News and Weather Briefing for Thursday, February 15, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure controls the weather through the end of the week with above normal temperatures each day. A moist frontal system pushes into the mountains Saturday, then cooler Canadian air mixes in on Sunday. A dry and warming period returns for the first half of next week.
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with a high near 61. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 36. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of rain after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming west southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Rain likely, mainly between 7pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southwest wind 8 to 14 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 47.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with a high near 53. West southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 37. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Rain likely, mainly between 9pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a southwest wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with a high near 60. Light south wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 38. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.
Friday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Rain likely, mainly between 8pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Southwest wind 8 to 17 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 47.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.
Nantahala Area
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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Record Weather Events for February 15th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 76°F in Franklin in 1989
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in 1943
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 1.96 inches in Highlands in 1893
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
News Briefing
—NATIONAL—
International News Headlines
Trump NATO comments spark Europe nuclear debate | DW News
Protesting farmers in India march to Delhi | BBC News
• Bharat bandh: Farmers’ nationwide protest on February 16. Will banks, offices remain closed tomorrow? [Hindustan Times]
• N.K. leader oversees test-fire of new surface-to-sea missile [Yonhap News Agency]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Relentless strikes as Palestinians flee Rafah [Al Jazeera]
• US, Arab allies formulating plan for establishment of Palestinian State [Jerusalem Post]
• 3 dead in bombing attack on Congo displacement camp as violence in the east escalates [Africa News]
• Coming face to face with inmates in El Salvador’s mega-jail [BBC News]
Global National: Feb. 14, 2024 | Several children injured in deadly shooting at Kansas City parade
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Feb 14 2024
“CBS Evening News” Full Broadcast | Feb. 14, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast – Feb 14 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 14, 2024)
—Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup—
• 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 14 2024: A Sellout of Epic Proportions | Level1 Techs
Where is Your Tribe? – DTNS 4703 | Daily Tech News Show
Apple Vision Show – Episode 2 | Daily Tech News Show
Cordkillers 490 – We Can AGru On That | Cordkillers
How foreign hackers are using artificial intelligence to create cyberattacks | CBS News
• Will hydrogen overtake batteries in the race for zero-emission cars? [The Guardian (UK) ]
• The existence of a new kind of magnetism has been confirmed [New Scientist]
• Cisco Systems to lay off more than 4,000 workers in latest sign of tighter times in tech [AP News]
• New York City sues social media companies for negligence, public nuisance [AXIOS]
• Largest text-to-speech AI model yet shows ’emergent abilities’ [TechCrunch]
• Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court says [SRS TECHNICA]
—Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section—
Incredible First Images of the Cosmic Web in the X-Rays| Antov Petrov
Ham Nation: Ham Radio Is Our Valentine!
Terror Birds May Have Ruled Prehistoric Antarctica | 7 Days of Science
Did JWST Solve The Mystery of Supermassive Black Hole Origins? | PBS Space Time
The Universe Runs on Vibes | SciShow
The Game of Risk | Numberphile
—COVID News Roundup—
Office Hours with Earth’s Virology Professor Livestream 2/14/24 8 pm eastern | Microbe TV
Ep 150: Osterholm Update: A Family Discussion | Osterholm Update
TWiV 1085: When macrophages go to alimentary school | Microbe TV
• Blood transcriptomics reveal persistent SARS-CoV-2 RNA and candidate biomarkers in Long COVID patients [medRxiv]
• Altered mitochondrial respiration in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection [Mitochondrion Volume 75, March 2024]
• Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection: significance and implications [The Lancet: Infectious Diseases]
• Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in Children [American Academy of Pediatrics]
• 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]
—Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup—
How the Russian Empire Tried to Russify Ukraine | Kings and Generals
Day 719: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine War Visit Update – 14h eb Live Chat w/ Greg Terry | ATP Geopolitics
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 14, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 721: Ukrainian naval drones destroy large Russian landing ship near Crimea [Euromaidan Press]
Sir Richard Shirreff – Conflict and Chaos are Advantageous for Russia’s Neo-imperialist Ambitions | Silicon Curtain
• Estonia’s foreign minister says the Baltics have 3 or 4 years to prepare for Russian ‘test’ of NATO [AP News]
• Russia declares Estonian PM Kaja Kallas a ‘wanted’ person [DW News]
• US, EU discuss Russia sanctions ahead of Ukraine war’s second anniversary [Reuters]
• France and Ukraine to sign security agreement soon, says French FM Sejourne [France 24]
• Ukraine fights on in ruined Avdiivka despite severe weapons shortage [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68298854]
• Russia’s Putin signs law to seize assets of those who discredit military [Al Jazeera]
• Russia declares Estonian PM Kaja Kallas a ‘wanted’ person [DW News]
—PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS—
• Trump says Putin paid him ‘great compliment’ [Russia Today]
• Igor Dodon: It is only Russia that can help resolve Moldova’s problems See more at https://english.pravda.ru/opinion/158938-igor_dodon_moldova/ [Pravda]
• Special military operation to continue until achieving all goals — Kremlin [TASS: Russian News Agency]
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, February 15, 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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