The News and Weather Briefing for Monday, January 24, 2022
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Almanac
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Special Section: The Situation in Ukraine as of January 21, 2022
National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
On This Day
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OUTLOOK
Dry and warming high pressure remains over our area through today. Low pressure moves east from the Gulf across Florida on Tuesday while increasing our clouds a bit. A dry and colder Canadian high settles across the region from Wednesday through the end of the week.
The smoke and fine particulate pollution from several fires in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas should begin impacing our air quality over the next few days. North Carolina is under a Code Yellow Air Quality Alet. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors and outdoor burning should be limited in order to avoid harming those with breathing issues.
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly 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.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 18.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the west in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 40.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 18.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morniong increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 19.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Light winds out of the southwest.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 30s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is expected today. We are under a Code Yellow Air Quality Alert and those with breathing issues should limit outdoor excertion and outdoor burning should be limited out of respect for them.
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Almanac
The smoke from several fires in Arkansas, Louisiana, and eastern Texas should begin impacing our air quality over the next few days. North Carolina is under a Code Yellow Air Quality Alet. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
Air quality is in the middle range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.9 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 24th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 73°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1943
Lowest Temperature -5°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in in 1963
Greatest Rainfall 2.92 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Greatest Snowfall 5.2 inches in Franklin in 1948
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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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
Franklin Town Council – January 2022 Regular Meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times COVID-19 Tracker [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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Special Section: The Situation in Ukraine as of January 21, 2022
Repeat from Yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0x_X3b-8I NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – January 23rd, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode January 23rd, 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 5:55pm CET, 21 January 2022, there have been 340,543,962 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,570,163 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 19 January 2022, a total of 9,571,502,663 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:55pm CET, 21 January 2022, there have been 68,199,861 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 852,334 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 14 January 2022, a total of 511,548,471 vaccine doses have been administered.
Dr John Campbell: Immunology with Professor Robert Clancy
• Fauci optimistic omicron will peak in February [ABC News]
• End of pandemic in Europe ‘plausible’ after Omicron, says World Health Organization [The Times of Israel]
• Why do pigs exposed to the coronavirus not get sick? [CTV News]
• John Stockton’s defiance of COVID-19 mask mandate forces Gonzaga to suspend NBA Hall of Famer’s basketball season tickets [The Spokesman-Review]
• Masks made of ostrich cells make COVID-19 glow in the dark [ZME Science]
• 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
Liberty Leaks and Lies | LINUX Unplugged 442
Big Tech’s Latest Antitrust Battle
• Roxas v. Marcos (Entry 1086.PR1506) [Omnibus! with Ken Jennings and John Roderick]
Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #258
SpaceX Mechazilla Action, Starlink, Russian EVA, Tonga Volcano Eruption, Gilmour Space
Exciting FlatHub, Wine 7.0, SUSE Liberty Linux, Linux Mint, AppIndicators | This Week in Linux 182
Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip
Why This Zig-Zag Coast Guard Search Pattern is Actually Genius – Smarter Every Day 268
Linux Mint’s Disastrous Mozilla Partnership
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On This Day
January 24th is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years).
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, January 24, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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