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News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, September 02, 2023

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Weather
Hazards and Tropical Weather
GENERAL OUTLOOK

Dry high pressure continues across the region through the middle of next week causing mild temperatures to gradually increase by Wednesday. A cold front approaches the area by the end of the week with a chance for showers.

General Forecast Through Monday Night

Franklin Area

Today

Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.

Sunday

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.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Labor Day

Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.



`Highlands Plateau

Today

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Areas of fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming light and variable.

Sunday

Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight.

Labor Day

Sunny, with highs near 80.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 60.



Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Sunday

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.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Labor Day

Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.



Nantahala Area

Today

Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight

Areas of fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southwest.

Sunday

Areas of fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northeast.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds.

Labor Day

Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.



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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected toay or tonight in Macon County.

Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather

A Solar Storm Glancing Blow with a Fast Wind Chaser | Space Weather News 24 August 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 (9.1 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Grasses, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.2 out of 12).


Record Weather Events for September 2nd

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

Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1957
Lowest Temperature 40°F in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1954
Greatest Rainfall 3.21 inches in Highlands in 1898
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 August Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 98°F in Frsnklin 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

The Franklin Panthers were defeated by the Swain County Maroon Devils last night in Bryson City. The box score from the game is posted below. The Panthers drop to 0-3 for the season. The Panthers have the next week off, then on September 15th the East Henderson Eagles (currently 0-3) travel to thePanther pit after facing the Owen Warhorses on the 8th.

• Friday Football Frenzy: All your scores & highlights, 09-01-23 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

Victim of deadly shooting at UNC was an associate professor | WNCN-TV (Goldsboro, NC)

Students and staff debate ‘poor’ safety protocols after UNC Campus Shooting | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)

• How The Daily Tar Heel designed the front page everyone is talking about [Poynter]

• New book details history of manufacturing in Jackson [Smoky Mountain News]

• NC lawmakers plan votes Tuesday on election, alcohol rules [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Republican threatens to ‘defund’ NC tribe on brink of historic marijuana vote [Raleigh News and Observer]

—Recent News Recap—
August 27, 2023

Hot Car Safety – Baking Cookies | NCDOTcommunications

• Scammers target thousands of EBT cardholders across NC, officials say; here’s what to do [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Overdose Awareness event set for Bridge Park [The Sylva Herald]

• Public Hearing Set for October On Consolidation of Departments in Jackson [WRGC-FM (Sylva, NC)]

• After long legal battle, voter ID arrives in NC. But could it be gone again by 2024? [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• NC Gov. Cooper vetoes bill giving more control to legislature. Court battle likely. [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Macon County Board of Commissioners (August 2023) [Macon Media]

• Friends of the Greenway Update County Commissioners on the Use of County Property [Macon Media]



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National and World News Roundup

Global National: Sept. 1, 2023 | Canada unveils proposed regulations in Online News Act

NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – Sept 1

PBS NewsHour full episode, September 01, 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

What the NUC Kind of Cluster is This??? | Level1 Techs

Is Lenovo’s Legion Go… A Go – DTNS 4596 | Daily Tech News Show

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Atomic Layer Deposition | Asianometry

The secret origins of America’s STEALTH Black Hawks | Sandboxx

(broken) DEFCON 31 “Vacuum robot security and privacy – prevent your robot from sucking your data” | Dennis Giese

Hitler’s War – YEAR ONE OF WW2 WEEK BY WEEK – 1939/40 – PART 1

Hitler’s War – YEAR ONE OF WW2 WEEK BY WEEK – 1939/40 – PART 2

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Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select



The Russians Press Ahead And Crush Everything | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor

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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, September 02, 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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Franklin 3 3 0 7 13
Swain County 0 13 20 7 40


Source: http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2023/09/wx20230902.html


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