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OUTLOOK
A strong winter storm will dive into the mid-south tonight and Sunday with significant impacts expected across the region before departing along the the East Coast Sunday night. Cold and breezy conditions are expected in the storms wake Monday with lingering snow showers near the Tennessee border. Temperatures will rebound to near normal mid-week ahead of our next cold front.
What to expect From this storm
The way the models are currently (4am on Saturday) handling the moisture is that we should have some snow showers in the mid-to late afternoon. You should plan on being where you want to be until Tuesday by this time. Please stay off the roads during this storm so NCDOT trucks can clear them more effectively and so emergency personnel do not have to risk their lives to save yours because you wanted to "see how pretty the snow looks." We will also be having a wind field cross the area Sunday morning, so there will probably be some power outages and power company personnel will need to access locations without having the thread their way through wrecked and abandoned vehicles. The main event is supposed to start at around 11pm or so tonight (temperature will be below freezing at around this point) and reach its peak output around 5am or so and decrease the amount of snow falling somewhat around 10am when is should turn to rain and freezing rain for a couple of hours (along with an increase in wind speeds and temperature) or so and then change back over to snow and them pick back up between 2pm through 5pm as temperatures drop back below freezing and gradually taper off into Monday morning. Temperatures probably will not rise above freezing until sometime Tuesday morning or Tuesday afternoon depending on your elevation. Locations above 3500 feet may not rise above freezing at all. Maps of snow and ice depth forecasts from the National Weather Service are included in the Hazardous Weather Section of the news and weather briefing. Be safe, be kind to one another and check up on your neighbors.
Short Range Ensemble Forecasting Computer Models
A lot of amateur forecasters often share snow cover maps they see posted online. Most of the time, they only share the maps that show the most snow and neglect to let their friends or readers know that these maps are just the ones that show the most snow instead of trying to communicate uncertainties in the forecast. Macon Media considers any forecast map for an event more than 72 hours away to be unreliable and will not share any because of this unless it is a map prepared by professionals at the National Weather Service, Local Yokel Weather or a few other trusted meteorologists. Perhaps a better tool are charts called meteograms that allow forecast uncertainty to be communicated to the public so they can manage expectations of an event. The above chart is the output of a Short Range Ensemble Forecast of comouter models by the National Weather Service for their weather station located at the Macon County Airport. The map is annotated to help you understand the information being displayed. You can click on the map to embiggen it to a larger size or download it to your device to expand it even more.
Data from the 03Z Model Run
at 11pm on 01-14-2022
Inches of snow are on the vertical axis
Time and Date are on the horizontal axis
subtract 4 from the xxZ to get the timer in 24 hour format.
In the interest of promting transparency and to communicate uncertainties in the forecast, Macon Media will try to share some of these products in the future. While it's a bit technical and not as sexy or popular for generating social media buzz or "becoming viral" as posting a clown map, it is more responsible and sober. --Bobby
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of rain after 2pm. Cloudy, with highs in the lower 40s. Calm winds.
Tonight
A chance of rain and snow before 11pm, then snow. Low around 30. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Sunday
Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of snow, mainly before midnight, then a slight chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 20. Light winds out of the southwest increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 18.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of snow after 2pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Tonight
Snow, mainly after midnight. Low around 28. East wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
Sunday
Snow. Highs in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mostly sunny, with highs near 30. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 18.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Cloudy, with highs near 40. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then snow. Low around 30. Light and variable winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Sunday
Snow. High in the mid 30s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph Light winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of snow before midnight, then a slight chance of snow showers between midnight and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Light winds out of the northwest in the early evening increasing to 5to 10 mph by midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 19.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of rain and snow before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain between 2pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow after 5pm. Cloudy, with highs near 40. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
A chance of rain and snow before 11pm, then snow. Lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Sunday
Snow before 11am, then rain between 11am and noon, then snow after noon. High in the mid 30s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of snow before midnight, then a chance of snow showers, mainly between midnight and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Light winds out of the west in the early evening increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 9am. Partly sunny, with highs near 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 19.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A Winter Storm Warning will be in effect from 6pm today until 8am Monday morning. Please get to where you want to be by sometime early this afternoon and stay put until the roads get cleared. Details about the Winter Storm Warning are posted below, as well as snow and ice depth forecast maps from the National Weather Service.
NWS Forecast Maps
Expected Amount of Snow and Ice
Low End Amount of snow
High end Amount of Snow
SWinter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1123 PM EST Fri Jan 14 2022
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EST MONDAY...
* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 10 inches are expected across the mountain valleys and extreme northeast Georgia, with 8 to 12 inches along and near the Blue Ridge Escarpment, and 12 to 20 inches at elevations above 4000 feet. Ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an inch are also possible. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
* WHERE...The mountains of the Carolinas and northeast Georgia.
* WHEN...From 6 PM Saturday to 8 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Precipitation may begin as early as Saturday afternoon across parts of the mountains, eventually falling as mostly snow and increasing in coverage and intensity late Saturday night. The precipitation may briefly change to sleet and freezing rain before tapering off Sunday afternoon and evening in most areas, although snow showers are expected to linger along the Tennessee border into Monday morning. Widespread black ice should be expected Monday morning, and may be a concern into the middle of the week.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Winter Storm Warning means significant amounts of snow, sleet, and ice are expected or occurring. Strong winds are also possible. This will make travel very hazardous or impossible. Only travel in an emergency. If you must travel, keep a flashlight, food, and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. Prepare for possible power outages.
Please report snow and ice accumulations by calling the National Weather Service toll free at...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. Leave a message with your observation and the specific location where it occurred. You can also post your report to National Weather Service Greenville Spartanburg Facebook or tweet your report using hashtag nwsgsp.
Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or your favorite source of weather information for the latest updates. Additional details can be found at www.weather.gov/gsp. The latest state road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
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Almanac
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the extreme upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.2 out of 12) today with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 15th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 75°F in Highlands in 1932
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Highlands in 1893
Greatest Rainfall 3.04 inches in Highlands in 2013
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands in 1893
Record weather events for December in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on Dec 31, 1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on Dec 30, 1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Highlands on Dec 14, 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on Dec 21, 1876
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Winter Storm Warning issued for many ahead of weekend winter storm [WLOS-TV Asheville]
• What to know ahead of Asheville major winter storm, Gov. declares state of emergency [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Campground, RV moratorium passes in Maggie Valley [Smoky Mountain News]
• Community Donates Again [WFSC-AM]
• Highlands snowstorm update [Plateeau Daily News]
Franklin Town Council - January 2022 Regular Meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times COVID-19 Tracker [Asheville Citizen-Times]
Previously:
• Special Section: Supreme Court Hears Vaccine Mandate Cases [Nacon Media (Jan 7th, 2022)]
The documents:
• In National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, the court blocked the federal government’s vaccine-or-test requirement for workplaces of 100 or more employees. [PDF of Opinion]
• In Biden v. Missouri, the court allowed the government’s vaccine mandate for workers at federally funded health care facilities to take effect nationwide. [PDF of Opinion]
• Fractured court blocks vaccine-or-test requirement for large workplaces but green-lights vaccine mandate for health care workers [SCOTUSblog]
• Who Decides, Redux? [The Volokh Conspiracy]
• The Supreme Court sunk Biden’s vaccine/testing mandate for private employers. What you need to know. [Poynter]
• Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule [CNBC]
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National and World News Roundup
• Still stressed: Americans’ political diet harmful to overall health [University of Nebraska-Lincoln]
• Russia-US talks end with impasse and new provocations [Courthouse News Service]
• Cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites [CNN]
• Migrant's arrest under 'Operation Lone Star' ruled unconstitutional [ABC News]
• Ohio's high court overturns new congressional map saying it 'unduly favors' Republicans [CNN]
• December retail sales slip after a record holiday season [AP News]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - January 14th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 14th, 2021
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Since it looks like we may be in for a new wave of infections, here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 18, 2021]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:31pm CET, 10 January 2022, there have been 305,914,601 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,486,304 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 9 January 2022, a total of 9,126,987,353 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:31pm CET, 10 January 2022, there have been 59,138,083 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 830,334 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 December 2021, a total of 485,274,895 vaccine doses have been administered.
Dr John Campbell: US record breaking cases and hospitalizations
• Study: Omicron associated with 91% reduction in risk of death compared to Delta [AXIOS]
• DeSantis: Florida won’t enforce health care worker vaccination requirement [Click Orlando]
• FACT FOCUS: Posts mislead on nonprofit vaccine rules [AP News]
• Assessment of Functional Mobility After COVID-19 in Adults Aged 50 Years or Older in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging[JAMA Network]
• Weeks into Florida's omicron wave, surge of COVID-19 deaths begins [Palm Beach Post]
• Study finds face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half [Helsinki Times]
• Monitoring COVID-19
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
[Outbreak.info]
• CDC Releases Emergency Guidance for Healthcare Facilities to Prepare for Potential Omicron Surge [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• COVID-19 case rates by county in 2021 [AXIOS]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• How Claude Shannon Invented the Future [Quanta Magazine]
• India's richest man is pouring more than $80 billion into green energy [CNN]
• Meta faces €2.7bn civil lawsuit over allegations it exploited UK Facebook users’ data for profit [EuroNews]
• Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai were involved in ad collusion plot, claims court filing [The Verge]
• Earth is at the center of a 1,000-light-year-wide 'Swiss cheese' bubble carved out by supernovas [Live Science]
• Free at-home COVID-19 tests [COVIDtests.gov]
• Tesla expands Gigafactory Nevada solar array toward goal to become world’s biggest [Electrek]
• Crews Work on Booster 4's Engine Section | SpaceX Boca Chica [Youtube]
• New Intel chips won't play Blu-ray disks due to SGX deprecation [Bleeping Computer]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
• A Second Life for Second Life – DTNS 4191 [Daily Tech News]
Level1 News January 14 2021: They See I'm Golden, They Hatin'
BigTech: $250k of Persistent Memory w/Allyn
Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur: Hibernating Aliens
Booster 3 Removed from Suborbital Pad A | SpaceX Boca Chica
Why don't rocket engines melt? How engineers keep engines cool
Tesla’s Hypergrowth, Epic DOGECOIN Move & Clueless Cramer
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On This Day
January 15th is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 350 days remain until the end of the year (351 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
1582 – Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1759 – The British Museum opens to the public.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
1782 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
1815 – War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
1818 – A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
1822 – Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
1865 – American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
1867 – Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
1876 – The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
1892 – James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
1908 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 99 m (325 ft).
1911 – Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
1919 – Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
1934 – The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
1943 – World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
1943 – The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
1947 – The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist government.
1962 – The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
1962 – Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
1966 – The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
1969 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
1970 – Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
1970 – Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
1973 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
1975 – The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
1976 – Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
1981 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from the Polish trade union Solidarity at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
1991 – The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
1991 – Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
2005 – ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued.
2013 – A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
2015 – The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.
2016 – The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
2019 – Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19.
2019 – Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.
2020 – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island killing at least 67 and injuring hundreds.
2020 – The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturay, January 15, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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