Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Daily chances of showers and thunderstorms will continue through the weekend, with the best coverage most likely in the afternoons and evenings. Small chances of rain lingering overnight in the North Carolina mountains. Very hot and humid weather will continue through Friday, but a weak cold front arriving this weekend will drop temperatures to more seasonally normal hot weather while providing better chances for rain Saturday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers are likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 90.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers are likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 90.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers are likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms are likely after 11am. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds bein the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 68.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers are likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. The 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 are likely before midnight, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers are likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms are likely after 5pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
Hazards
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms will develop again both today and Saturday leading to heavy rainfall and frequent cloud to ground lightning. Some storms may become strong to severe. Any severe storms that develop may produce damaging wind gusts.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Straits of Florida and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (AL97): A well-defined tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over Hispaniola, the southeastern Bahamas, eastern Cuba, and the adjacent waters of the southwestern Atlantic. The wave is expected to move near or over Cuba throughout the day and then emerge over the Straits of Florida tonight or Saturday. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for additional development after that time, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend over the Straits of Florida or eastern Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Peninsula. Tropical storm watches or warnings could be required for portions of Florida later today.
Regardless of development, heavy rains could cause areas of flash flooding across Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas through the weekend, and interests in these locations should continue to monitor the progress of this system. A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate this system later today, if necessary.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.2 out of 12) today with Grasses, Nettle, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.8 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for August 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature 45°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.66 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station 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 August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 2nd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1980
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1997
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.22 inches in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1924
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 110°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County on 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-23-1930
Greatest Rainfall 12.43 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County on 08-12-1955
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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)
August 2024 Schedule
8-3-24—Bloodroot—From the heart of the Cowee Valley and Bryson City comes Bloodroot, an acoustical band with all the harmonies you’d ever want in Americana Music. They’ve been a crowd-pleaser before at Frog Quarters; they will be again, we’re sure.
8-10-24—Dave Stewart---A leader in many area Singer/Songwriters and member of many local bands, we welcome as always, Dave Stewart. He’s a little oldies, a little jazz and a lot of talent. Come here the man and his guitar.
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
---NATIONAL---
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US and Russia complete biggest prisoner exchange since Cold War | BBC News
Emotional moment as Americans freed from Russia in historic prisoner swap arrive in the U.S. | ABC News
(Full Livestream) Biden, Harris greet freed prisoners at Joint Andrews Base | USA TODAY
Freed Americans arrive at Joint Base Andrews | ABC 33/40
President Biden and VP Harris Greet Americans Freed from Russia | C-SPAN
Biden, Harris speak on U.S., Russia prisoner swap | CBS News
Putin greets freed Russian spies in Moscow | The Times and Sunday Times
• Inside the Secret Negotiations to Free Evan Gershkovich [Wall Street Journal]
• ‘That had to be bittersweet’ — how Biden managed a historic prisoner swap as his campaign was disintegrating [Politico]
• Who are the prisoners in the Russia-West swap? [BBC News]
• Why Germany was key to prisoner swap deal with Russia [DW News]
• Evan Gershkovich among 26 freed in major Russia-West prisoner exchange [Al Jazeera]
• Who was freed in biggest Russia-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War? [TVP World]
Arctic Shortcut | Russian Northern Route | What If Iran & Hezbollah Interdict More Chokepoints? | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (8-1-24): Large prisoner swap with Russia includes Evan Gershkovich & Paul Whelan | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 1, 2024 | Putin's possible motives for agreeing to Russia-West prisoner swap
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 1, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Aug. 1, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Aug. 1, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Aug. 1, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
SpaceX Starlink 183 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 2 August 2024 | SciNews
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from July 26 to August 2: Catch the Southern Delta Aquariids [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 26 – August 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Remembering David Crawford (1931–2024) [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show August 2 2024: Hello... Girly? | Level1 Techs
Censorship Wolves In "Save the kids" Clothing - DTNS 4823 | Daily Tech News Show
On This Day
August 2nd is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 151 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)
338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)]
• [Battle of Chaeronea, 338 BC ⚔️ Philip & Alexander take on the Greek Coalition] (History Marche)
• [LINKTEXT]
216 BC – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cannae]
• [The Battle of Cannae (216 B.C.E.)] (Historia Civilis)
• [The Battle of Cannae: Rome's greatest defeat] (Lindybeige)
• [Battle of Cannae, 216 BC ⚔️ FULL DOCUMENTARY ⚔️ (Hannibal PARTS 11 - 13) - Second Punic War] (History Marche)
• [Wikipedia: Second Punic War]
49 BC – Caesar, who marched to Spain earlier in the year leaving Marcus Antonius in charge of Italy, defeats Pompey's general Afranius and Petreius in Ilerda (Lerida) north of the Ebro river. Unlike many of the other battles of the civil war, this was more a campaign of manoeuvre than actual fighting.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ilerda]
• [The Battle of Ilerda (49 B.C.E.)] (Historia Civilis)
47 BC – At Zela, Caesar defeats Pharnaces, son of Mithridates the Great, who has earlier invaded Pontus. Caesar's comment on the victory is "Veni, vidi, vici". (I came, I saw, I conquered]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Zela]
• [Caesar's Pontic War: Zela and Veni Vidi Vici - Roman DOCUMENTARY] (Kings and Generals)
• [Zela, Ruspina, & Thapsus (47 to 46 B.C.E.)] (Historia Civilis)
461 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor.
932 – After a two-years siege, the city of Toledo, in Spain, surrenders to the forces of the Caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Rahman III, assuming an important victory in his campaign to subjugate the Central March.
1274 – Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
1343 – After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson (The Lioness of Brittany) sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports.
• [Wikipedia: Jeanne de Clisson]
• [How an Angry Widow Avenged her Husband and TERRORISED The King of France: Jeanne de Clisson]
• [Jeanne de Clisson: The Lioness of Brittany (1300-1359)]
1377 – Russian troops are defeated by forces of the Blue Horde Khan Arapsha in the Battle on Pyana River.
• [Wikipedia: Battle on Pyana River]
• [Wikipedia: Blue Horde]
1415 – Thomas Grey is executed for participating in the Southampton Plot.
1610 – During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
1790 – The first United States Census is conducted.
1798 – French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Nile]
• [Battle of the Nile, 1798] (In-Depth History)
• [Admiral Nelson & The Battle of the Nile 1798]
1830 – Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
1858 – The Government of India Act 1858 replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj.
1869 – Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
1870 – Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
1897 – Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
1903 – The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
1914 – The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
1916 – World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
1918 – The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
1922 – A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
1923 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
• [Wikipedia: Presidency of Calvin Coolidge]
1932 – The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
1934 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
• [Wikipedia: Gleichschaltung]
• [Drawn in 60 Seconds: Gleichschaltung]
• [Gleichschaltung via animation | The Holocaust, an Introduction]
1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• [Wikipedia: Marihuana Tax Act of 1937]
1939 – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
• [Wikipedia: Einstein–Szilárd letter]
• [The Letter That Led to the Atomic Bomb | Genius] (dramatization)
1943 – The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
1943 – World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
• [Wikipedia: Patrol torpedo boat PT-109]
• [JFK Library Article]
• [Sixty Years Later, the Story of PT-109 Still Captivates (2003)] (Prologue Magazine)
1944 – ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
1944 – World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
1945 – World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.
1947 – A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
1968 – An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
1973 – A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
1980 – A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
1985 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
• [Wikipedia: Invasion of Kuwait]
• [Iraq Invades Kuwait - 8/2/1990] (Discovery Education)
• [Iraq Invades Kuwait (NBC News)]
1999 – The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
2005 – Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
2014 – At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
• [Wikipedia: 2014 Kunshan explosion]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f6ynrIM7lk]
• [China Kunshan Factory Explosion]
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, August 02, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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