Weather Briefing for Sunday, December 24, 2023
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure lingers through the weekend keeping temperatures above normal. A strong storm system will bring widespread rain to the area Christmas Day (Monday) through Tuesday. Colder weather arrives Wednesday night into late week with snow showers possible across the mountains. General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Christmas Eve
Showers likely, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the southeast increasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Christmas Day
Rain. Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Monday Night
Rain before 1am, then showers after 1am. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Tuesday
Showers likely before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 70%.
Tuesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Christmas Eve
Showers likely, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Christmas Day
Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog before 7am. Highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Monday Night
Rain before 1am, then showers after 1am. Lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Tuesday
Showers, mainly before 3pm. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tuesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Christmas Eve
Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Christmas Day
Rain. Highs in the lower 50s. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Monday Night
Rain before 1am, then showers after 1am. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Tuesday
Showers likely before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Christmas Eve
Showers likely, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. WInds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Christmas Day
Rain. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Monday Night
Rain before 1am, then showers after 1am. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.
Tuesday
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Tuesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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News Briefing
—STATE AND LOCAL—
Tar Heel Traveler: The Chicken Coop book club | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Here’s a list of new North Carolina laws that take effect on New Year’s Day [Raleigh News and Observer]
• The Wrap: Who won 2023 in NC politics? [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Holiday history: Why do poinsettias represent Christmas? [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• New Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act regulations will close loopholes and speed up process [BPR]
• Town of Franklin Receives $400,000 Grant From State to Finish Construction of Fire Department Substation on NP&L Loop [Macon Media]
• Angel Medical Center President’s Column for December 2023 [xxx]
—RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS–
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education December 2023 Meeting at Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
—NATIONAL—
International News Headlines
What the Ship is Going on In the Red Sea and With Global Shipping (Ep 96) | What is Going on With Shipping?
Indian Defence Strategy – Forces, Potential and Procurement Disasters | Perun
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 23, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War Day 79 | Eight Israeli Army Soldiers Killed in Gaza Fighting on Saturday; Biden, Netanyahu Discuss Wars’ ‘Phasing’ [Haaretz]
• Tanker hit off India coast by drone from Iran, says US [BBC News]
• German police warn of possible attack at Cologne Cathedral [DW News]
• U.S. expresses serious concern over signs of N.K. commissioning light-water reactor [Yonhap News Agency]
• China punches up private security to protect overseas interests in hostile, unstable regions [South China Morning Post]
• New war in the making as Yemeni Houthis attack ships in Red Sea [Pravda]
Global National: Dec. 23, 2023 | Israel intensifies fighting campaign in Gaza post-UN aid resolution
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – December 23, 2023
Nightly News Full Broadcast – Dec 23 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (December 23, 2023)
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On This Day
December 24 is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; seven days remain until the end of the year.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, December 23, 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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