OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will remain centered off the Southeast Coast, resulting in a warm, southerly flow through mid week. The next chance for rain will be from late Thursday into Friday as a cold front crosses the region from the west. In the front`s wake, high pressure will spread back over the region for the weekend, but then move offshore early next week.
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Local COVID-19 Numbers for April 27, 2021 [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Friday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm wind.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasong to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers before 11pm, then a chance of rain, then showers likely after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday
A chance of rain before 3pm, then a chance of showers, then a chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Highlands area
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
A chance of rain, mainly between 9pm and midnight, then a chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday
A chance of rain before 3pm, then a chance of showers between 3pm and 5pm, then a chance of rain after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Light winds out of the south.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs near 801. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers before 11pm, then a chance of rain, then a chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday
A chance of rain before 3pm, then a chance of showers, then a chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
Nantahala area
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 8 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
Showers likely, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday
A chance of rain before 3pm, then a chance of showers between 3pm and 5pm, then a chance of rain after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 65. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extereme lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (9.8 out of 12) today with Oak, Beech, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to return to the high range (9.6 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on April 28th
Highest Temperature 88°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1986
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Highlands in 1928
Greatest Rainfall 2.96 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1958
Greatest Snowfall 0.1 inches in Highlands in 1928
April Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on April 26, 1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on April 1, 1987
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.00 inches in Highlands on April 7, 1895
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on April 4, 1987
Macon Calendar
Friends of the Greenway
Friends of the Greenway would like to invite you to FROG FAIR, our spring arts & crafts fair on May 8, 2021 from 9-3 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main St, Franklin (at the Town bridge). We are excited to report that so far, 26 vendors have chosen to participate at the FAIR. As a fund raiser event for FROG, we collect a vendor registration fee, will offer a continental breakfast, lunch specials, homemade desserts and hold a 50/50 drawing with a $50 guarantee. Area musicians will perform throughout the day, with a sitting area for extra enjoyment. Mark your calendar and come enjoy the day. Stop by FROG Quarters Wednesday-Saturday between 9-2 to become a registered vendor or to purchase 50/50 drawing tickets. Hope to see you on May 8. For vendor information, email us at frog28734@gmail.com.
On This Day
April 27th is the 117th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 248 days remain until the end of the year. Historical Events
224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
1192 – Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
1202 - King Philip II expels King John of England ("Lackland") from France
1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1503 – The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
1758 – The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
1770 - British Captain James Cook, aboard the Endeavour, lands at Botany Bay in Australia
1788 – Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
1792 – France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
1794 – Sardinians, headed by Giovanni Maria Angioy, start a revolution against the Savoy domination, expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from Cagliari, the capital and largest city of the island.
1796 – The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
1869 – Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
1881 – Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
1887 – A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
1910 – Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
1920 – The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is founded.
1923 – Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
1930 – The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
1939 - Adolf Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect
1941 – The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.
1944 – World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
1945 – Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement.
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
1948 – Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
1949 – The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
1952 – The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
1952 – The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
1965 – United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
1967 – Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
1969 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
1970 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
1973 – The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
1975 – General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.[
1977 – The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
1978 – President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
1986 – High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
1988 – Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
1993 – A Zambia Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo crashes off the coast of Libreville, Gabon, killing all 30 passengers, which included the entire Zambia national football team.
1994 – Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
1996 – Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4 1/2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
1996 – Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
2004 – CBS News released evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
2019 - Largest demonstrations since 2014 in Hong Kong over plans to change law to send suspects to mainland China for trial
2019 - Spanish general election: no party wins a majority, Socialists under Pedro Sanchez win most with 29%
2020 - US confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 1 million, while death toll of 58,365 surpasses that of US soldiers killed in Vietnam War (Johns Hopkins)
2020 - President Vladimir Putin warns Russia has not yet reached the peak of COVID-19 infections, with 93,000 recorded cases and 867 deaths
2020 - Argentina bans all commercial domestic and international flights until September 1 because of COVID-19
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Published at 4:00am on Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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