable winds eraly in the morning increasing to come out of the south southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph decreasing into light winds and shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog after 3pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Saturday
Showers, mainly before 11am. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog after 5pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. Patchy fog after 7pm. Lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 10 to 20mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 40s. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 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.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight. High winds may lead to scattered power outages later this afternoon and overnight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.2out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 22nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2017
Lowest Temperature 10°F in Franklin in 1965
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.49 inches in Highlands in 1955
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.5 inches in Highlands in 1981
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 22nd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 95°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1921
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2013
Greatest Rainfall 4.70 inches in Henderson, Vance County in 1903
Greatest Snowfall 20.0 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery 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)
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News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
New hospital construction delayed by North Carolina's approval process | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
Inside the 1898 white supremacy campaign that changed a North Carolina town forever | ABC News
• More than 1,600 ballots not counted in North Carolina primary election due to voter ID and absentee ballot issues [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• CNN Ambushes NCGOP Nominee Who Called for Biden’s Execution [The Daily Beast]
• NC told Duke Energy to cut carbon emissions. What’s happened and what’s supposed to. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Waynesville considers ordinance on vacation rentals to protect affordable housing [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• WCU Literary Fest returns [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• From CPP: What HCA has told feds it’s doing to fix staffing issues at Mission Hospital. Why nurses say it’s not happening. [Mountain Xpress]
---NATIONAL---
2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Why you’ll never see it again | About That | CBC News
Idaho police capture escaped inmate and accomplice | CBS News
The $130B Plan to Replace the U.S.’s Nuclear Missiles | WSJ Equipped
• Apple lawsuit: US accuses tech giant of monopolising smartphone market [BBC News]
• Tennessee Senate passes Kingston rep's bill based on 'chemtrails' conspiracy theory [The Oak Ridger (via Yahoo News) ]
• CNN Ambushes NCGOP Nominee Who Called for Biden’s Execution [The Daily Beast]
• Gavin Newsom’s Homelessness Measure Succeeded—But Narrow Win Shows a Divided California [Wall Street Journal]
• New Navy Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan Details 19 Ship Decommissionings in FY 2025 [USNI News]
• Reddit pops 48% in NYSE debut after selling shares at top of range [CNBC]
International News Headlines
• 'Malicious' N.K. cyberactivities account for half of foreign currency income, fund WMD programs: UN report [Yonhap News Agency]
• Russia preparing for wider conflict with NATO sooner than expected, says report [euronews]
• Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin is being taught in Russian schools [Independent (UK)]
• Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns [Al Jazeera]
• UN General Assembly adopts first AI resolution [DW News]
• EU: Bosnia and Herzegovina to begin talks to join bloc [BBC News]
---International Conflicts ---
Escalating regional conflict worsens food shortage in South Sudan | Switch TV News
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 21, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 756: Ukrainian air defense intercepts all 31 Russian missiles targeting Kyiv [Euromaidan Press]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Blinken calls Rafah offensive a 'mistake' [DW News]
• Liveblog: US 'in the dark' about Rafah op, most US Jews support Israel’s war against Hamas [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: ‘The choice is clear – a 2-state solution’ [Al Jazeera]
• China is building its military on a 'scale not seen since WWII' and is on track to be able to invade Taiwan by 2027: US admiral [Business Insider]
The U.S. Navy's 30 Year Plan on Shipbuilding - 2024 | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (3-21-24): Last FY24 spending package unveiled with gov't shutdown deadline looming | C-SPAN
Global National: March 21, 2024 | Limits of Canada ending military's authority over sex offences
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 21, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 21 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 21 NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 21 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Does Now Exist? | History of the Universe
• The Sky This Week from March 15 to 22: A conjunction of Venus and Saturn [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 15– 24 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show March 22 2024: Engine Has Flight If You Have Coin | Level1 Techs
On This Day
March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 284 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)
106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.
235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century.
871 – Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.
1185 – Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan.
1312 – Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar.
1508 – Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
1631 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
1794 – The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves.
1829 – In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
1849 – The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
1873 – The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
1894 – The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.
1895 – Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.
1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
1913 – Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
1916 – Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency.
1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
1933 – Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
1933 – Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau.
1934 – The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
1939 – Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
1943 – World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
1945 – World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
1946 – The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan.
1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
1963 – The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me.
1972 – The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
1988 – The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987.
1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
1992 – Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
1995 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
1997 – Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles.
2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox.
2013 – At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
2016 – Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
2017 – A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
2017 – Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.
2019 – The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.
2019 – Two buses crashed in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.
2020 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
2021 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, March 22, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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