Weather Briefing for Thursday, March 11, 2021

OUTLOOK

High pressure will linger in the offshore Atlantic waters through Friday, maintaining a warm southerly flow of air across the region. A cool front moves through this weekend with shower chances increasing by Monday and continuing through the middle of next week.


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News Highlights

COVID-19 Relief Bill Signed
[LINK TO TEXT]



CDC issues new guidelines for people who are fully vaccinated



• Prescribed burns planned on the Cheoah and Tusquitee Ranger Districts to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health [LINK] • Annual 4-H Plant Sales for 2021 Announced [LINK]

• The latest local COVID-19 numbers, charts, and tables have been posted [LINK]

Recent Local Government Meetings

• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2021 [LINK] • Franklin Town Council - March 2021 Regular Meeting [LINK]

• The Macon County Board of Commissioners -Special Called Meeting (02-26-2021) [LINK]

• Macon County Board of Education - February 2021 Regular Meeting [LINK]

• Macon County Board of Commissioners - February 2021 Regular Meeting [LINK]

• Franklin Town Council - February 2021 Regular Meeting [LINK]





National Weather Map for Today

General forecast through Saturday Night


Franklin area

Today
(Use caution if burning outdoors this afternoon)


Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.

Friday

Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Calm winds.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.

Highlands area
(Use caution if burning outdoors this afternoon)


Today

Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight.

Friday

Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.

Otto area
(Use caution if burning outdoors this afternoon)


Today

Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds.

Friday

Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the northwest.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.

Nantahala area
(Air Quality Alert Until 10am. Use caution if burning outdoors this afternoon)


Today

Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds.

Friday

Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the northwest.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.



HAZARDS

In general, hazardous weather is not expected today. Conditions have continued to dry over the last few days, and the relative humidity levels today will drop to below 40% in the afternoon.





Air Quality

Air quality is in the middle range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of yellow. This is due to smoke from prescribed burns in the region.

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (9.8 out of 12) today with Alder, Juniper, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be a little lower (9.1 out of 12).


Weather Extremes for Macon County on March 11th


Highest Temperature 81°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1974
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Highlands in 1934
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.07 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands in 1926

March Weather Extremes for Macon County

Highest Temperature 86°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 15, 1967
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on March 7, 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands on March 29, 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on March 13, 1993 

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Published at 4:00am on Thursday, March 11, 2021

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President Trump Impeached for Incitement of Insurrection

Image provided by US House

President Donald Trump has been impeached for a second time, this time for Incitement of Insurrection (details in the resolution posted below). The vote was 232-197 with 4 members not voting. The US Senate will take up the articles sometime next week.

Full Video of Impeachment Hearing

Only three Presidents have been impeached, Andrew Johnson in 1868 (11 Articles listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson#Impeachment), Bill Clinton in 1998 (Perjury and Obstruction of justice), and Donald Trump in 2019 (for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress).

Text of Resolution:

RESOLUTION

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Resolved, the Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:

Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.

ARTICLE 1: INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION

The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives "shall have the sole Power of Impeachment" and that the President "shall be removed from Office on Impeachment, for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Further, section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits any person who has "engaged in insurrection or rebellion against" the United States from "hold[ing] and office ... under the United States.' In his conduct while President of the United States — and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, provide, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed — Donald John Trump engaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting violence against the Government of the United States, in that:

On January 6, 2021, pursuant to the 12th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the House of Representatives, and the Senate met at the United States Capitol for a Joint Session of Congress to count the votes of the Electoral College. In the months preceding the Joint Session, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the Presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American people or certified by State or Federal officials. Shortly before the Joint Session commenced, President Trump, addressed a crowd at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. There, he reiterated false claims that "we won this election, and we won it by a landslide." He also willfully made statements that, in context, encouraged — and foreseeably resulted in — lawless action at the Capitol, such as: "if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore." Thus incited by President Trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the Joint Session's solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 Presidential election, unlawfully breached and vandalized the Capitol, injured and killed law enforcement personnel, menaced Members of Congress, the Vice President, and Congressional personnel, and engaged in other violent, deadly, destructive and seditious acts.

President Trump's conduct on January 6, 2021, followed his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election. Those prior efforts included a phone call on January 2, 2021, during which President Trump urged the secretary of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, to "find" enough votes to overturn the Georgia Presidential election results and threatened Secretary Raffensperger if he failed to do so.

In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government. He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coequal branch of Government. He thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.

Wherefore, Donald John Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. Donald John Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

Bobby Coggins, Publisher and Editor
Published at 4:42pm on Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Edited to add image of vote talley (Source: FedNet)

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