News and Weather Briefing for Monday, April 12, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier air will filter into our region this morning with a secondary cold front. Very windy conditions also will develop and continue into Saturday. Dry and warm weather returns for the weekend into the middle of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area (Breezy conditions expected through Saturday Afternoon)
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau (Breezy conditions expected through Saturday Afternoon)
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 55. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County (Breezy conditions expected through Saturday Afternoon)
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
Nantahala Area
Aside for winds that may occasionally gust to over 30 mph, hazardous weather is not expected today. Scattered power outages are expected through Saturday afternoon
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.9 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (11.4 out of 9.1).
Record Weather Events for April 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 87°F in Franklin in 2001
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Franklin in 1960
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.05 inches in Franklin in 1913 (also the state record)
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895 (also a state record)
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
News Briefing
—STATE AND LOCAL—
NC Gov. Roy Cooper talks $1.2 billion, 680-job expansion by Fujifilm Diosynth in Holly Springs | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC_
• Cicadapocalypse: Will there be a double brood of cicadas in Western NC this year? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Convicted felon now charged in Jessica Kirkland’s death in Sylva [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• ‘We will march’: Sylva community members support Pride Parade [BPR]
• WCU enrollment deadline extended [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Under the Dome: NC Supreme Court appears skeptical of challenge to McCrory backers[Raleigh News and Observer]
• Mark Robinson failed to file federal income taxes for 5 years, bankruptcy documents show [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
—NATIONAL—
International News Headlines
Rebel groups take Myanmar border town: Hundreds of refugees escape to Thailand | Al Jazeera
U.S. bolsters military ties with Japan and Philippines amid Chinese provocations | PBS News Hour
How did billionaire Truong My Lan steal 3% of Vietnam’s 2022 GDP? | DW News
• Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud [BBC News]
• US, Japan military alliance to get biggest revamp since 1951 [DW News]
• S. Korea, U.S. reaffirm plan for tabletop exercise on nuclear use by N. Korea [Yonhap News Agency]
• Mali bans political party activities as calls for elections grow [Africa News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Israel says it will defend itself if Iran responds to attack on its consulate[France 24]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 11, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
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On This Day
April 12 is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 263 days remain until the end of the year.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, April 12, 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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