Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front will cross the area early today, pushing showers and thunderstorms to the east and ushering in gusty westerly winds. Breezy conditions and northwest flow snow showers can be expected near the Tennessee border tonight through Friday as much cooler air returns to the region. Dry high pressure builds into the area over the weekend then slides east, allowing warmer temperatures to return by the start of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
A chance of rain showers before 2am, then a chance of snow showers, then a chance of rain showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 11pm, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Thursday
A slight chance of snow showers before 11am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 11am and noon, then a slight chance of rain showers after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Windy.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 56. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
A chance of rain showers before 1am, then a chance of snow showers between 1am and 3am, then a chance of rain and snow showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 10am, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 32. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with temperatures falling to the mid-to-upper 40s by 11am. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
A chance of rain and snow showers before 4am, then a chance of snow showers between 4am and 5am, then a chance of rain and snow showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday
A chance of snow showers before 9am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 9am and 11am, then a chance of rain showers after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night
A slight chance of rain showers before midnight, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today. Snow showers are possible overnight, with little or no accumulation expected.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.6 out of 12) today with Maple, Oak, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.2 out of 10.2).
Record Weather Events for April 4th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 90°F in Highlands in 1946
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Highlands in 1936
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1979
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.8 inches in Highlands in 1901
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895 (also a state record)
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
Record Weather Events for April 3rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 94°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1946
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2021
Greatest Rainfall 2.72 inches in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1901
Greatest Snowfall 16.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2005
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 102°F in Carthage, Moore County on 04-29-1981
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-08-2007
Greatest Rainfall 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 04-16-2011
Greatest Snowfall 19.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-11-2003
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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)
April 2024 Schedule
4-6-24—Dave Stewart & Guests—Many in the area know Dave and his musical talents, and his great music groups. He’s sharing those talents with Frogs on this Saturday. Guests—family or friends are expected to be with us as well. You come join us, too! 4-13-24—Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter Al Scortino takes the corner with his heartfelt and whimsical musical creations along with multi-insturmentalist, Greg “Squeezebox” Thomas. Welcome back, guys! 4-20-24—Singer/Songwriter Zip Robertson returns to Frog Quarters after a long hiatus. Zip hales recently from Coffee Shops and venues in Swain County and Frog Quarters is happy he’s travelling across the hill to be with us again. 4-27-24—-------------SUPER ADOPTION DAY at Frogs!! PAWSITIVE (the Macon Co. Animal Shelter Volunteers) and AARC (the Appalachian Animal Rescue Center) will be conducting a great Adoption Day on the outside, while on the inside several of our area talented musicians will bring their talents to Frog Quarters. On the slate are: George James Bill Peterson The Shifty Sisters Charley Simmons Dave Stewart
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.
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On This Day
April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 272 days remain until the end of the year.
In common years, it is the first day of the second quarter of the year. The exact moment the second quarter begins occurs at 6 a.m. on this day. In countries that use summer time the actual exact time of the start of the second quarter in a common year is at 7:00 a.m. for locations in the northern hemisphere, or 5:00 a.m. for locations 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)
419 - Etalius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
801 – King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months.
1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
1077 – The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
1312 - 2nd council of Vienna, Knights Templars suppressed
1367 - Battle of Navarrete [Nájera], La Rioja, Castile: alliance of King Peter of Castile and the English defeats Count Henry of Castile
1559 – The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
1645 - English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, significant step toward New Model Army
1657 - English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell refuses crown
1721 - Robert Walpole becomes Britain's 1st Lord of the Treasury
1764 - Austrian Archduke Jozef crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor Josef II
1783 - Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce
1834 - The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.
1856 - Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes badly damaged by gunpowder explosion, kills 4,000 on island of Rhodes
1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
1865 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
1882 – American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
1888 – The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
1895 – The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
1917 - Vladimir Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland
1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1933 – First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
1936 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1948 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1948 – In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
1956 – Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
1969 – Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
1974 – The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
1980 – US Congress restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the Shvwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the Paiute people of Utah.
1981 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
1989 – The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.
1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
1997 – The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
2000 – United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
2004 – Islamic terrorists involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
2007 – Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
2008 – ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
2008 – Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
2009 – Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
2010 – Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
2013 – More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2016 – The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
2017 – A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
2018 – YouTube headquarters shooting.
2020 - US aircraft carrier captain Brett Crozier cheered off his ship after being fired for a letter demanding more help for his sailors infected with COVID-19
2020 - London's Nightingale hospital opened by Prince Charles (remotely) after nine days with 4,000 beds to treat COVID-19 patients at the ExCeL Centre
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, April 03, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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