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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A typical late-August pattern will continue through the first half of the week, with above-normal temperatures and afternoon thunder focused across the Appalachians. A cold fron crosses the region on Wednesday, allowing drier and somewhat cooler weather to dominate late this week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then isolated showers between 8pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then isolated showers between 8pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the northwest.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 57.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then isolated showers between 7pm and 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the snorthwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.
Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then isolated showers between midnight and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
On Tuesday and into Tuesday night, coverage of storms will increase ahead of a cold front with the main threats from the storms being strong winds. Additionally, localized flooding is possible in areas that see repeated rainfall during and leading up to this time frame.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Aug 29 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Tropical Atlantic:
A broad area of low pressure over the central tropical Atlantic is producing a large area of disorganized cloudiness and showers. Although environmental conditions ahead of the system are currently only marginal favorable, some gradual development of this system is expected over the next several days and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week. The disturbance is forecast to move slowly toward the west and then west-northwest at 5 to 10 mph, toward the waters east and northeast of the Leeward Islands. Additional information on this system can be found in high seas forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent.
2. Central Subtropical Atlantic:
A small low pressure system located about 600 miles east of Bermuda continues to produce limited shower activity. Strong upper-level winds and dry air are expected to limit significant development of this system while it drifts southward over the central Atlantic during the next day or so, and the low is likely to dissipate by midweek.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.
3. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa late today or tonight. Some gradual development of the system is possible after that time while it moves generally westward across the far eastern tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
4. Northwestern Caribbean Sea:
A trough of low pressure could develop over the northwestern Caribbean Sea during the middle part of this week. Environmental conditions could support some slow development of the system thereafter while it moves generally west-northwestward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and toward the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 28, 2022
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No smoke fields will be crossing Macon County today, no map was produced.
Air quality is in theextreme middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in theupper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range 8.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.0 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1948
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 3.89 inches in Highlands in 1940
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of August
Data available from 1873 to 2022
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 no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
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
Monthly Averages
Warmest Weather Station 79.7°F Wilmington, New Hanover County
Coldest Weather Station 59.6°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 7.74 in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County
Driest Weather Station 3.12 in Lexington, Davidson County
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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
• School Starts Today: Safety Tips and School Calendars [Macon Media]
• Capitol Christmas tree, from NC this year, making several in-state stops on way to DC [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Hundreds ride to honor fallen Wake County deputy Ned Byrd [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Democrats: Abortion rulings may be 'a blessing in disguise' [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)/]
• Even without Madison Cawthorn, outside money continues to flow into District 11 House race [Asheville Citizen Times]
State Budget Details
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 28 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 28th]
• How Ukraine is using resistance warfare developed by the US to fight back against Russia [CNN] [Resistance Operating Concept (Link to PDF)]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 186 [Al Jazeera]
Ukraine War: What to expect in the next six months | DW News
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 148-158)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 159-172. The first half of August has seen an emerging shift in the strategic initiative moving decidedly away from the Russia to that of Ukraine. With fall fast approaching the next several weeks may prove as critical as the early days of the war. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/VNNpW6pynB
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) August 17, 2022
• Russia Moves to Reinforce Its Stalled Assault on Ukraine [Wall Street Journal]
• Ukraine updates: UK ‘unclear’ if Russia can recruit more troops [AL Jazeera]
• Russia-Ukraine updates: Russian troop losses surpass 45,000, Kyiv says [DW NewsE]
• The ‘MacGyvered’ Weapons in Ukraine’s Arsenal [New York Times]
• U.S. confirms death of another American in Ukraine [CBS News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• US expands weapons deliveries by sea to Ukraine – WaPo [Russia Today]
• Foreign Affairs: Pope Francis supports Russia's stance on Ukraine and NATO [Pravda ]
• Russia practically eliminates remnants of Ukraine’s Air Force — source [TASS Russian News Agency]
The West is Up To Something! Why is the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant regularly Shelled? | BORZZIKMAN
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Speech Transcript: Monetary Policy and Price Stability Chair Jerome H. Powell [Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]
Jackson Hole Symposium Opening Remarks 2022 | Kansas City Fedr
What kind of impact will student loan relief have on US economy? | KCBS-TV (Los Angeles, CA)
• Republican effort to remove Libertarians from November ballot rejected by Texas Supreme Court [Texas Tribune]
• Trump ‘should have turned over all’ classified documents before FBI raid, Sen. Roy Blunt says [Washington Times]
• Inventory Pileup, Uneasy Shoppers Put Retailers in Jeopardy [Wall Street Journal]
• Voters with disabilities face new barriers over Texas voting law [Courthouse News Service]
• Sen. Lindsey Graham said if Trump is prosecuted for mishandling classified information 'there will be riots in the streets' [Business Insider via Yahoo! News]
What you need to know about Artemis 1 moon mission | ABC News
Artemis I - Launch Complex 39B | KSC Newsroom
Global National: Aug. 28, 2022 | What's the aim of Canada's 2SLGBTQI+ plan?
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 28
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 28th, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 6:49pm CEST, 26 August 2022, there have been 596,873,121 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,459,684 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 August 2022, a total of 12,449,443,718 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:49pm CEST, 26 August 2022, there have been 92,739,935 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,031,832 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 19 August 2022, a total of 599,453,415 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Myocarditis in SARS-CoV-2 infection vs. COVID-19 vaccination: A systematic review and meta-analysis [Frontiers in Science]
• COVID vaccines slash risk of spreading Omicron — and so does prior infection [Nature]
• Google employees frustrated after office Covid outbreaks, some call to modify vaccine policy [CNBCE]
• Latest Covid Boosters Are Set to Roll Out Before Human Testing Is Completed [Wall Street Journal]
• Fall Vaccination Campaign Will Bring New Shots, Worse Access [New York TimesE]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission: Live updates [Space.com]
• How the Inside of a Black Hole Is Secretly on the Outside [Scientific American]
• Nuclear fusion power inches closer to reality [Washington Post]
• Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal [AP News]
• What happened when we disabled Google AMP at Tribune Publishing? Shockingly little. So you should try it, too [Medium]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
Artemis I Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast - will go live at 6:30am)
NASA Launches Artemis I to the Moon Aboard SLS | NASA Spaceflight
[4K] LIVE 3.5 miles from NASA's most powerful rocket ever!!! | Everyday Astronaut
What's The Big Deal About Artemis - NASA's New Massive Moon Rocket | Scott Manley
Inside the laboratory growing sausages from animal cells | BBC News
TRACTOR PULLS: It's Not What You Think - Smarter Every Day 276
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Canadians in BC gather supplies and pack shipping container for Ukraine | Global National
Ukraine grain silos backed up as new harvest comes in | DW News
Crimean Tatars hope for a Crimea independent from Russia | Al Jazeera
Nuclear power plant hit by shelling in Zaporizhzhia | ABC News
Medic who treated Mariupol wounded heads for front | AP News
Antytila: Ukrainian rock band on the frontline of war | BBC News
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On This Day
August 29th is the 241st day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 124 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta.
1009 – Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration.
1261 – Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope.
1315 – Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered.
1350 – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.
1484 – Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
1521 – The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).
1526 – Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
1541 – The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1728 – The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.
1741 – The eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.
1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
1758 – The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and Iroquois forces at the Battle of Newtown.
1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
1807 – British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
1842 – Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
1861 – American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
1871 – Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
1903 – The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
1910 – The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1911 – The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
1916 – The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
1918 – World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
1941 – World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
1943 – World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
1944 – World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
1949 – Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
1950 – Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1965 – The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1966 – Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1970 – Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
1996 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
1997 – Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
1998 – 80 people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador.
2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
2012 – At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.
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Published at 4:00am on Monday, August 29, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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