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.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with a high near 63. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. South southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.
Monday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. South southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. East southeast wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tuesday
Showers, mainly after noon. High near 56. Southeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with a high near 52. Light east wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Monday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. East southeast wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. East southeast wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tuesday
Showers, mainly after noon. High near 47. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southeast wind around 7 mph.
Monday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. East southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday
Showers, mainly after 11am. High near 54. Southeast wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. South southeast wind around 9 mph.
Monday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Southeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Tuesday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. High near 53. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers likely. Low around 48. 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 (10.4 out of 12) today with Juniper, Oak, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 24th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 84°F in Highlands in 1929
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands in 1915
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.35 inches in Highlands in 1617
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.0 inches in Highlands in 1983
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 24th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 96°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1907
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1971
Greatest Rainfall 4.35 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 1617
Greatest Snowfall 10.3 inches in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County in 1983
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
3-30-24---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
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Duke Energy line workers test their skills in Wake County competition | WRAl-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Sowing the Seeds of the Future Unveiling | Macon Media
International News Headlines
More Than 130 Killed in Russia’s Deadliest Terror Attack in Decades | WSJ News
US aid drop: C-17 planes deliver 80,000 meals to Gaza | Al Jazeera
• Philippines supply ships clash with Chinese coast guard [DW News]
• Cuba's crumbling economy: Island plunges further into crisis [France 24]
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 23, 2024 | Canadians bid farewell to Brian Mulroney in powerful service
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 23, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 22 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 23 NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 23 2024)
On This Day
March 24th is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year.
March 24th is the 365th and last day of the year in many European implementations of the Julian calendar.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
1387 – English victory over a Franco-Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate off the coast of Margate.
1401 – Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
1603 – James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
1603 – Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
1663 – The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
1720 – Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February.
1721 – Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051.
1765 – Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
1794 – In Kraków, Tadeusz Kościuszko announces a general uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, and assumes the powers of the Commander in Chief of all of the Polish forces.
1829 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
1832 – In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
1854 – President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
1860 – Sakuradamon Incident: Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke is assassinated by rōnin samurai outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.
1869 – The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
1878 – The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
1882 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1900 – Carnegie Steel Company is formed in New Jersey; its capitalization of $160 mil. is the largest to date.
1921 – The 1921 Women's Olympiad began in Monte Carlo, becoming the first international women's sports event.
1927 – Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
1934 – The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
1944 – German troops massacre 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
1944 – World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
1946 – A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
1961 – The Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
1976 – In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.
1977 – Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister of India, the first Prime Minister not to belong to Indian National Congress.
1980 – El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
1986 – The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
1989 – In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.
1993 – Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 is discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker, and David Levy at the Palomar Observatory in California.
1998 – Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
1998 – A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.
1998 – Dr. Rüdiger Marmulla performed the first computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation at the University of Regensburg, Germany.
1999 – Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
1999 – A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel, creating an inferno that kills 38 people.
2003 – The Arab League votes 21–1 in favor of a resolution demanding an end to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
2008 – Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
2015 – Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.
2018 – Syrian civil war: The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and Syrian National Army (SNA) take full control of Afrin District, marking the end of the Afrin offensive.
2018 – Students across the United States stage the March for Our Lives demanding gun control in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
2019 – Jakarta MRT, a rapid transit system in Jakarta, began operation.
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, March 24, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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