News and Weather Briefing for Friday, August 02, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Daily chances of showers and thunderstorms will continue through the weekend, with the best coverage most likely in the afternoons and evenings. Small chances of rain lingering overnight in the North Carolina mountains. Very hot and humid weather will continue through Friday, but a weak cold front arriving this weekend will drop temperatures to more seasonally normal hot weather while providing better chances for rain Saturday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers are likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 90.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers are likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 90.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers are likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms are likely after 11am. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds bein the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 68.
Nantahala Area
Hazards
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms will develop again both today and Saturday leading to heavy rainfall and frequent cloud to ground lightning. Some storms may become strong to severe. Any severe storms that develop may produce damaging wind gusts.
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.2 out of 12) today with Grasses, Nettle, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.8 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for August 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature 45°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.66 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
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 August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
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News Briefing
US and Russia complete biggest prisoner exchange since Cold War | BBC News
Emotional moment as Americans freed from Russia in historic prisoner swap arrive in the U.S. | ABC News
(Full Livestream) Biden, Harris greet freed prisoners at Joint Andrews Base | USA TODAY
Freed Americans arrive at Joint Base Andrews | ABC 33/40
President Biden and VP Harris Greet Americans Freed from Russia | C-SPAN
Biden, Harris speak on U.S., Russia prisoner swap | CBS News
Putin greets freed Russian spies in Moscow | The Times and Sunday Times
• Inside the Secret Negotiations to Free Evan Gershkovich [Wall Street Journal]
• ‘That had to be bittersweet’ — how Biden managed a historic prisoner swap as his campaign was disintegrating [Politico]
• Who are the prisoners in the Russia-West swap? [BBC News]
• Why Germany was key to prisoner swap deal with Russia [DW News]
• Evan Gershkovich among 26 freed in major Russia-West prisoner exchange [Al Jazeera]
• Who was freed in biggest Russia-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War? [TVP World]
Global National: Aug. 1, 2024 | Putin’s possible motives for agreeing to Russia-West prisoner swap
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Aug. 1, 2024
“CBS Evening News” Full Broadcast | Aug. 1, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – Aug. 1, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Aug. 1, 2024)
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, August 02, 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.
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