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Tuesday, July 9, 2024

News and Weather Briefing for Tuesday, July 09, 2024



Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

An active pattern of afternoon and evening showers and storms is expected to continue into late this week as a weak front becomes stationary across our area then dissipates. More typical mid-July weather is expected during the weekend.






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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Thursday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 90. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday Night

A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 5am. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 40%.

Thursday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly 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 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday Night

A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.


Nantahala Area



Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Partly 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 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.


 

Hazards



Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.

Tropical Update



Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Jul 9 2024

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Active Systems:
The Weather Prediction Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Beryl, located inland over southwestern Arkansas.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days




 

Record Weather Events for July 9th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1977
Lowest Temperature 44°F in Highlands in 1896
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.43 inches in Highlands in 1916
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 July Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 101°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)

Record Weather Events for July 9th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 105°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1902
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Mount Brevard, Transylvania County in 1909
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.76 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1950
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)




 

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)

July 2024 Schedule

7-13-24--Ron & Bari--Ron and Bari, are a dynamic duo with deep roots in the Florida music scene. Having made their mark as part of the renowned festival band Roadside Revue for over 20 years, Ron and Bari are now captivating audiences with their impressive musical abilities & performances. You'll hear folk, originals and more from this acoustic string group. Don't miss ‘em!



For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.

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


Beryl Clears Texas Shipping | Ports of Corpus Christi and Houston Close | Ships Evade the Storm | What's Going on With Shipping?



Washington Today (7-8-24): Speaker Johnson lays out GOP 'peace through strength' foreign policy | C-SPAN



Global National: July 8, 2024 | Ukrainian children's hospital hit as Russian strikes kill dozens



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 8, 2024


"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | July 8, 2024


NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 8, 2024


PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 7, 2024)



---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---

Geological Solution to the Fermi Paradox: Plate Tectonics and Alien Life | Antov Petrov



• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

• The Sky This Week from July 5 to 12: Saturn hides Titan from view [Astronomy Magazine]

• This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 28 – July 7 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

The Level1 Show July 9 2024: VPNyet | Level1 Techs






On This Day

July 9th is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 175 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)


455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire
• [Wikipedia Bio: Avitus]
• [Wikipedia: Western Roman Empire]

491 – Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Odoacer]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Theodoric the Great]

551 – A major earthquake strikes Beirut, triggering a devastating tsunami that affected the coastal towns of Byzantine Phoenicia, causing thousands of deaths.
• [Wikipedia: 551 Beirut earthquake]

660 – Korean forces under general Kim Yu-sin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Hwangsanbeol]
• [Wikipedia: Baekje–Tang War]
• [Korean Three Kingdoms Period explained (History of Korea)]

711 - Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupy North Spain
• [Wikipedia Bio: Tariq ibn Ziyad]
• [Umayyad conquest of Hispania]
• [How did the Muslims conquer Iberia in just 7 years?]
• [The Arab Conquest of Spain]

869 – The 8.4–9.0 Mw  Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland.
• [Wikipedia: 869 Sanriku earthquake]

969 – The Fatimid general Jawhar leads the Friday prayer in Fustat in the name of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, thereby symbolically completing the Fatimid conquest of Egypt.
• [Wikipedia: Fatimid conquest of Egypt]
• [Wikipedia: Ikhshidid dynasty]
• [Wikipedia: Fatimid Caliphate]
• [VIDEO: Rise of the Fatimid Caliphate (909-1021)]

1357 – Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
• [Wikipedia: Charles Bridge]
• [VIDEO: A Brief History of Charles Bridge]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor]

1386 – The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
• [Wikipedia: Old Swiss Confederacy]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Sempach]
• [The Battle of Sempach - Robert Walser - Audiobook]

1401 – Timur attacks the Jalairid Sultanate and destroys Baghdad.
• [Siege of Baghdad, May-9 July 1401]
• [Tamerlane & History of The Timurid Empire]
• [Rise of Timur - War against Toqtamish]

1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
• [Wikipedia Bio: King Henry VIII of England]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Anne of Cleves]

1572 – Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
• [Wikipedia: Martyrs of Gorkum]
• [Wikipedia: European wars of religion]

1609 – Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.

1701 – A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Carpi]
• [Wikipedia: War of the Spanish Succession]
• [War of the Spanish Succession - The Opening Moves (1701-1702) (Episode 2)]

1745 – French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Melle]
• [Wikipedia: War of the Austrian Succession]
• [Austrian War of Succession | 3 Minute History]

1755 – The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
• [Wikipedia: Braddock Expedition]
• [BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT (French & Indian War) - When Washington, Boone, Gage, Lee, & Gates fought together]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Monongahela]
• [Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution by Dr. David Preston]
• [060 Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution]

1762 – Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Catherine the Great]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Peter III]
• [Catherine the Great - Empress Catherine at Last - Extra History - #3]

1776 – George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.

1789 – In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
• [Wikipedia: National Constituent Assembly]

1790 – The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Svensksund]
• [Wikipedia: Russo-Swedish War of 1788–90]
• [Svensksund Naval Battles 1789-90]

1793 – The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
• [Wikipedia: Act Against Slavery]

1807 – The second Treaty of Tilsit is signed between France and Prussia, ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
• [Treaties of Tilsit]
• [Wikipedia: War of the Fourth Coalition]
• [Napoleon and the War of the Fourth Coalition | World history | Khan Academy]

1810 – Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
• [Wikipedia: Kingdom of Holland]

1811 – Explorer David Thompson posts a sign near what is now Sacajawea State Park in Washington state, claiming the Columbia District for the United Kingdom.

1815 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
• [Wikipedia: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord]
• [The Man with Six Faces | The Life & Times of Talleyrand]
• [LINKTEXT]

1816 – Argentina declares independence from Spain.

1821 – Four hundred and seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence.

1850 – U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore.

1850 – Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.

1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Port Hudson]
• [Why 500 Men Gather in a Little-Known Louisiana Field]

1868 – Louisiana and South Carolina are the last states to ratify the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.

1875 – The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• [Wikipedia: Herzegovina Uprising]

1877 – The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.

1893 – Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.

1896 – William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• [Wikipedia: Cross of Gold speech]
• [LWikipedia Bio: William Jennings Bryan]
• [William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold" Speech (1896 / 1921) [AUDIO RESTORED]]

1900 – The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
• [LWikipedia: Federation of Australia]

1900 – The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
• [Wikipedia: Taiyuan massacre]

1918 – In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.

1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.

1932 – The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.

1937 – The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.

1943 – World War II: The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini and forces Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.
• [Wikipedia: Allied invasion of Sicily]
• [Newsreel]
• [Invasion of Sicily WWII Operation Husky]

1944 – World War II: American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Saipan]
• [The Battle of Saipan: D-Day in the Pacific | Battle 360 (S1, E8)]
• [The Battle for the Marianas 1944]

1944 – World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
• [Battle of Tali-Ihantala]

1955 – The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
• [Russell–Einstein Manifesto]

1956 – The 7.7 Mw  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.

1958 – A 7.8 Mw  strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
• [1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1axr5YGRwQ]
• [AESF: 1958 Lituya bay earthquake and megatsunami]

1962 – Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
• [Starfish Prime Test Interim Report]
• [Wikipedia: Starfish Prime]

1977 – The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of Francoist Spain.

1979 – A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.

1982 – Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.

1986 – The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.

1993 – The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.

1995 – The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.

1999 – Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.

2002 – The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.

2006 – One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.

2011 – South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.

2011 – A rally takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country.

2017 - CEO Elon Musk is the first owner of Telsa's first mass market electric car - the Model 3
• [First Model 3 Handovers]

2017 - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaims victory over Islamic State forces in Mosul

2018 - Bright pink is the world's oldest biological colour according to scientists, produced by tiny cyanobacteria in 1.1bn-year-old marine shale rock from Taoudeni basin, Mauritania

2018 - US President Donald Trump names Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee
• [ABC News Special Report]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Brett Kavanaugh]

2020 - McGirt v. Oklahoma, in landmark case US Supreme Court rules Congress had not disestablished Oklahoma Indian reserves
• [Wikipedia: McGirt v. Oklahoma]
• [JUSTIA: McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. ___ (2020)]
• [What Supreme Court's McGirt ruling means for Oklahoma's Native tribes]

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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, July 09, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins


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