Weekend Weather Briefing for Sunday, April 14, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will linger to our south through the weekend and into early next week, allowing temperatures to warm well- above normal for mid April. Another frontal system will approach our area by the middle of next week, and could bring showers and thunderstorms to the region.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in thye upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Back to Top Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (11.1 out of 12) today with Oak, Sweetgum, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (11.5 out of 9.1).
Record Weather Events for April 14th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 84°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1972
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Highlands in 1920 (also a strate record for this date)
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1980
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands in 1913 (also a strate record for this date)
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
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, April 14, 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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