News and Weather Briefing for Sunday, September 18, 2022
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The Passing of Queen Elizabeth II
Russo-UKrainian War Updates
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Warm and dry to end the weekend. Dry weather continues into midweek as a dome of high pressure expands across the Southeast. This will also allow for well above normal temperatures. A cold front tracks across the area Thursday and could have enough moisture to squeeze out a few showers across the forecast area. Cooler temperatures return this weekend behind as high pressure ushers in behind the departing front.
TRAFFIC ALERT — Angel Medical Center
The old hospital will close at 6am and the new hospital will open at 6am this morning. If you need to visit the emergency room today, please keep this in mind.
Angel Medical Center will be moving patients from the old hospital to the new hospital this morning from 6am until sometime shortly before noon today. These patients will be moving by ambulance at the rate of about 4 per hour. Please use caution or avoid the area between Riverview Street and the intersection of East Main Street (Northeast Main Street) and US-441 during this time. See a video of Angel Medical Center Clint Kendell discussing the move during a guided tour of the new facility.
Franklin Area
Today
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Monday
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds.
Monday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, clear, then becoming mostly cloudy toward daybreak, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Monday
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected fortoday or tonight,
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Sep 18 2022
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Fiona, located over the northeastern Caribbean Sea.
1. Central Subtropical Atlantic:
Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue over the central subtropical Atlantic in association with a trough of low pressure. Some slow development of this system is possible during the early or middle part of this week while it moves generally northward, remaining over the central Subtropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…low…20 percent.
TROPICAL STORM FIONA
Tropical Storm Fiona Discussion Number 15
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL072022
1100 PM AST Sat Sep 17 2022
Satellite imagery and Doppler radar data from San Juan indicate that Fiona is gradually becoming better organized, with the radar showing increasing banding near the center and a possible decrease in the radius of maximum winds. However, this has not yet resulted in any increase in intensity, with the radar winds and data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft suggesting that the maximum sustained winds remain near 50 kt. The aircraft has reported that the central pressure has fallen to 997 mb.
Fiona’s motion has been a bit erratic over the past few hours. However, the longer-term motion is a somewhat uncertain 285/7 kt. A turn toward the northwest is expected in about 12 h, with a general northwestward motion continuing through about 48 h as Fiona is steered by the subtropical ridge to the northeast. After that, the cyclone is expected to move slowly northward through a break in the ridge caused by a mid- to upper-level trough over the Florida Peninsula and the adjacent Atlantic. By the end of the forecast period, a north-northeastward motion at a faster forward speed is expected as Fiona reaches the southern edge of the mid-latitude westerlies. The new forecast track is similar to the previous track and to the consensus models, with the center forecast to move near the southwestern portion of Puerto Rico and the northern coast of the Dominican Republic before passing east of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
While the vertical wind shear has diminished since yesterday, Fiona remains in an environment of moderate southwesterly shear, and the model guidance suggests that this is likely to persist through the forecast period. This will limit the intensification, although the storm will pass over warm sea surface temperatures and move into a more moist environment. The new intensity forecast calls for Fiona to reach hurricane strength in about 24 h as it passes near Puerto Rico. After that, development could be interrupted by close proximity to the Dominican Republic. More earnest strengthening appears likely when Fiona moves away from land after 48 h, and the intensity forecast again calls for a peak intensity of 95 kt. It should be noted that the intensity guidance has a large amount of spread, and there are models both stronger and weaker than the official forecast.
Key Messages:
1. Hurricane conditions are expected across portions of Puerto Rico on Sunday, and are expected in portions of the Dominican Republic Sunday night and Monday. Hurricane conditions are possible across the U.S. Virgin Islands tonight. Tropical storm conditions are now spreading westward across the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and will spread across Puerto Rico tonight. Tropical storm conditions will reach the Dominican Republic by late Sunday.
2. Heavy rains from Fiona will continue to spread west across the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico tonight, the Dominican Republic Sunday, and the Turks and Caicos Monday night. These rainfall amounts are expected to produce life-threatening flash floods and urban flooding, along with mudslides in areas of higher terrain, especially across portions of Puerto Rico and portions of the eastern Dominican Republic.
3. Fiona is forecast to strengthen after moving away from Puerto Rico and past the Dominican Republic on Monday, and interests in the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas should continue to monitor forecasts for the storm.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 18/0300Z 16.6N 64.9W 50 KT 60 MPH
12H 18/1200Z 17.2N 66.0W 60 KT 70 MPH
24H 19/0000Z 18.1N 67.3W 65 KT 75 MPH
36H 19/1200Z 19.1N 68.5W 65 KT 75 MPH
48H 20/0000Z 20.3N 69.4W 70 KT 80 MPH
60H 20/1200Z 21.6N 70.2W 75 KT 85 MPH
72H 21/0000Z 23.0N 70.5W 80 KT 90 MPH
96H 22/0000Z 25.5N 70.5W 90 KT 105 MPH
120H 23/0000Z 31.0N 67.5W 95 KT 110 MPH
What’s Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth – TTropical Storm Fiona – Afternoon Discussion – September 17, 2022
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media’s favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to “make them more exciting.” He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Sat evening / Sept 17] Fiona becoming Better Organized as it Approaches Puerto Rico
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
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.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range 7.9 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for September 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 2.83 inches in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1975
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-27-1964
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September Data available from 1870 to 2018
Highest Temperature 108°F Belhaven, Beaufort County 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County 09-28-2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 21.00 in Wilmington, New Hanover County 09-17-2018
Monthly Averages
Warmest Weather Station 75.4°F Morehead City, Carteret County
Coldest Weather Station 55.0°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 8.93 in Southport, Brunswick County
Driest Weather Station 2.94 in Marshall, Madison County
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Macon Calendar
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• Golfers sent ‘fleeing’ when driver leads police chase across golf course, NC cops say [Raleigh News and Observer]
• On the Record: The candidates vying for two NC Supreme Court seats [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Treasurer Dale Folwell mulling run for governor in 2024 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Record attendance likely as NC Mountain State Fair wraps up, organizers say [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Nature Journal: Keep a look out for the American goldfinch [Asheville Citizen Times]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners – September 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council – September 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council – Special Called Meeting for August 30, 2022 [Macon Media]
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Special Section: The Passing of Queen Elizabeth II
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(This is a special section to allow readers to discover original documentation and read/view news coverage of The Passing of Queen Elizabeth II)
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (UTVD Operational Update: ZSU Counter Offensive in Kharkiv, 10-12 Sep 22.)
1/ UTW – Operational Update: ZSU Counter Offensive in the Donbas, 04-10 Sep. The ZSU is engaged in what may likely become the most stunningly successful counteroffensive since the IDFs OPERATION GAZELLE during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. #ukrainecounteroffensive #UkraineWillWin pic.twitter.com/nrC8cg02ia
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) September 10, 2022
• Ukraine war: Biden warns Putin not to use tactical nuclear weapons [BBC News]
• EU calls for war crimes tribunal over Ukraine mass graves [Al Jazeera]
• #NAFO: Ukraine’s info warriors battling Russian trolls [DW News]
• Russia’s Use of Iranian Kamikaze Drones Creates New Dangers for Ukrainian Troops [Wall Street Journal]
• Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi look to challenge ‘international order’ at regional summit [France 24]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Pelosi arrives in Armenia amid deadly conflict [Russia Today]
• Putin: If Europeans want to stay warm, they only need to press one button [Pravda ]
• By sending weapons to Ukraine, Greece gets embroiled in conflict — ex-premier [TASS Russian News Agency]
Sep 7, 2022 | Eastern Economic Forum plenary session | kremlin
The Ukraine War From Russia’s Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
On the Road with Steve Hartman: Back to School | CBS News
Global National: Sept. 17, 2022 | King Charles III’s surprise visit to those waiting to pay respects
Nightly News Full Broadcast (September 17th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, September 17, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• New iPhones have Qualcomm satellite modem, new Apple radio chips [Reuters]
• Tech Tent Podcast: The Merge: a cryptocurrency revolution [BBC News (23 minute audio)]
• A new, genetically modified purple tomato may hit the grocery market stands [CNN]
• New images show intriguing Perseverance discovery on Mars [CNN News]
• Mars Perseverance Rover Finds Organic Matter in Rock [CNET]
• United States considers coal to nuclear plant conversion potential [New Civil Engineer]
• Federal court upholds law banning tech companies from censoring viewpoints [ARS TECHNICA]
• China is testing a magnet-powered floating car that goes up to 143 miles per hour—take a look [CNBC]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
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On This Day
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 104 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, September 18, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 – Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster’s Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center. Back to Top
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