News and Weather Briefing for Friday, January 21, 2022
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OUTLOOK
A cold front will settle along the Carolina Coast and the stage for a surface low to develop across Georgia. As the low moves along the front, wintry precipitation is likely to develop Friday afternoon into Friday night. Cold and dry high pressure quickly builds in for the weekend and the first part of next week.
SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
**5:46am update** Nantahala School is now on a two-hour delay due to black ice and freezing rain.
Franklin area schools (late-breaking update at 5:10am)
Franklin area schools are on a two-hour delay for today, Friday, January 21st.
Highlands School
Highlands School will be on a two-hour delay today, Friday, January 21st. School will begin at 10:00 am. Please do not drop of students before 9:30 to insure access to the building and proper supervision.
In addition, buses will only pick up students at the following locations: Bus 6 will pick up students at Shortoff Baptist Church on Buck Creek Road at 9:00, and Clear Creek Baptist Church on Blue Valley Road at 9:25. Bus 109 will pick up students at the Scaly Mountain Fire Station on Hale Ridge Road at 9:25.
If you are not able to reach one of the pickup points or bring your child to school due to unsafe road conditions, please stay home and your child can attend and participate through remote learning.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain and sleet before 7pm, then a slight chance of sleet between 7pm and 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 19. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 16. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy, with highs near 30. Calm winds. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 18. Calm winds. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Light and variable winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 17. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s. Calm winds.
Tonight
A slight chance of sleet, mixing with snow after 8pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 20. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 18. Light winds out of the northwest.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of snow after 4pm. Cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 19. Light and variable winds.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 40. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 19. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 40. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
…PATCHY BLACK ICE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS… Runoff from light rain this past afternoon and additional snow melt, especially in normally shady locations, will leave behind wet spots that could freeze into patches of black ice on untreated roadways across the region late tonight and early this morning. Temperatures will remain below freezing throughout the day across the mountains, the foothills and western Piedmont of North Carolina, the Charlotte metro area, and the northern Upstate. Temperatures are expected to climb just above freezing across northeast Georgia, the western Upstate including Greenville and Anderson, and the lower Piedmont of South Carolina in the late morning to early afternoon. Temperatures will fall back below freezing around sunset.
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Almanac
Air quality is in the 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
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.2 out of 12) today with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 21st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 74°F in Franklin in 1890 Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands in in 1985 Greatest Rainfall 3.41 inches in Nantahala in 1954 Greatest Snowfall 4.5 inches in Highlands in 1983
Record weather events for December in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on Dec 31, 1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on Dec 30, 1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Highlands on Dec 14, 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on Dec 21, 1876
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Local and State News
Franklin Town Council – January 2022 Regular Meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times COVID-19 Tracker [Asheville Citizen-Times]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – January 20th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 20th, 2021
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: [November 18, 2021]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:31pm CET, 10 January 2022, there have been 305,914,601 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,486,304 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 9 January 2022, a total of 9,126,987,353 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:31pm CET, 10 January 2022, there have been 59,138,083 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 830,334 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 December 2021, a total of 485,274,895 vaccine doses have been administered.
Dr John Campbell: Vaccination advice in the age of omicron
• High Rate of Asymptomatic Carriage Associated with Variant Strain Omicron [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• An American Airlines flight turns back over the Atlantic because of a passenger mask dispute. [New York Times]
• Monitoring COVID-19
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• CDC Releases Emergency Guidance for Healthcare Facilities to Prepare for Potential Omicron Surge [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• COVID-19 case rates by county in 2021 [AXIOS]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Level1 News January 21 2022: Driving Miss Deer
Is Signal still SECURE?
Linux Action News 224
Saving Podcasting from Centralization | LINUX Unplugged 440
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On This Day
January 21st is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 344 days remain until the end of the year (345 in leap years).
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, January 21, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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