News and Weather Briefing for Friday, March 22, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low pressure system will bring cooler temperatures and rain back today, with rain chances lingering into Saturday. High pressure will build in from the north on Sunday into Monday leading to drier weather. A slow moving cold front arrives from the west in mid week with more rain.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with highs in the low-to 50s. Light and variable winds eraly in the morning increasing to come out of the south southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph decreasing into light winds and shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog after 3pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Saturday
Showers, mainly before 11am. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog after 5pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers. Patchy fog after 7pm. Lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 10 to 20mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight. High winds may lead to scattered power outages later this afternoon and overnight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.2out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 22nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2017
Lowest Temperature 10°F in Franklin in 1965
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.49 inches in Highlands in 1955
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.5 inches in Highlands in 1981
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
News Briefing
—STATE AND LOCAL—
New hospital construction delayed by North Carolina’s approval process | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
Inside the 1898 white supremacy campaign that changed a North Carolina town forever | ABC News
• More than 1,600 ballots not counted in North Carolina primary election due to voter ID and absentee ballot issues [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• CNN Ambushes NCGOP Nominee Who Called for Biden’s Execution [The Daily Beast]
• NC told Duke Energy to cut carbon emissions. What’s happened and what’s supposed to. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Waynesville considers ordinance on vacation rentals to protect affordable housing [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• WCU Literary Fest returns [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• From CPP: What HCA has told feds it’s doing to fix staffing issues at Mission Hospital. Why nurses say it’s not happening. [Mountain Xpress]
—NATIONAL—
International News Headlines
• ‘Malicious’ N.K. cyberactivities account for half of foreign currency income, fund WMD programs: UN report [Yonhap News Agency]
• Russia preparing for wider conflict with NATO sooner than expected, says report [euronews]
• Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin is being taught in Russian schools [Independent (UK)]
• Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns [Al Jazeera]
• UN General Assembly adopts first AI resolution [DW News]
• EU: Bosnia and Herzegovina to begin talks to join bloc [BBC News]
—International Conflicts —
Escalating regional conflict worsens food shortage in South Sudan | Switch TV News
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 21, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 756: Ukrainian air defense intercepts all 31 Russian missiles targeting Kyiv [Euromaidan Press]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Blinken calls Rafah offensive a ‘mistake’ [DW News]
• Liveblog: US ‘in the dark’ about Rafah op, most US Jews support Israel’s war against Hamas [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: ‘The choice is clear – a 2-state solution’ [Al Jazeera]
• China is building its military on a ‘scale not seen since WWII’ and is on track to be able to invade Taiwan by 2027: US admiral [Business Insider]
Global National: March 21, 2024 | Limits of Canada ending military’s authority over sex offences
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – March 21, 2024
“CBS Evening News” Full Broadcast | March 21 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – March 21 NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 21 2024)
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, March 22, 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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