News and Weather Briefing for Thursday, AUgust 17, 2023
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will maintain milder temperatures and lower humidity to the end of the week. A weak cold front will cross the area tonight and Friday with little fanfare, after which the hot upper ridge over the southern Great Plains will expand across the Southeast. Temperatures will slowly climb through the second half of the weekend and into the first half of next week.
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. WInds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midmorning.
Friday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light winds out of the north early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 57. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midmorning.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph early in the morning shifting to come out of the west by midmorning.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Windws out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then clearing, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph early in the morning becoming calm before midmorning.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph early in the morning becoming calm before midmorning.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Aurora Highlights from the G3 Solar Storm and A Fast Wind Watch | Solar Storm Forecast 13 August 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
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 Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2007
Lowest Temperature 48°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1979
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.25 inches in Highlands in 1982
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 August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
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Local and State News
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National and World News Roundup
Global National: Aug. 16, 2023 | NWT declares states of emergency as fire crisis deepens
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – August 16
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 16, 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
The Level1 Show August 16 2023: Google Wants Too Fix You’re Grammar | Level1Techs
Ukraine Grain Strain – NSW w/ Tom Merritt DTNS 4584 | Daily Tech News Show
Android 14 Vs Stingrays – ThreatWire | Hak5
TWiG 729: Waffle Party | TWiT TV
Human Population Through Time (Updated for 2023) | American Museum of Natural History
It’s Impossible To Destroy A Black Hole – We Did It Anyway | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Black Holes from Before The Universe Existed | John Michael Godier
Did JWST Discover Dark Matter Stars? | PBS Space Time
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Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
They Turned In The Direction Of The Russians To Get Assistance | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, August 17, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe 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.
Source: http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2023/08/wx20230817.html
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