News and Weather Briefing for Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A nearly stationary front will meander across our region for the next several days providing a focus for above-normal chances of mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures start our near normal then cool into the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog after 1am. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Highs in the upper 70s. The chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. The chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Widespread dense fog, mainly after 4am. Lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 7am. Highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Highs near 70. The chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. The chance of rain is 70%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Highs near 80. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog after 2am. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Areas of fog before 9am. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. The chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. The chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.
Record Weather Events for July 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 44°F in Highlands in 1915
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.89 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1970
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 July 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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News Briefing
—STATE AND LOCAL—
Appalachia in the American Imagination | C-SPAN
International News Headlines
Did Hungary violate the European Treaty? | DW News
‘We are ready’, Macron says as France gears up for Paris Olympics amid tight security | FRANCE 24
• Global leaders react to ‘true friend’ Biden dropping out of U.S. presidential race [CNBC]
• Israel sends tanks back into Khan Younis area, 70 killed after new evacuation order [Reuters]
• Mass protest on Spanish island Mallorca calls for ‘limits on tourism’ [CNN (via Yahoo News)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 22, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Poland advocates for Ukraine’s right to use long-range weapons to strike Russia [Euromaidan Press]
• Israel war on Gaza liveblog: At least 81 killed in Israeli blitz on Khan Younis [Al Jazeera]
• Israeli forces eliminate Hamas commander, other terror leaders in Tulkarm, West Bank – report [Jerusalem Post]
—PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS—
• With Biden out of the 2024 race, what’s the Deep State’s next move? [Russia Today]
• Joe Biden gets Covid for political death as God saves Trump’s life God saves Trump’s life, infects Biden with Covid See more at https://english.pravda.ru/world/160086-biden-covid/ [Pravda]
• Over 980 civilians hurt in Ukrainian shelling attacks in Zaporozhye Region in 2024 [TASS: Russian News Agency]
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – July 22, 2024
“CBS Evening News” Full Broadcast | July 22, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – July 22, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 22, 2024)
On This Day
July 23 is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 161 days remain until the end of the year.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, July 23, 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/2024/07/wx20240723.html
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