Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low pressure system will maintain cool temperatures and periodic light rain today. High pressure builds in from the north Sunday into Monday bringing drier weather, before a moist cold front arrives from the west late Tuesday.
WHT Sculpture Community Celebration
11 am today 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 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of hte northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog between 8am and 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph early in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast by midmorning.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs near 54.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 39. Breezy.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 58. Winds out of hte northwest 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of hte northwest 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 65. Light and variable winds becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 9 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 42.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 53. Winds out of the north 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of hte northwest 8 to 13 mph becoming light north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 65. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 37. Southeast wind around 9 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs near 61.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 44. Breezy.
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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 low-medium range (2.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 82°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2011
Lowest Temperature 15°F in Highlandsin 2004
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.05 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.1 inches in Highlands in 1950
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 23rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 96°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1907
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1960
Greatest Rainfall 4.80 inches in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1903
Greatest Snowfall 17.0 inches in Celo, Yancey County in 1981
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
---NATIONAL---
US Rep. Mike Gallagher announces resignation from Congress | WKOW-TV (Madison, WI)
House passes second spending package to avoid partial shutdown | full video | CBS News
• Senate tees up final passage vote for $1.2T funding package [Politico]
• Senate Reaches Deal to Fund Government, but Misses Midnight Deadline [Wall Street Journal]
• Measles spread to at least 3 other states after trips to Florida [CBS News]
• Ides of March: Conservative knives out for Speaker Johnson as House approves $1.2T spending package [Courthouse News Service]
• Trump signals Cuban regime could ‘be changed’ if he’s reelected [The Hill]
• Alaskan Airlines flight 1282: FBI probes mid-air blowout on January flight [BBC News]
International News Headlines
Moscow attack: video captures gunmen storming concert hall and shooting 40 dead | BBC News
Kate, Princess of Wales, reveals she is having treatment for cancer | Sky News
• Major terrorist attack at Moscow concert hall: What we know so far [Russia Today]
• U.S. Warned Russia Before Moscow Attack That Killed at Least 60 [Wall Street Journal]
• U.S. Call for Gaza Cease-Fire Runs Into Russia-China Veto at U.N. [New York Times]
• Peruvian democracy weakened as government consolidates control: Report [Al Jazeera]
• India comes for China’s manufacturing crown as supply chains slowly shift [South China Morning Post]
• EU summit: Leaders wrap up with attention on Gaza, Russia [DW News]
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, March 22 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: A Trump-Backed Win in Ohio and Biden Heads West | C-SPAN
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 22, 2024 | Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis ends weeks of speculation
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 22, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 22 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 22 NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 22 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
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On This Day
March 23rd is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 283 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)
1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official.
1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
1568 – The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me liberty, or give me death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.
1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
1821 – Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata.
1839 – A massive earthquake destroys the former capital Inwa of the Konbaung dynasty, present-day Myanmar.
1848 – The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
1857 – Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
1862 – American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
1868 – The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
1879 – War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
1885 – Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
1888 – In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
1889 – The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
1901 – Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, is captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
1905 – Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
1913 – A tornado outbreak kills more than 240 people in the central United States, while an ongoing flood in the Ohio River watershed was killing 650 people.
1918 – First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
1919 – In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1931 – Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
1933 – The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
1935 – Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
1939 – The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of the Slovak air force in Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and beginning the Slovak–Hungarian War.
1940 – The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
1977 – The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
1978 – The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
1980 – Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
1982 – Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.
1983 – Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
1988 – Angolan and Cuban forces defeat South Africa in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale.
1991 – The Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking the 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War.
1994 – At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
1994 – A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster.
1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing 75.
1996 – Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
1999 – Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
2003 – Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
2008 – Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
2009 – FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
2010 – The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.
2018 – President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
2019 – The Kazakh capital of Astana was renamed to Nur-Sultan.
2019 – The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces capture the town of Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.
2020 – Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the United Kingdom into its first national lockdown in response to COVID-19.
2021 – A container ship runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal for six days.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, March 23, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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