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News and Weather Briefing for Sunday, March 19, 2023

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Weather
Hazards and Tropical Weather
GENERAL OUTLOOK

Cold and dry high pressure settles over the Southeast and should persist through the middle of next week. The high will shift east off the coast, allowing warmer spring-like temperatures to return to the region by the end of the work week. A cold front will approach from the west late in the week, bringing back some rain chances.

General Forecast Through Tuesday Night

Franklin Area

Today

Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Tuesday

Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.

Monday

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 southeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight.

Tuesday

Sunny, with highs near 50.

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the southeast around 6 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.

Tuesday

Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.



Nantahala Area

Today

Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the north 3 to 10 mph.

Monday

Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.

Tuesday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.



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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected today.

Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather Mystery Farside Blast and Earth-Directed Storms Launch | Solar Storm Forecast: 14 March 2023





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Almanac

24 Hour Smoke Forecast

No known appreciable smoke field will be crossing Macon County today or tonight.


PM2.5 AQI is 35 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 35 (GOOD)

Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.2 out of 12) today with Maple, Jumiper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.5 out of 12).


Record Weather Events for March 19th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 82°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2011
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands in 1893
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.20 inches in Highlands in 1881
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.0 inches in Highlands in 1947 />
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993

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Nightly News Full Broadcast (March 18th)

PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 18, 2022




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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:



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On This Day

March 19th is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 287 days remain until the end of the year.

Sometimes the March equinox falls on this date (mostly in Western Hemisphere countries), marking the vernal point in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal point in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, March 19, 2023
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. 


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