Weekend Weather Briefing for Saturday, January 13, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry conditions return for the weekend with another cold front moving through the area on Sunday. A low pressure system could develop in the northern Gulf of Mexico early next week, bringing potential precipitation Monday into Tuesday. Very cold air settles into the area by mid-week.
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm in the evening.
M.L.King Day
A slight chance of snow after 11am, mixing with rain after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday Night
A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 25. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20to 25 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
Sunday
Increasing clouds, with highs iun the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
M.L.King Day
A 20 percent chance of snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 30s.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 42. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
M.L.King Day
A 20 percent chance of snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s.
Monday Night
A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 30s. Winds out of the west 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to light and variable after midnight.
M.L.King Day
A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of snow after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night
Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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Hazards
A wind advisory will be in effect until 1pm.
Cold air will arrive in the North Carolina mountains Tuesday night behind a departing cold front. Windy conditions will likely produce bitter wind chill values of 5 to 15 degrees below zero in the early morning hours on Wednesday.
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Record Weather Events for January 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2013
Lowest Temperature -14°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.62 inches in Highlands in 2005
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.0 inches in Highlands in 1982
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 5.10 inches in Highlands on 01-12-2018
Greatest Snowfall 10.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-08-1988
News Briefing
—STATE AND LOCAL—
• Mission Hospital at risk of losing Medicare funding due to Emergency Department failures [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Leading the way: Cherokee to receive 15 more electric school buses [Cherokee One Feather]
• The Wrap: HOAs, gerrymandering and the campaign trail [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Motorists, first responders adjust as $275,000 repairs start on U.S. 64 in Cullasaja Gorge [WLOS-TV 9Asheville, NC)]
—RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS–
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | January 2024 Regular Meeting | [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (January 2024 Regular Meeting) [Macon Media]
• 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
US & UK Strike Houthis | Impact on Global Shipping? | Is the Red Sea Open? | What is Going on With Shipping?
The West Strikes Back: 5 Takeaways from the Yemen Operation | William Spaniel
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War: US, allies strike Houthi targets in Yemen [Jerusalem Post]
• ‘Dangerous’: US attacks on Yemen’s Houthis belie push for de-escalation [Al Jazeera]
• Italy refuses to extradite priest accused of murder and torture to Argentina [The Guadian (UK)]
• US confirms fuel transfer from Hawaii naval base to Philippines [Taiwan News]
• Blinken, senior Chinese official discuss N. Korea, Taiwan, Russia’s war in Ukraine [Yonhap News Agency]
China’s military purge: Are Chinese missiles filled with water? | Sandboxx
Global National: Jan. 12, 2024 | Plunging temperatures in Canada cause chaos, excruciating cold
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Jan 12 2024
“CBS News Weekender” Full Broadcast | Jan. 12, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast – Jan 12 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 12, 2024)
—OTHER VIDEO NEWS—
New Rockets, New Tech, and New Glenn | This Week In Spaceflight | NASA Spaceflight
NASA’s X-59 Quesst supersonic aircraft revealed in California | Video From Space
Best of CES 2024 | The Verge
🔴 (viewer discretion advised) US and UK Strike Houthi’s in Yemen | Combat Footage Show
News from the Press Site: A roundup of the week’s space news | Spaceflight Now
TWiV 1078: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
—Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup—
• The Sky This Week from January 5 to 12: Visitors to the Scorpion [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week’s Sky at a Glance, January 5 – 14 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
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On This Day
January 12th is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 353 days remain until the end of the year (354 in leap years).
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, January 13, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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