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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure persists over the Southeast today. Moisture returns Sunday into Sunday night ahead of a cold front approaching from the northwest. The front stalls in the vicinity of the area through Tuesday, keeping precipitation chances around. Deeper moisture returns to the region ahead of a low pressure system tracking across the Deep South Wednesday through Friday. This system will allow precipitation chances to linger through late next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly before 5am. Widespread fog, mainly after 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7am. Areas of fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers likely, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly before 5am. Widespread dense fog, mainly after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 108 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the west 3 to 7 mph.
Tuesday
Showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Chance of raIn is 60%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly before 5am. Widespread fog, mainly after 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7am. Areas of fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers likely, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Rain, mainly after 1pm. Highs near 50. Winds out of the east around 5 mph shifting to come out of the south by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly before 4am. Widespread dense fog, mainly after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7am. Widespread fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers likely, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not anticipated today or tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather Goodbye Big Flares, Hello Green Comet | Space Weather News: 26 January 2023
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• Damaging 2022 Atlantic hurricane season draws to a close [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]
• Atlantic hurricane season ends with 14 named storms [AP News]
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
700 PM EST Wed Nov 30 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
This is the last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Routine issuance of the Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on May 15, 2023. During the off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No known appreciable smoke field will be crossing Macon County today or tonight.
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (2.6 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 29th
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 One-Day Rainfall 1.60 inches in Highlands 1893
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 7.5 inches in Highlands in 1930
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 5.10 inches in Highlands on 01-12-2018
Greatest Snowfall 10.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-08-1988
Record Weather Events for January 29th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Wadesboro, Anson County in 1944 /> Lowest Temperature -12°F in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County in 1986
Greatest Rainfall 4.50 inches in Washington, Beaufort County in 1994
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery Count in 1998
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 86°F in Marion, Mcdowell County on 01-24-1927
Lowest Temperature -34°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 9.18 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 01-13-2018
Greatest Snowfall 28.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-28-1998
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Macon Calendar
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No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Study says a regional energy market could prevent blackouts [BPR]
• Appalachian Trail officials eye permanently closing once-popular Overmountain Shelter barn [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Complaints mount: Changes at Haywood internet, cable provider not going well for customers [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Jan 26 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Angel Medical Center President's Column for January 2023 [Macon Media]
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 28 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for January 28th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 339 [Al Jazeera]
• LIVEBLOG: Day 339 of Russian aggression against Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 339: “Acute situation” in Bakhmut and Vuhledar–Zelenskyy. [Euromaiden Press]
• At the Pentagon, push to send F-16s to Ukraine picks up steam [Politico]
• Russian military chiefs are losing patience with Putin and could soon turn on him in a coup, former aide predicts [Yahoo! News]
• Russia-Ukraine war: 3 killed, 14 injured in Russian strike on residential complex in East Ukraine [WION News]
• The 2nd Holodomor: A Pending Genocide [Zeihan on Geopolitics on Youtube ]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Mozart Group training Ukrainians to ‘kill Russians’ – founder [Russia Today]
• Drone captures aerial footage of Vuhledar in flames [Pravda]
• Russian forces take control of Blagodatnoye settlement near Soledar — Wagner group [TASS]
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National and World News Roundup
Biden and Putin’s Years-in-the-Making Faceoff Over Ukraine - Putin and the Presidents | FRONTLINE
• After Tyre Nichols Video Release, Memphis Disbands Scorpion Street-Crime Unit [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Capitol rioter who pepper-sprayed officer Sicknick sentenced to prison [Courthouse News Service]
• Why India banned the BBC’s Modi documentary | The Listening Post [Al Jazeera on Youtube]
• Iran reports drone attack on defense facility in Isfahan [Washington Post]
• Turkey alerts citizens to risk of attack in United States, Europe on heels of Western warnings [Reuters]
• How a Drug Company Made $114 Billion by Gaming the U.S. Patent System [Wall Street Journal]
Former President Donald Trump Visits South Carolina | SouthCarolinaETV
• Trump makes splashy rollout of his SC team at State House amid questions about his support [The State (Columbia, SC)]
************************ • Why India Is Using Emergency Laws to Ban a Documentary About Prime Minister Modi [Time Magazine]
• Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi [The Intercept]
• JNU cuts electricity to prevent screening of BBC series on PM Modi, students turn to phones [India Today]
Here are ways you can watch the documentary: • Narendra Modi BBC Documentary 'India: The Modi Question' | Season: 1 Episode: 1 [Odysee]
• Narendra Modi BBC Documentary 'India: The Modi Question' | Season: 1 Episode: 2 [Odysee]
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MiniSection on Journalism
Media Literacy is Strong in Finland | TWiT TV
Great Expectations | On The Media
In this episode:
Many of us are still cookin’ with gas, but should we? On this week’s On the Media, a look at why gas stoves, and the political flame-war over appliances, are back in the news. Plus, why new research says we’ve left the golden age of science and technology.
• Avoiding Conflict of Interest [RTDNA (Radio Television Digital News Association)]
• Fact-Checking: Don’t be fooled by fake screenshots [Poynter (Media Literacy Project) ]
• An Overdue Generational Shift Is Changing How Journalists Manage Traumatic Stories [Nieman Reports]
• Journalism has a Davos problem [Columbia Journalism Review]
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Putin and the Presidents (full documentary) | FRONTLINE PBS
Global National: Jan. 28, 2023 | Millions demand justice for Tyre Nichols across the US
Nightly News Full Broadcast (January 28th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, January 28, 2022
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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]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:57pm CET, 25 January 2023, there have been 100,651,473 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,093,540 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 20 January 2023, a total of 660,066,195 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 4:57pm CET, 25 January 2023, there have been 664,873,023 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,724,248 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 January 2023, a total of 13,156,047,747 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Heart attacks on dramatic rise for 25-44 age group [KHON-TV (Honolulu, HI)]
• Pregnancy outcomes and vaccine effectiveness during the period of omicron as the variant of concern, INTERCOVID-2022: a multinational, observational study [The Lancet]
• Facing the New Covid-19 Reality [New ERngland Journal of Medicine]
• TWiV 977: Ageing is infectious [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 976: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• World's first semi-submersible floating wind farm achieves 78GWh power [Interesting Engineering]
• Study finds those with schizotypal, paranoid, and histrionic personality traits are more likely to fall for fake news. [PsyPost]
• How to Shelter from a Nuclear Explosion [Physics of Fluids Journal]
• DARPA and NASA plan orbital nuclear rocket test [New Atlas]
• Apple sued for promising privacy, failing at it [The Register]
Evergreen Links
• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
David Kipping: Alien Civilizations and Habitable Worlds | Lex Fridman Podcast #355
The Level1 Show January 27 2023: Let Them Eat Conference Room Cake | Level1Techs
Water Marking Words - DTNS 4445 | Daily Tech News Show
The Middle Corridor to revolutionize Europe and Asia | Caspian Report
Why Wealthy Americans Love AmEx | CNBC
SpaceX Starship Breaks New Record, and Nuclear Rocket Engine Announced | Marcus House
Beyond Human: A Billion Years of Evolution and the Fate of Our Species | Cool Worlds
Starbase Weekly Episode 58 | RGV Aerial Photography
Mind Blowing Ways Scientists Propose To Search for Dark Matter | Anton Petrov
The 7 Emotions that Push Civilization | Whatifalthist
World’s first semi-submersible floating wind farm achieves 78GWh power | Interesting Engineering
10 Strange Mysteries of the Life of the Universe | John Michael Godier
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Cyprus: A hiding spot for Russian money | 60 Minutes
Peter Zeihan: Russia Is At Point Of No Return This Will Happen Next With Russia If It Don't Stop | Learn From Most Influential Investors
What role does the Wagner Group play for Russia in Ukraine? | DW News
Western tanks in Ukraine - provocation or salvation? | TVP World
Russia warns the West about sending tanks to Ukraine | Fox News
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On This Day
January 29 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 Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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 – LiliÊ»uokalani 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.
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 KaniÅ«kai, 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.
1973 – EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people.
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.
2008 – An Egyptian court 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 – Alexandre Bissonnette opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, 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 Sunday, January 29, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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