News and Weather Briefing for Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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OUTLOOK
A strong cold front will cross the area from the northwest today, bringing the potential for strong storms. The front will usher in cool and dry high pressure, which will build into the area through the end of the week. Dry weather and seasonable temperatures will continue into early next week.
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National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Friday Night
Franklin area
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog before noon. Highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the north.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. Highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s.
Otto area
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog before noon. Highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the north.
Friday
Sunny, with highss in the low-to-mid 70s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Nantahala area
Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before 11am. Highs in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph by midmorning.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A strong cold front may bring another round of locally heavy rainfall and strong thunderstorms as it crosses the area today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Peter, located a couple of hundred miles north-northeast of Puerto Rico, and on recently downgraded Tropical Depression Rose, located about 1000 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
1. Showers and thunderstorms are becoming better organized in association with a tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. However, satellite wind data indicate that the system still lacks a well-defined center.
Environmental conditions are expected to remain conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression is likely to form in a day or two while the system moves westward at 10 to 15 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…high…80 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…high…90 percent.
2. A gale-force, non-tropical low pressure system, the remnants of Odette, is located about 500 miles west of the westernmost Azores. This low could acquire some subtropical characteristics over marginally warm waters during the next few days while it makes a counter-clockwise loop over the north-central Atlantic Ocean. However, by the weekend, this system is expected to move into an environment of strong upper-level winds. Additional information on this system, including gale warnings, can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…medium…50 percent.
Air quality is in the middlerange of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There is haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-medium range (7.9 out of 12).
Weather Almanac for September 22nd (1872-2020)
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1955
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Rainfall 3.10 inches in Highlands in 1898
(rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Five of 1898. Storms were not named at that time).
Record Weather Events for September (1872-2017)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on Sept 4, 1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on Sept 30, 1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on Sept 29, 1964
Record weather events for this date and month in Macon County
Record Weather Events for Sept 1st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Goldsboro, Wayne County in 1932
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Boone, Watauga County in 1946
Greatest Rainfall 8.98 inches in Andrews, Cherokee County in 1982
Record Weather Events for September in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 109°F in Weldon, Halifax County on 09-07-1954
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 18.30 inches in Southport, Brunswick County on 09-16-1999
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to [email protected])
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FROG FAIR
November 6, 2021
Friends of the Greenway Fall Fundraising Event. FROG FAIR will be held November 6 from 9-3 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge. Vendor spaces are available–check our website for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Make sure to mark your calendar–arts & crafts, food, & music will make it a special day. For more information, email [email protected].
Encastic Painting Classes
The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encastic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.
For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at [email protected]
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National News Roundup
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – September 21st, 2021
PBS NewsHour full episode, September 21st, 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: [September 20, 2021]
Johnson & Johnson Announces Real-World Evidence and Phase 3 Data Confirming Strong and Long-Lasting Protection of Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine in the U.S. [Press Release]
Exerpt:
Booster shot at two months provided 94 percent protection against COVID-19 in the U.S.
The Phase 3 ENSEMBLE 2 study showed that another shot of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine given 56 days after the first provided:
100 percent protection (CI, 33%-100%) against severe/critical COVID-19 – at least 14 days post-final vaccination.
75 percent protection against symptomatic (moderate to severe/critical) COVID-19 globally (CI, 55%-87%).
94 percent protection against symptomatic (moderate to severe/critical) COVID-19 in the U.S. (CI, 58%-100%).
When a booster of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was given two months after the first shot, antibody levels rose to four to six times higher than observed after the single shot.
Booster shot at six months provided 12-fold increase in antibodies
When a booster of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was given six months after the single shot, antibody levels increased nine-fold one week after the booster and continued to climb to 12-fold higher four weeks after the booster. All rises were irrespective of age.
Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Infections Among Incarcerated Persons in a Federal Prison — Texas, July–August 2021[CDC]
Efficacy of the MMR vaccine in reducing the severity of COVID-19: an interim analysis of a randomized controlled clinical trial [MedRxiv]
The longitudinal kinetics of antibodies in COVID-19 recovered patients over 14 months [MedRxiv]
A novel B.1.1.523 SARS-CoV-2 variant that combines many spike mutations linked to immune evasion with current variants of concern [BioRxiv]
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On This Day
September 22nd is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 100 days remain until the end of the year. It is frequently the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere, though sometimes this falls on September 21 or September 23 instead.
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Published at 4:15am on Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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