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OUTLOOK
Cool and dry high pressure will build into the area behind a departing cold front today, and persist across the region over the next several days. Seasonable temperatures and mostly clear skies will continue through the weekend.
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Local News
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Friday Night
Franklin area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the the northwest around 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near in the mid-60s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midmorning.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Otto area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the north.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Saturday 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
Hazardous weather is not expected today. However, we will be enjkoying a sneak peak at autumn over the next few days.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Rose, located about 1200 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, and on Tropical Depression Eighteen, located about 2000 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands.
The National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory on the remnants of Peter, located a few hundred miles north of Puerto Rico.
1. A gale-force, non-tropical low pressure system, the remnants of Odette, is located about 600 miles west-northwest of the westernmost Azores. Showers and thunderstorms have increased a little near the low, and it could become a subtropical or tropical cyclone while it moves generally southward over marginally warmer waters during the next couple of days. Strong upper-level winds are expected to develop over the system this weekend, which should limit its development. 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…medium…50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…medium…60 percent.
Air quality is in the middle range green 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 currently little to no haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (7.6 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.4 out of 12).
Weather Almanac for September 23nd (1872-2020)
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
Highest Temperature 91°F in Highlands in 1931
Lowest Temperature 30°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1982
Greatest Rainfall 2.91 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2003
(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
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IMAGE RED SAND PROJECT
Zonta Club of the Franklin Area Red Sand Project
The Red Sand Project will be held in front of the Macon County Courthouse in downtown Franklin on Saturday October 2 at 9 a.m. Social distancing will be practiced and masks are advised.
Come and help to draw attention to those who metaphorically “fall through the cracks” and become victims of human trafficking. Women and children are more likely to be victims; unfortunately trafficking often goes unrecognized and is far more prevalent here than most people realize. Zonta will highlight how it affects our community and our country and introduce some of the organizations here that combat it. Participants will be given red sand that they will use to fill the cracks in the sidewalk, to draw attention to those who cannot advocate for themselves.
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 22nd, 2021
PBS NewsHour full episode, September 22nd, 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 22, 2021]
FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine booster
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 23rd is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 99 days remain until the end of the year.
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Published at 4:15am on Thursday, September 23, 2021
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