News and Weather Briefing for Monday, September 18, 2023
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will dominate our weather through the week. Low pressure is forecast to form near Florida on Friday and then move northeast near the Carolina coast next weekend.
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General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 8 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south around 5 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
The fog may become dense in some locations, especially in the mountain river valleys and near bodies of water. Visibility could be reduced to less than one-quarter mile at times through daybreak and a Dense Fog Advisory may be needed. The fog will lift quickly through mid-morning.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Massive Filament Launch Brings Earth-directed Solar Storm | Informal Forecast 16 September 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.0 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Grasses, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.6 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 Highlandsin 1903
Greatest Rainfall 2.83 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1975
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of September Data available from 1872
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 on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
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Local and State News Macon County Board of Commissioners (September 2023) | Macon Media
• NC Republicans unveil legislation authorizing 4 new casinos. Read the bill here. [Raleigh News and Observer ]
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Sept. 14 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Final weekend of 2023 NC Mountain State Fair pushes overall attendance to near-record crowds [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC) ]
• Coming Soon: The broad-winged hawk migration [Smoky Mountain News]
—Recent News Recap— North Carolina Budget Talks Fall Apart Over Casinos | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Republican state lawmakers want greater public access to confidential voting records [BPR]
• Constitutional sheriffs event brings few sheriffs [Smoky Mountain News]
• She’s 25, idealistic, and believes she has the formula to win North Carolina for Joe Biden [Politico]
• Cherokee’s budding medical marijuana operation sparks legal concerns, doctor hesitation [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Republicans talk Mark Robinson, electability, in first gubernatorial debate [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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National and World News Roundup
Global National: Sept. 17, 2023 | Political instability creates difficulties for aid crews in Libya
Nightly News Full Broadcast – Sept. 17th NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (September 17, 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 Fermi Paradox: Fallen Empires (9th Anniversary Episode) | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin | Lex Fridman Podcast #395
Close-up Ignition of a Rocket Engine in Slow Mo | The Slow Mo Guys
Ship 25 Waits for the Green Light | SpaceX Boca Chica | NASASpaceflight
Orange Pi 3B: Low-cost M.2 ARM SBC | Explaining Computers
SpaceX Starship 25 is gone, but why!? Plus New FAA Flight 2 Target Revealed! | Marcus House
ROBOFORMING: The Future of Metalworking? (I Had NO IDEA This Was Possible) | Smarter Every Day 290
Strange Dark Matter Discoveries: Weird Blobs, Failed Galaxies and Haloes | Antov Petrov
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Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
Col Douglas Macgregor: We Don’t Want War With Russia | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, September 14, 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.
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