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News and Weather Briefing for Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.


GENERAL OUTLOOK

High temperatures will peak today ahead of an approaching cold front which will bring shower and thunderstorm chances to mountains this afternoon. The cold front will track across the area tonight into Thursday before stalling south of the western Carolinas on Friday, keeping shower and thunderstorm chances around. Hot and increasingly humid conditions are expected Friday into the weekend ahead of another cold front. The front will track across the area Sunday night bringing slightly cooler temperatures early next week and keeping unsettled weather around.

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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Friday Night

Franklin Area

Today

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 90s. Light winds out of the south.

Tonight

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.

Thursday

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.

Friday

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s.



Highlands Plateau

Today

Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.

Thursday

A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the north around 5 mph early in the morning decreasing to light and variable by midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the northeast.

Friday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%.

Friday Night

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 7pm and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.



Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Sunny, with highs near 91. Light and variable winds.

Tonight

A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Increasing clouds, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds.

Thursday

A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 70.



Nantahala Area




Hazards

Isolated or widely scattered thunderstorms are expected over the mountains and foothills this afternoon and evening. Any of these storms will be capable of dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning.
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.8 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 out of 12.0).


Record Weather Events for June 26th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 41°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1974
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.19 inches in Highlands in 1960
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 June Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 101°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)



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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, June 26, 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/2024/06/wx20240626.html


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