News and Weather Briefing for Friday, February 16, 2024

General Forecast Through Sunday Night

Franklin Area

Today

Cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 19. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s.

Sunday Night

Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.

Today

Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Partly sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s.

Today

Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning shifting to come out of the south 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows around 20. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s.

Sunday Night

Clear, with lows in the mid-20s.

Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.

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Record Weather Events for February 16th

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

Highest Temperature 77°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1989
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Highlands in 1991
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.08 inches in Highlands in 1942
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands in 1895

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899 (also a state record)
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912

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News Briefing
—STATE AND LOCAL—

NC Lawmakers take steps toward banning ‘gas station heroin’, tianeptine | WXII-TV (Winston-Salem, TV)

• ‘Every dollar matters’: Attorney General Josh Stein appeals Duke Energy rate increase [xxx]

• A ‘history changing’ moment in NC education as universal private school vouchers arrive[Raleigh News and Observer]

• Report reveals patient safety issues, including patient death in hallway at Mission Health [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

—RECENT STATE AND LOCAL NEWS—

• North Carolina program seeks applications for bike, pedestrian project plans [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Warrant: 12-year-old boy found cold, stiff at NC wilderness camp [WBT=TV (Charlotte, NC)]

• (video) NC candidates, experts respond to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson comments House Bill 2 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Under the Dome podcast: Primary endorsements, Black voters and Cotham challengers [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Swain County Manager headed to Jackson [BPR]

—NATIONAL—

International News Headlines

• Russian nukes in space: Why the intelligence leak might be more serious than the threat itself [France 24]

• China Revives Socialist Ideas to Fix Its Real-Estate Crisis [Wall Street Journal]

• In Germany, protesters against the far right are hoping for a political jolt [Le Monde]

• Indonesia-China ties: will president-elect Prabowo confront Beijing or maintain Widodo’s economic deals? [South China Morning Post]

• China’s intimidation of Taiwan is a global issue [Taiwan News]

• Japan ‘paying attention’ to remarks from N. Korean leader’s sister: top gov’t spokesman [Yonhap News Agency]

Global National: Feb. 15, 2024 | Family doctors sound alarm over retention, burnout

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Feb 15 2024

“CBS Evening News” Full Broadcast | Feb. 15, 2024

Nightly News Full Broadcast – Feb 15 | NBC News

PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 15, 2024)

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—Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup—

EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (The Holocaust) | Dan Carlin

• EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (audio) [Dan Carlin (via Google Podcasts)]

• The Sky This Week from February 9 to 16: Comet Tsuchinshan and galaxies galore [Astronomy Magazine]

• This Week’s Sky at a Glance, February 9 – 17 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

The Level1 Show February 16 2024: A Sellout of Epic Proportions | Level1 Techs

Returns Weren’t Part of the Vision – DTNS 4707 | Daily Tech News Show

AI Generated Videos Just Changed Forever | Marques Brownlee

• Tel Aviv University Researchers Harness CRISPR Technology for Water-Efficient Tomato Cultivation [Seed World]

• Don’t Fall for the Latest Changes to the Dangerous Kids Online Safety Act [Electronic Frontier Foundation]

• White House confirms US has intelligence on Russian anti-satellite capability [CNN]

• Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount [The Register]

• Why Bloat Is Still Software’s Biggest Vulnerability: A 2024 plea for lean software [IEEE Spectrum]

• Nvidia provides the first public view of its fastest AI supercomputer — Eos is powered by 4,608 H100 GPUs, tuned for generative AI [tom's Hardware]

—Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section—

Microplastics: The Hidden Health Crisis | ColdFusion

UV light kills viruses. Why isn’t it everywhere? | Vox

This Toxic, Drying U.S. Lake Could Turn Into the ‘Saudi Arabia of Lithium’ | WSJ

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—COVID News Roundup—

Office Hours with Earth’s Virology Professor Livestream 2/14/24 8 pm eastern | Microbe TV

• Beyond the Noise #27: When vaccine fears mimic SNL skits [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 1082: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 1083: AI builds better viruses [Microbe TV]

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—Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup—

How the Russian Empire Tried to Russify Ukraine | Kings and Generals

Day 721: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV

Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240216b): Military Aid | ATP Geopolitics

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 15, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]

• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 722: Ukraine and NATO establish first-ever joint defense institution; Ukrainian vs Russian forces are 1:7 in Avdiivka [Euromaidan Press]

Sir Richard Shirreff – Conflict and Chaos are Advantageous for Russia’s Neo-imperialist Ambitions | Silicon Curtain

• Ukraine updates: Russia decries Belgorod attack [DW News]

• Ukraine Russia war: US warns Avdiivka could fall [BBC News]

• Russia Hides Its War Toll. We Pieced Together the Clues [New York Times]

• Ukraine’s Zelensky to sign security pacts with Germany and France [France 24]

• Ukraine and NATO establish joint center for defense analysis, training, education [Euromaidan]

• Kyiv aims to use more Ukrainian drones; Trump, Biden clash on NATO [Al Jazeera]

—PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS—

• Putin calls for global fight against ‘Nazi propaganda’ [Russia Today]

• Tucker Carlson: Acting as an Agent? [Pravda]

• Kiev displayed disregard to safe operation of civilian nuclear facilities — statement [TASS: Russian News Agency]

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On This Day

February 16th is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 318 days remain until the end of the year (319 in leap years).

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Published at 5:00am on TFriday, February 16, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins

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Source: http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2024/02/wx20240216.html