Daily Weather Briefing for Saturday, June 23, 2018

OTTO AREA

TODAY

A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Light west wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

TONIGHT

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. West wind 3 to 6 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

SUNDAY

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. West northwest wind 3 to 8 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

SUNDAY NIGHT

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Light west wind.

MONDAY

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.

MONDAY NIGHT

Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.

HIGHLANDS AREA

TODAY

A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 75. West wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

TONIGHT

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind 7 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

SUNDAY

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. West northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

SUNDAY NIGHT

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. West wind around 7 mph.

MONDAY

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78.

MONDAY NIGHT

A chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

NANTAHALA AREA

TODAY

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 76. West wind 8 to 11 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

TONIGHT

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

SUNDAY

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 6 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

SUNDAY NIGHT

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind around 6 mph.

MONDAY

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 79.

MONDAY NIGHT

Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.

GOES-16 GeoColor – True Color daytime, multispectral IR

12:17 am to 3:12 am this morning

HAZARDS

There is a chance of thunderstorms everyday for the next week, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. A few storms could be strong to severe each day with gusty winds, frequent lightning and isolated flooding from heavy rainfall.

Macon Media maintains a Severe Weather Preparedness Page at http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/p/breaking-news-hub.html for those who are interested.

As always, you can check to see what advisories, watches, and warnings are in effect for Macon County by visiting http://is.gd/MACONWARN

GOES 16 – Band 15 – 12.3 µm – Dirty Longwave Window – IR (Precipitation)

3:07 am this morning

TROPICAL OUTLOOK

Tropical Weather Outlook

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL

200 AM EDT Sat Jun 23 2018

For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.

MACON CALENDAR

If you have an event you wish to be added to this calendar, please send the information, along with a flyer in pdf format or a high-quality photo, to [email protected]. If you want text published, please include a paragraph with your photo, flyer or graphics. Please include date(s) and time(s).

There is no charge for civic, educational or nonprofit groups, except for groups or events that receive funding from the TDA, TDC, and EDC, where full rates apply.

Suminski Family Books Summer Film Fest for Families

All ticket sales sold by FROG volunteers benefit:

FRIENDS OF THE GREENWAY, INC.

Location: Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts

Start time for each movie: 7:00 PM

Save When You Pre-Buy Your Tickets!

Single Ticket $5 for each movie (pre & at the door)

Season Pass $15 1 ticket to each movie Family of 4 Season Passes $50 4 tickets to each movie

Movies and Dates:

Paddington 2 on July 12, 2018

Hidden Figures on July 19, 2018

Peter Rabbit on August 19, 2018

Wonder on August 26, 2018 (benefits Friends of the Greenway)

Purchase at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main (next to new bridge) Hours: Wed-Fri, 9 AM-2 PM

There are 3 other non-profits involved: Folk Heritage Association of Macon County NC, Grandpa’s Woodshed Project, Women’s History Trail, and Read2Me. The FROG-specific specific movie is Wonder, but our members can pre-sell tickets to all movies.

Uptown Gallery classes

(These are on-going classes – repeat weekly)

Free classes and open studio times are being offered at The Uptown Gallery in Franklin. Join others at a painting open studio session every Tuesday from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm or on Thursday from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm.

Bring your own materials and join an on-going drawing course led by gallery artists on Fridays, from 11am – 2 pm. For information on days open, hours and additional art classes and workshops, contact the gallery on 30 East Main Street at (828) 349 – 4607.

National Alliance on Mental Illness

Appalachian South

Meets each Thursday at 7pm

The First Methodist Church Outreach Center

at the intersection of Harrison Ave. and West Main Street

(directly across from Lazy Hiker Brewery)

Come join our weekly support group for anyone suffering from mental illness and their family or friends. This includes Depression, Bipolar,8chizophrenia, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Etc.

Here you will find:

— others living with mental health challenges YOU ARE NOT ALONE

- learn coping skills and ?find hope in shared experience

- help learning how to break down stigma and guilt surrounding mental health

- how to live life with the expectation of a better a better future

Kay (706)970-9987 Denise (828)347-5000)

SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM

On January 1, 2017, the Syringe Exchange Program of Franklin began operating a comprehensive harm reduction program to address the opioid epidemic that is impacting western NC. Opioid overdose reversal kits including naloxone are available free of charge. If you have any questions about our services or if you know someone interested in volunteering, please contact Stephanie Almeida at 828-475-1920.

Sun and Moon

Sun

Begin civil twilight 5:50 a.m.

Sunrise 6:20 a.m.

Sun transit 1:36 p.m.

Sunset 8:52 p.m.

End civil twilight 9:21 p.m.

Moon

Moonset 3:26 a.m.

Moonrise 4:48 p.m.

Moon transit 10:27 p.m.

Moonset 4:00 a.m. tomorrow

Phase of the Moon on June 23, 2018: Waxing Gibbous with 81% of the Moon’s visible disk illuminated.

Closest Primary Moon Phase: First Quarter on June 20, 2018 at 6:51 a.m. (local daylight time)

Sky Guides for this week

Sky and Telescope Magazine 

Astronomy Magazine

There will be three solar and two lunar eclipses in 2018. [LINK]

Heavens Above has an Android App that will assist you in observing the sky and even has a satellite tracker that will let you know when the International Space Station and dozens of other satellites are overhead. [LINK]

Stellarium is also an app that will assist you in observing the sky. It is available in both Android [LINK] and iOS versions. [LINK]

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Published at 3:55 am on June 22, 2018

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Data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster’s Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, and the Weather Prediction Center.