Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure is expected to build into the region this weekend, lingering through the middle of next week, while the front stalls over the Southeast and keeps daily shower and thunderstorm chances around. Above normal temperatures return today and will linger through Saturday before below normal temperatures return Sunday and linger through the middle of next week.
• Angel Medical Center CEO Column for August 2024 [Macon Media]
• Grace Johnson Art Collection Reception at the Macon County Public Library [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the mid-to-late afternoon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph early in the morning decreasing to calm winds by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph after midnight. The chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Sunday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. The chance of rain is 20%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light winds out of the north.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the north.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph decreasing to calm winds before midnight.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Light and variable windss.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Light winds out of the northeast.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable windss.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
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Hazards
Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and evening. The main hazards with any thunderstorms that develop are cloud to ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Aug 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 Debby, located inland over North Carolina.
1. Near the Lesser and Greater Antilles:
A tropical wave located over the tropical Atlantic several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing widespread disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Any development of the wave should be slow to occur during the next couple of days while it moves westward across the central tropical Atlantic. Afterwards, conditions are expected to become more conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form while it approaches the Lesser Antilles by early next week. The system is then forecast to move generally west-northwestward and could approach the Greater Antilles by the middle part of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (7.8 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for August 9th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin in 1980
Lowest Temperature 47°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1989
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.90 inches in Highlands in 1952
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 9th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 108°F in Dobbins Heights, Richmond County in 2007
Lowest Temperature 37°F in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1989
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.65 inches in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1936
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
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Grace Johnson Art Collection Reception at the Macon County Public Library
Friday, August 16, 2024 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room - Grace Johnson Art Collection Reception & Friends of the Library Fundraiser
Grace Johnson spent much of her retirement years volunteering with the Friends of the Library—her family is exhibiting some of the art she collected throughout her career which took her to Vietnam, Korea, Germany, Grenada, Iran, as well as stateside locations. Art will be on display throughout the month of August and available for bidding to raise funds for the Friends of the Library. Refreshments will be served.
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
August 2024 Schedule
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.
8-17-24—Jim Corbett—New to The Frog, an Acoustic Guitarist with sounds from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Jim came to us with a resume of awards won, songs recorded, places he’s played and groups of which he’s been a part. Known in the Highlands area, we welcome the artistry of Jim Corbett to The Frog.
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.
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• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 2 – 11 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
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On This Day
August 9 is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 144 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)
48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Pharsalus]
• [The Battle of Pharsalus (48 B.C.E.)] (Historia Civilis)
• [Battle of Pharsalus 48 BC - Caesar's Civil War] (Kings and Generals)
• [Pharsalus (48 BCE)] (Livius.org)
• [Battle Stack: The Battle of Pharsalus (Caesar vs Pompey) tactics]
• [The Battle of Pharsalus: How Caesar Won a Civil War While Outnumbered Two to One] (War history Online)
• [Dramatization from BBC]
• [Roman epic poem by the poet Lucan]
• [Britannica Encyclopedia Entry]
• [Wikipedia: Caesar's Civil War]
378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Adrianople]
• [Battle of Adrianople 378 - Roman-Gothic War ] (Kings and Generals)
• [The Battle of Adrianople 378 AD] (BazBattles)
• [Wikipedia: Gothic War (376–382)]
• [The Gothic War (376-382) The Fall of Rome #2] (History Time)
1173 – Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete. 1329 – Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop. 1428 – Sources cite biggest caravan trade between Podvisoki and Republic of Ragusa in 1428. Vlachs committed to Ragusan lord Tomo Bunić, that they will with 600 horses deliver 1500 modius of salt. Delivery was meant for Dobrašin Veseoković, and Vlachs price was half of delivered salt. 1500 – Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
1610 – The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Powhatan Wars]
• [Anglo-Powhatan Wars | 3 Minute History]
• [Jamestown and the Powhatan Wars] (J History)
• [The Powhatan Confederacy (HIST 114 - 2.09)] (Campion College)
1751 - NC History James Davis issues the North Carolina Gazette, the first newspaper in North Carolina.
• [Wikipedia: North-Carolina Gazette]
• [Digitial NC: The Noth. Carolina Gazette [1751-1759] (New Bern, N.C.)]
• [NCPedia: North-Carolina Gazette]
1810 – Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
• [The Ephemeral States of the Napoleonic Period]
1814 – Indian Wars: The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Fort Jackson]
• ["Alabama Fever in the Wake of the Treaty of Fort Jackson" by Tom Kanon]
• [Wikipedia: American Indian Wars]
1830 – Louis Philippe becomes the king of the French following abdication of Charles X. 1842 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cedar Mountain]
• [Wikipedia: Northern Virginia campaign]
• [Civil War 125th Anniversary Battle of Cedar Mountain - Re-enacting Retro]
• [1862-52 Cedar Mountain August 9 1862]
• [Medical Care at the Battle of Cedar Mountain - August 9, 1862] (video will go live at 1pm)
1877 – Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Big Hole]
• [Wikipedia: Nez Perce War]
• [BIHO The Battle of the Big Hole]
• [Big Hole National Battlefield - Tragedy in Montana]
• [Big Hole National Battlefield Movie]
• [Big Hole National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)]
1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
• [Wikipedia: List of Edison patents]
1902 – Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. 1914 – Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Mulhouse]
• [Mountain Combat In The Vosges - The Battle For Alsace-Lorraine I THE GREAT WAR Special]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Frontiers]
1925 – A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India. 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
• [Jesse Owens immortalized by his fourth gold medal]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Jesse Owens]
• [Movietone Newsreel]
• [Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics in 1936]
1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
• [Battle of Savo Island]
• [Battle of Savo Island]
• [Drachinfel: Guadalcanal Campaign - 1st Savo IslandLINKTEXT]
• [Why was the US Navy mauled at Savo Island?]
• [[EN] Armchair Admirals Episode III - Battle of Savo Island | EnStream 2020]
1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
• [SmokeyBear.com: About the Campaign]
• [THE STORY OF SMOKEY BEAR w/ HOPALONG CASSIDY U.S. FOREST SERVICE FIRE FIGHTERS] (1953)
• [History of Smokey Bear]
• [The Story of Smokey Bear]
• [Smokey the Bear Dies - Decades TV Network]
1944 – Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war. 1945 – World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
• [Wikipedia: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
• [Atomic Archive: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
• [Nagasaki Bomb - 1945 | Movietone Moments]
1945 – The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
1949 - NC History The first locally-established arts council in the United States is formed in Winston-Salem.
• [Wikipedia: Arts Council of Winston-Salem Forsyth County]
• [Official Website]
1960 – South Kasai secedes from the Congo. 1965 – Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
1969 – Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
• [Wikipedia: Manson Family]
• [Inside Charles Manson's crazed cult | 60 Minutes Australia]
• [Susan Atkins Interview (1976) - Description of Sharon Tate Murder]
1970 – LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground. 1971 – The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
1973 – Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
1974 – As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
• [Swearing in Ceremony of Gerald R. Ford as 38th President of the United States, August 9, 1974]
• [Biography]
• [Ambition, Pragmatism and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford]
1991 – The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial. 1993 – The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership. 1999 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. 2003 - NC History A flood washes away the Pisgah Covered Brisdge in Randolph County. It is later rebuilt.
• [Wikipedia: Pisgah Covered Bridge]
• [HD Carolina: Pisgah Covered Bridge]
2006 – At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
2013 – Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30.
2014 – Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
• [Wikipedia: Shooting of Michael Brown]
• [Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory]
• [RAW COVERAGE: Ferguson, Missouri, Round Two]
2017 - Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest
• [New York Times]
• [Inflatable chicken resembling Trump (video)]
• [It's gonna be huge: China factory hatches giant Trump chickens (video)]
2018 - Argentina's Senate rejects bill to legalize abortion in first 14 weeks
2020 - Brazil passes 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, the world's 2nd highest, with over 3 million recorded cases
2020 - Disputed Belarusian presidential election sees long time dictator Alexander Lukashenko officially win 80% of the votes but unofficially lose 60-70% of the votes to main opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Sparks widespread protests in Belarus and international condemnation.
• [Wikipedia: 2020 Belarusian presidential election]
• [Belarus President Is Secretly Inaugurated Weeks After Disputed Election]
• [Violent protests in Belarus after Lukashenko claims election victory (video)]
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, August 09, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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