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OUTLOOK
Snow will taper off this morning, but very cold and windy conditions are in store for the area today. Dry high pressure will build over the region from the west through the rest of the weekend. A weak clipper system will cross the southern Appalachians on Monday, but with limited moisture. A more potent storm system will arrive from the west mid to late week with more abundant moisture.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 30. Wind chill values as low as -5. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 14. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Light winds out of the west.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 30. Wind chill values as low as -5. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 14. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Light winds out of the west.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 30. Wind chill values as low as -3. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows around 15. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest in the early evening around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of snow before 7am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 7am and 9am. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 20s. Wind chill values as low as -3. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 17. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 40. Calm winds early in the morning southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is expected today.
Light to moderate snow accumulations are possible Friday into early Saturday, especially across the higher elevations. Cold temperatures and windy conditions could lead to below zero wind chill values late Friday night into Saturday night. Slippery roads and black ice conditions may develop following the storm through the late weekend.
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Almanac
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.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.4 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elmbeing the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 73°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature -9°F in Highlands in 1897
Greatest Rainfall 1.60 inches in Highlands in 1893
Greatest Snowfall 7.5 inches in Highlands in 1930
Record weather events for January in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Jan 28, 1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 4.30 inches in Nantahala on Jan 23, 1971
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 14.0 inches in Franklin on Jan 21, 1877
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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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
• Cooper vetoes election date change, 2022 primary likely to remain in May. Why it matters [BBC News]
• What’s in the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan – and when the new policies will start [Blueridge Public Radio]
• Drug giant Eli Lilly to build new $1B plant in Concord, will create nearly 600 jobs [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Minor injuries after truck lift-arm crashes into downtown bridge, causes hours-long detour [WLOS-TV (Asheville)]
• Sheriff: Man stealing catalytic converter fatally crushed in North Carolina [WCYB-TV (Bristol, VA)]
• WCU historian, class watch developing Russia-Ukraine crisis [Smoky Mountain News]
Franklin Town Council - January 2022 Regular Meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times COVID-19 Tracker [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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National and World News Roundup
• Ukraine crisis: Russian attack would be 'horrific', US warns [BBC News]
• Biden outpaces Trump in issuing drilling permits on public lands [Yahoo! News]
• title [SOURCE]
• Saving the children from the Holocaust | 60 Minutes archive [60 Minutes Rewind]
• ‘Maus’ is an Amazon bestseller after Tennessee school ban – author Art Spiegelman compares board to Putin [CNBC]
• Russia loses a million people in historic population fall [France 24]
• ‘We are desperate for new people’: inside a hate group’s leaked online chats [The Guardian]
• Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 14 of Trump’s ‘alternate electors’ [Courthouse News Service]
Global National: Jan. 28, 2022 | Ottawa ramps up security as protest convoys arrive
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - January 28th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 28th, 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 5:55pm CET, 21 January 2022, there have been 340,543,962 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,570,163 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 19 January 2022, a total of 9,571,502,663 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:55pm CET, 21 January 2022, there have been 68,199,861 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 852,334 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 14 January 2022, a total of 511,548,471 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Myocarditis Risk 17 Times Higher for Unvaccinated Patients Ages 12-30 Who Get COVID-19 Than COVID-Vaccinated Patients [Epic Research]
Dr John Campbell: Study confirms omicron reinfections
• There's one population that gets overlooked by an 'everyone will get COVID' mentality [NPR]
• TWiV 859: COVID-19 clinical update #99 with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave [AP News]
• Why did Spotify choose Joe Rogan over Neil Young? Hint: It’s not a music company. [Washington Post]
• Robinhood posts $423 million net loss, shares sink after hours [CNN]
• Youtube permanently bans Fox News host Dan Bongino [AXIOS]
Gutfeld: COVID chaos hits Canadian truck drivers
The people and politics of a protest convoy heading to Parliament Hill
• 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
• Millions of Routers, IoT Devices at Risk as Malware Source Code Surfaces on GitHub [Dark Reading]
• F.B.I. Secretly Bought Israeli Spyware and Explored Hacking U.S. Phones [New York Times]
• What is the quantum apocalypse and should we be scared?[BBC News]
• SpaceX rocket will crash into moon, leaving crater [News nation]
• Moderna begins early-stage trials of mRNA-based HIV vaccine [Engadget]
• NASA’s ‘Nuclear Option’ May Be Crucial for Getting Humans to Mars [Scientific American]
• New indoor farm opens in Kenosha using refurbished shipping containers, hydroponics [Wisconsin Public Radio]
• Power tool companies have discovered USB-C — and DeWalt’s two-way charger sounds awesome [The Verge]
• New Standard Aims To Protect Against Deepfakes [Forbes]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Level1 News January 26 2022: Nobody Expects The Microsoft Acquisition!
How Does Gravity Escape A Black Hole?
• Addendum - EP18 Iranian Interconnections [Hardcore History]
Hardcore History: EP18 Iranian Interconnections
Soldier of Heaven – Mountain Warfare in WW1 – Sabaton History 108 [Official]
How one British laboratory protects the world's chocolate
5 cool things you can do with your router's USB port!
Bill Gates’s Heroes in the Field: Kakenya Ntaiya
Brian Keating and Lee Cronin on Life in the Universe, Assembly Theory, and the Meaning of Time
NEWS: MSFT up $10B, Neil Young vs. Rogan (Spotify: Platform or Publisher), Case Study: Scratchpad
Elon Musk... and Asperger's Syndrome.
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On This Day
January 29th is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 336 days remain until the end of the year (337 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)
904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
1258 – First Mongol invasion of Đại Việt: Đại Việt defeats the Mongols at the battle of Đông Bộ Đầu, forcing the Mongols to withdraw from the country.
1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
1819 – Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
1845 – "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
1850 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
1856 – Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
1861 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
1863 – The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1891 – Liliʻuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
1911 – Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kyiv, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
1940 – Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
1941 – Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
1943 – World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USS Chicago (CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
1944 – World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
1944 – In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
1959 – The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
1963 – The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
1973 – EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people.
1980 – The Rubik's Cube makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl's Court, London.
1983 – Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, Eniwetok, strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours.
1989 – Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
1991 – Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
2001 – Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
2002 – In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
2005 – The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
2009 – The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
2009 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
2013 – SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
2014 – Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
2017 – Quebec City mosque shooting: Alexandre Bissonnette opens fire at mosque in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, killing six and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.
2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Trump administration establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force under Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, January 29, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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