Weekend Weather Briefing for Saturday, March 23, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low pressure system will maintain cool temperatures and periodic light rain today. High pressure builds in from the north Sunday into Monday bringing drier weather, before a moist cold front arrives from the west late Tuesday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of hte northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog between 8am and 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the north 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph early in the morning shifting to come out of the southeast by midmorning.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs near 54.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 39. Breezy.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 58. Winds out of hte northwest 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of hte northwest 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 65. Light and variable winds becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the southeast around 9 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs near 60.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 42.
Nantahala Area
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Back to Top Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (2.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 82°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2011
Lowest Temperature 15°F in Highlandsin 2004
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.05 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.1 inches in Highlands in 1950
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
—NATIONAL—
International News Headlines
Moscow attack: video captures gunmen storming concert hall and shooting 40 dead | BBC News
Kate, Princess of Wales, reveals she is having treatment for cancer | Sky News
• Major terrorist attack at Moscow concert hall: What we know so far [Russia Today]
• U.S. Warned Russia Before Moscow Attack That Killed at Least 60 [Wall Street Journal]
• U.S. Call for Gaza Cease-Fire Runs Into Russia-China Veto at U.N. [New York Times]
• Peruvian democracy weakened as government consolidates control: Report [Al Jazeera]
• India comes for China’s manufacturing crown as supply chains slowly shift [South China Morning Post]
• EU summit: Leaders wrap up with attention on Gaza, Russia [DW News]
Global National: March 22, 2024 | Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis ends weeks of speculation
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – March 22, 2024
“CBS Evening News” Full Broadcast | March 22 2024
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PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 22 2024)
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, March 23, 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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