News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, February 5, 2022
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OUTLOOK
Cool and dry high pressure will push into the area behind the departing cold front tonight, and settle along the East Coast over the weekend. A coastal low should develop off the southern Atlantic Coast late Sunday into early Monday, and may spread some precipitation chances back into the area Monday into Monday night as it tracks northeast.
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming light in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by noon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs near 50.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the east 3 to 7 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the east around 5 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Light and variable winds early in the evening increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs near 40.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming light north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Light winds out of the southeast.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Light and variable winds.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming light in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Calm winds.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Other than possible black ice on area roadways this morning, hazardous weather is not expected today.
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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. due to smoke from several fires in the southeast.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (2.0 out of 12) today with Juniper and Elm being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (1.7 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for February 5th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F in Franklin in 1890
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest Rainfall 2.22 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1960
Greatest Snowfall 4.0 inches in Highlands in 1929
Record weather events for January in Macon County
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
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]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – February 4th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode February 4th, 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 5:30pm CET, 4 February 2022, there have been 386,548,962 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,705,754 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 February 2022, a total of 10,040,768,270 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:30pm CET, 4 February 2022, there have been 75,087,972 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 888,113 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 28 January 2022, a total of 523,213,327 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: Are omicron vaccines needed
• US death toll from COVID-19 hits 900,000, sped by omicron [ABC News]
• US anti-vaccine mandate campaigners aim to mimic Canadian convoy tactic [The Guardian]
• How to fact-check Joe Rogan, and other questions from the fact-checking community [Poynter]
• COVID-19 vaccine side effects: The positives about feeling bad [Science]
• Americans get sicker as omicron stalls everything from heart surgeries to cancer care [National Public Radio]
• Multiple spillovers from humans and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]
• Effectiveness of Face Mask or Respirator Use in Indoor Public Settings for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection — California, February–December 2021 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• ACE2 binding is an ancestral and evolvable trait of sarbecoviruses [nATURE]
• When viruses become more virulent [sCIENCE]
• Why the COVID death rate in the U.S. is so much higher than other wealthy nations [PBS News Hour]
• 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
Anything from educational, entertainment, history and technology
https://youtu.be/g2UC0FmbYSY?t=14 Best STOL Wing Design Ever?!?
Facebook Feeling the Meta Blues? – DTNS 4205
#UltimateHomeServer – Thoughts on Diskless Raspberry Pi for Home Technology/IoT
VS Code 1.64 Release Party 🎉
Humans Will Never Get to Deep Space – Nobel Prize Physicist | SophieCo. Visionaries
Who Wants to be a Satoshionaire Land of the Snow Edition | Jupiter Extras 83
All-In’s hijacked feed, Google’s earnings breakdown, Jason’s legendary iPad troll | E1376
Transplanting Pig Organs into Humans | TechnoLogic
Why the UK’s IBM Failed
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On This Day
February 5th is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 329 days remain until the end of the year (330 in leap years).
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, February 5, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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