News and Weather Briefing for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Rain will continue ahead of a cold front approaching from the west. Low pressure will develop along this front, keeping rain in the forecast through early Thursday. Dry and warmer weather is expected Friday into Sunday. The next cold front slowly approaches from the Mississippi Valley during the first half of next week as moisture and cloudiness gradually increases.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (9.4 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 80°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2021
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.34 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.8 inches in Highlands in 1999
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—
Biden, Harris remarks focus on health care and reproductive rights | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Mayor backs board’s denial of permit for Pride parade for North Carolina town | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• In Raleigh, Biden and Harris talk health care and lowering prescription drug prices [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Duotech Services to create 95 jobs, invest $6.5 million in Macon County [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC GOP elects Trump-endorsed Simmons as new party chair [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park closes many roads after 85 mph wind gusts down trees [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• From CPP: Former attendees describe ‘nightmare’ at therapy camp in NC mountains. DHHS suspended admissions after 12-year-old died. [Mountain Xpress]
• State elections board certifies primary election results [BPR]
—NATIONAL—
International News Headlines
What the Red Sea ship attacks are really about | Vox
Pakistan-Afghan tensions rise over border attacks | DW News
• Moscow attack: Russia blames West and Kyiv for jihadist massacre [BBC News]
• N. Korea says no interest in holding summit with Japan, rejects further talks [France 24]
• S. Korea, U.S. launch task force to block N. Korea’s nuclear, missile programs [Yonhap News Agency]
• Taiwan takes delivery of 2 new Tuo Chiang-class corvettes [Taiwan News]
• Israel-Hamas war: What happened on day 171? [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Rafah bombing intensifies despite UN truce call [Al Jazeera]
Global National: March 25, 2024 | Baltimore bridge collapse leaves 6 presumed dead
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – March 26, 2024
“CBS Weekend News” Full Broadcast | March 26 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – March 26 NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 26 2024)
March 27th is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 279 days remain until the end of the year.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, March 27, 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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