News and Weather Briefing for Friday, June 30, 2023
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Increasing heat and humidity is expected Friday into the weekend as high pressure dominates the Deep South. A weak front Sunday night will provide a bit of relief to the heat, but general ridging will quickly return, with temperatures still a bit above normal. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will continue through the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 90. Chance of rain is 30%.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 10am and 5pm. Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph early in the morning shifting to come out of the west by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest a5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 10am and 5pm. Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph ealy in the morning shifting to come out of the west by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mied 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph bshifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 7am and 5pm. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected to develop near the Ohio Valley and move southeast toward the southern Appalachians today through Saturday night. The strongest thunderstorms may organize into a line and affect the southern Appalachians and adjacent foothills on both tonight and Saturday night. Severe weather will be possible from the mountains into the foothills, with damaging wind gusts the primary threat.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Big Flares for Field Day and Side-Swiping Storms | Space Weather News 23 June 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 85 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 85 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
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 Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 30th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2012
Lowest Temperature 44°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1974
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.10 inches in Highlands in 1971
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 101°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
–> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 106°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)
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National and World News Roundup
Global National: June 29, 2023 | University of Waterloo stabbing “targeted” gender studies class
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – June 29
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 29, 2023)
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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:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
NEW Discovery of Gravitational Waves | NSF’s Discovery Files
LIVE at 10am: Virgin Galactic 01 mission – First Commercial Crew Mission | NASA Spaceflight
The Level1 Show June 30 2023: Game, Set, Pattern Match | Level1 Techs
A Symphony of Black Holes – DTNS 4551 | Daily Tech News Show
IceCube Announcement June 29, 2023 | IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Russia’s Military Squeaky Wheel Signal Has Changed! | Ringway Manchester
From Lab to Table: I Tasted the World’s First Cultivated Meat! | Be Smart
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Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
Col Macgregor & Natalie Brunell: The Russian Army has finished it | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• US ‘obsessed’ with inflicting strategic defeat on Russia – Moscow [Russia Today]
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, June 30, 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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