Weather Briefing for Saturday, May 15, 2021

OUTLOOK

Pleasant weather conditions are expected through the weekend as high pressure sets up over the region. The high shifts to our east, setting up warmer weather next week with a gradual increase in rain chances, mainly across portions of western North Carolina. Local News Update
(National News is published after the Macon Calendar section)

Today is National Armed Forces Day and National Peace Officers Memorial Day [LINK]

National Weather Map for Today

General forecast through Monday Night

Franklin area

Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then clearing, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Calm winds.

Sunday

Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Light winbds out of the south.

Monday

Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s.

Highlands area

Today

Air quality is in the extereme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of green.

Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)

Highest Temperature 89°F in Franklin in 1962
Lowest Temperature 28°F in Highlands in 1910
Greatest Rainfall 3.90 inches in Highlands in 2014
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)