Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures will remain above normal through the holiday weekend with a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. A cold front brings another chance of showers and thunderstorms on Monday. Cooler and drier conditions move in behind the front and remain through the end of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Memorial Day
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Sunday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Memorial Day
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Memorial Day
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Memorial Day
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Hazards
Scattered thunderstorms also are in the forecast through Monday. Conditions will remain favorable for a few of these storms to produce damaging winds and possible hail each day.
• New preseason hurricane forecast is highest ever issued. Brace yourself, Florida [Miami Herald (via Yahoo News)]
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (6.8 out of 12) today with Grasses, Mulberry, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.4 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for May 25th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1953
Lowest Temperature 34°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1951
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.39 inches in Highlands in 1948
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
Record Weather Events for May 25th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 100°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1926
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Carthage, Moore County in 2007
Greatest Rainfall 4.53 inches in New Bern, Craven County in 1969
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872) in 1946
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Aurora, Beaufort Countyy on 05-26-2011
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-09-2020
Greatest Rainfall 8.51 inches in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County on 05-20-1942
Greatest Snowfall 15.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-07-1992
Macon Calendar
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Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
May 2024 Schedule
5-25-24---Barry Roma—Franklin’s Favorite Crooner bringing you love songs of the past
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Mountain Findings
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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---
NOAA predicts record number of named storms for 2024 hurricane season | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• 'It's once in a lifetime': Man finds heavy, mysterious object in North Carolina mountains [WXII-TV (Winston-Salem, NC)]
• Ghost Town lawsuit dismissed in co-owner's efforts to dissolve partnership [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Lara Trump touts RNC changes and a 2024 presidential victory for Trump in North Carolina [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Sylva designates June as LGBTQ Pride Month as group vows to hold non-sanctioned Pride march [BPR News]
• Macon takes a hard look at floodplain ordinances [Smoky Mountain News]
---NATIONAL---
The soaring cost of healthcare in America | Path to the White House | Scripps News
Biden administration concerned over Russia-North Korea alliance | NBC News
Trump and RFK Jr. appear at Libertarian National Convention | ABC News
• Uvalde families sue Meta and Call of Duty maker on second anniversary of school attack [AP News]
• Senate again fails to advance border security bill in election-year showdown vote [Good Morning America (via Yahoo News)]
• 15,000 stolen construction tools recovered in massive theft investigation in Howard County [CBS News]
• Libertarian convention devolves into fighting, obscenities on eve of Trump’s visit [Politico]
• Voting rights experts find old ideas in new racial gerrymandering standard [Courthouse News Service]
• This psychological factor might help unite America or “destroy us from within” [PsyPost]
International News Headlines
International Court orders Israel to halt offensive in Rafah | BBC News
India's elections offer a look at the impact of deepfakes | DW News
How Poland is Preparing for War | Task and Purpose
Is Biden about to allow US weapons to be used to attack Russian soil? | The Telegraph
• World ignoring risk of Sudan genocide - UN expert [BBC News]
• China starts ‘punishment’ military drills around Taiwan days after island swears in new leader [CNN]
• What mainstream media isn’t reporting during the Israel-Hamas war - comment [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog news: ‘End this nightmare,’ says UN aid chief [Al Jazeera]
• U.S. girding for possibility of N. Korea taking most provocative military actions in decade near election: NBC [Yonhap News Agency]
What Caused the Dam Strike on The Ohio River in March 2023 near Louisville? | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (5-24-24): Int'l Court of Justice orders Israel to stop military offensive in Rafah | C-SPAN
Global National: May 24, 2024 | Legal decisions piling up against Israel after ICJ ruling
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 24, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | May 24, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 24, NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (May 24, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
New Searches for Dyson Spheres Found Something Featuring Jason Wright I Event Horizon
• The Sky This Week from May 24 to 31: Look for the Last Quarter Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 17 – 26 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show May 22 2024: Google's AI (Aggravating Interface) | Level1 Techs
Sustainable AI Computing - DTNS 4777 | Daily Tech News Show
Ron Richards (pinball, desktop publishing, BBS, and more) // Episode #4 | Techsploder with Jason Howell
• We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years [Space.com]
• Birth of universe’s earliest galaxies observed for first time [University of Copenhagen]
• Imperceptible sensors made from ‘electronic spider silk’ can be printed directly on human skin [University of Cambridge]
• Justifying an Invasion: When Is Disinformation Successful? [Taylor and Francis Online]
• Exposure to pornography before age 16 linked to reduced life satisfaction in adulthood [PsyPost]
• Pluto’s Subsurface Ocean is 8% Denser than Seawater on Earth, Study Suggests [Sci News]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Google ruined the Web | TechLinked
This Black Hole Could be Bigger Than The Universe | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Alternative Intelligence: The Other A.I. | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
New GIANT Space Telescope Proposal // ExoVenus Found // China's Space Aquarium | Fraser Cain
Starship in 'Two Weeks' - Starliner When? - Deep Space Updates - May 23 | Scott Manley
The Facts Nearly Everyone Gets Wrong About the Climate Debate | Astrum
On This Day
May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 220 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors.
1420 – Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
1521 – The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
1644 – Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
1659 – Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
1660 – Charles II lands at Dover at the invitation of the Convention Parliament, which marks the end of the Cromwell-proclaimed Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and begins the Restoration of the British monarchy.
1720 - The Ship "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, bringing Europe's last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000
1738 – A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
1787 – After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place.
1809 – Chuquisaca Revolution: Patriot revolt in Chuquisaca (modern-day Sucre) against the Spanish Empire, sparking the Latin American wars of independence.
1810 – May Revolution: Citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the "May Week", starting the Argentine War of Independence.
1819 – The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
1833 – The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
1865 – In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
1878 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
1895 – Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
1895 – The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
1914 – The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
1926 – Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
1935 – Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1938 – Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
1940 – World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
1946 – The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
1953 – Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
1953 – The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
1955 – In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
1955 – First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: On the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
1961 – Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
1963 – The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1966 – Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
1968 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
1973 – In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.
1977 – Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
1977 – The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
1978 – The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
1979 – John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
1979 – American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
1981 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
1982 – Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.
1985 – Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
1986 – The Hands Across America event takes place.
1997 – A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
1999 – The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
2000 – Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982.
2001 – Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
2002 – China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
2008 – NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
2009 – North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
2011 – Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
2012 – The SpaceX Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
2013 – Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
2013 – A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 18 people.
2014 - Petro Poroshenko is elected President of Ukraine
2018 – The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
2018 – Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
2019 - Tornado tears through El Reno, Oklahoma. killing two and injuring dozens
2020 - Video of African American George Floyd's arrest and murder while restrained in Minneapolis police custody shows he was pinned to the ground by police officer Derek Chauvin's knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, ignites widespread condemnation and nationwide protests
2021 - US CDC says half of all US adults are now fully vaccinated, with 61% having had their first shot
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, May 25, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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