Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Low pressure will develop along a stalled frontal boundary over the eastern Carolinas, keeping clouds and intermittent rain along and east of Interstate 77 through early today then the front will move to the East Coast. Drier and warmer weather is expected Friday into the first part of next week. A cold front is forecast to reach our region from the northwest in the middle of the week bringing another chance of rain and cooler temperatures.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Windy.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Windy.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Back to Top Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (11.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 28th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Franklin in 1982
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.64 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.3 inches in Highlands in 1893
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 28th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 94°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1907
Lowest Temperature 7°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1982
Greatest Rainfall 4.52 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 2005
Greatest Snowfall 11.0 inches in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1947
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---
Homelessness numbers surged 64 percent in a year in one North Carolina county | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
NCAA president calls for ban on prop bets in college sports | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Not even hungry caterpillars like Bradford pears [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• NCAA president calls for ban on prop bets in college sports [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• As WCU set to expand engineering department, defense contractor to add nearly 100 jobs [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• All together now: Haywood Tourism Development Authority eyes countywide approach [Smoky Mountain News]
• Gardening with Xpress: Replenish the soil so your plants can ‘eat’ [Mountain Xpress]
• NC Wildlife to stock over 600,000 trout in 1,000 miles of hatchery supported waters [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---NATIONAL---
What the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse means for shipping companies | Yahoo Finance
NTSB provides update on timeline of bridge collapse | WBFF-TV (Baltimore, MD)
• No timeline for Baltimore port reopening following bridge collapse [Journal of Commerce]
• Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82 [Washington Post]
• L.A. Times reporters attacked by Minnesota troopers will settle lawsuit for $1.2 million [Los Angeles Times]
• TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit [AP News]
• Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a sharp rise in dengue cases [PBS NewsHour]
• Disney Ends Its Fight With DeSantis Over Resort Development [New York Times]
International News Headlines
Paris prepares security operation for 2024 Olympics | NBC News
ISIS-K Moscow attacks – who is at risk? | DW News Desk
Why is ISIS-K attacking Russia? | About That | CBS News
• Strikes by IDF, Hezbollah kill several in Lebanon and Israel [DW News]
• Haiti's future governing council vows to restore public order [France 24]
• Burnings and beheadings: Myanmar junta escalates terror tactics against its people [CNN]
• Russia executed at least 32 Ukrainian POWs since December 2023: report [TVP World]
• Denying Russia’s Only Strategy for Success [xxx]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Unarmed Palestinians killed, buried by bulldozer [Al Jazeera]
• Israel prepares for Rafah incursion as rescued hostages detail time in captivity [Jerusalem Post]
MV Dali and Port of Baltimore Update - March 27, 2024 | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (3-27-24): Sec Buttigieg: no timeline yet to reopen Baltimore port, rebuild bridge | C-SPAN
Global National: March 27, 2024 | 2 bodies recovered in Baltimore bridge crash, 4 still missing
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 27, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | March 27 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 27 NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 27 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil | Economics Explained
• The Sky This Week from March 22 to 29: The Full Moon eclipsed [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 22 – 31 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show March 27 2024: 2 Remote 2 Promote | Level1 Techs
State of the Video Game Biz - DTNS 4735 Extended | Daily Tech News Show
On This Day
March 28th is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 278 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)
AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.
364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
1566 – The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1801 – Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
1814 – War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.
1842 – First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near in France.
1918 – General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector.[17] Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".
1918 – Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.
1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
1942 – World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
1946 – Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.[25]
1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
1965 – An Mw 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.
1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.
1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1970 – An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.
1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994 – In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
2005 – An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, March 28, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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