News and Weather Briefing for Monday, January 31, 2022
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OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will persist over the region through Tuesday night, and temperatures will moderate back to seasonal normals through the first half of the week. A slow moving frontal system will arrive from the northwest Wednesday night into Thursday bringing rain which will continue across the region until Friday. Dry and cool high pressure arrives behind the cold front Friday night into Saturday.
SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Franklin Area Schools
Franklin area schools will operate on a two hour delay today, Monday, January 31, 2022 with no buses on icy roads.
Nantahala School
Nantahala School will be operating on a Two-Hour Delay today, Monday, January 31, 2022.
Southwestern Community College
SCC Delayed Opening on 1/31/22 – All SCC locations except the Public Safety Training Center will open at 10 a.m.
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the southeast.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s.
Wednesday Night
Showers. Lows around 40. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph after midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s.
Wednesday Night
Showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50.
Wednesday Night
Showers. Lows around 40. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. WInds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50.
Wednesday Night
Showers. Lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Patchy black ice will pose a danger to drivers through this morning. Other than that, hazardous weather is not expected today.
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Almanac
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the extreme upper range of green. due to smoke from several fires in the southeast, most notably the Range 40 Fire in southern Alabama. See map below for a better idea of the situation.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (2.2 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elm being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for January 31st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2002
Lowest Temperature -6°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1966
Greatest Rainfall 3.51 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2013
Greatest Snowfall 5.0 inches in Highlands in 1899
Record weather events for January in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Jan 28, 1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 4.30 inches in Nantahala on Jan 23, 1971
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 14.0 inches in Franklin on Jan 21, 1877
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 30th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 30th, 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 4:00pm CET, 28 January 2022, there have been 364,191,494 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,631,457 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 28 January 2022, a total of 9,854,237,363 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:00pm CET, 28 January 2022, there have been 72,373,369 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 869,779 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 21 January 2022, a total of 518,927,314 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Myocarditis Risk 17 Times Higher for Unvaccinated Patients Ages 12-30 Who Get COVID-19 Than COVID-Vaccinated Patients [Epic Research]
Dr John Campbell: Omicron outcompetes omicron, official data
• ‘Like sewage and rotting flesh’: Covid’s lasting impact on taste and smell [The Guardian]
Neil Young’s Spotify Ultimatum
• Spotify Announces Addition Of Content Warnings In Response To Joe Rogan Covid-19 Misinformation Criticism [Deadline]
• Ottawa police investigating some anti vaccine protesters [AP News]
• Ottawa homeless shelter staff harassed by convoy protesters demanding food [CTV News]
• Explainer: Scientists on alert over rising cases caused by Omicron cousin BA.2[Reuters]
• A Multimodal Strategy to Reduce the Risk of Hospitalization/death in Ambulatory Patients with COVID-19 [Science Direct]
• The inactivated NDV-HXP-S COVID-19 vaccine induces a significantly higher ratio of neutralizing to non-neutralizing antibodies in humans as compared to mRNA vaccines [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• 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
Solar System Volcanoes and Iron Lava
Linux Did This First | LINUX Unplugged 443
Nuclear Terraforming: Using Nukes to Bring Life to Mars
Nvidia Might Be Done With Arm Acquisition
The Most Powerful Computers You’ve Never Heard Of
• Addendum – EP18 Iranian Interconnections [Hardcore History]
Hardcore History: EP18 Iranian Interconnections
NEWS: MSFT up $10B, Neil Young vs. Rogan (Spotify: Platform or Publisher), Case Study: Scratchpad
Elon Musk… and Asperger’s Syndrome.
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On This Day
January 31st is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 334 days remain until the end of the year (335 in leap years).
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, January 31, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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