News and Weather Briefing for Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cooler and drier air mass will gradually build into the region through the end of the week, with high pressure moving across the region at the start of the weekend. Once the high moves off to our east on Sunday, we should see a slow warm up with a return of the mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.
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General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (7.4 out of 12) today with Grasses, Mulberry, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (6.9 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for May 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Highlands in 1941
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.09 inches in Highlands in 2018
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Aurora, Beaufort Countyy on 05-26-2011
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-09-2020
Greatest Rainfall 8.51 inches in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County on 05-20-1942
Greatest Snowfall 15.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-07-1992
News Briefing
—STATE AND LOCAL—
2024 Memorial Day Ceremony | Macon Media
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—NATIONAL—
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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – May 28, 2024
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PBS NewsHour full episode, (May 28, 2024)
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, May 29, 2024
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.
Source: http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/wx20240529.html
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