Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier air will filter into the region and very windy conditions will continue today. Warmer weather returns and will last into the middle of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area (Breezy conditions expected through Sunday Afternoon)
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the west 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau (Breezy conditions expected through Sunday Afternoon)
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County (Breezy conditions expected through Sunday Afternoon)
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area (Breezy conditions expected through Sunday Afternoon)
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (11.8 out of 12) today with Oak, Sweetgum, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (10.9 out of 9.1).
Record Weather Events for April 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F in Franklin in 1981
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Highlands in 1940
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.62 inches in Highlands in 2020 (also the state record)
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began)
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 13th in North Carolina
rdrd Highest Temperature 95°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1930
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1940
Greatest Rainfall 6.62 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 2020
Greatest Snowfall 4.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1926
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
4-13-24—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.
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!
2nd Annual Youth Mental Health Rally and March
Sunday, April 28, 2024 From 2pm to 5pm
Organized and presented by Gracie Parker/Why Us Kids? Come join us for the 2nd Annual Youth Mental Health Rally at the Gazebo, downtown Franklin NC to raise awareness to the youth mental health crisis in our community, county and State. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/events/3684885531726614
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
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 4/12/24
2024 Campaign Trail: Abortion Rhetoric Takes Center Stage & Trump's Visit to Chick-Fil-A | C-SPAN
US Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore's Salvage Plan | MV Dali & Francis Scott Key Bridge | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (4-12-24): House passes FISA Sect 702 reauthorization minus warrant amendment | C-SPAN
Global National: April 12, 2024 | US expects Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel to be imminent
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 12, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | April 12, 2024
"NBC Nightly News" Full Broadcast | April 12, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 12, 2024)
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On This Day
April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 262 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)
1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1612 – Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
1613 – Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father.
1699 – The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints – by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
1849 – Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.
1861 – American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
1865 – American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
1873 – The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
1909 – The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
1919 – Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
1941 – A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
1943 – World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
1944 – Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
1945 – World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
1945 – World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
1948 – In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
1953 – CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
1958 – American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
1970 – An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
1972 – The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
1972 – Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
1975 – An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
1976 – Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
1996 – Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
2017 – The US drops the largest ever non-nuclear weapon on Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
2019 - World's largest plane by wingspan at 117m (385 ft), the Stratolaunch, built as a flying launch pad for satellites, takes its first flight from Mojave, California
2020 - Bernie Sanders endorses former rival Joe Biden for president
2021 - NY Governor Andrew Cuomo says “I believe the worst is over if we continue to be smart,” about the COVID-19 pandemic in New York as death toll passes 10,000
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, April 13, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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