News and Weather Briefing for Friday, August 23, 2024
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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Surface high pressure will remain over the region through the first half of next week while continuing the dry weather. Our cooler than normal temperatures will change over the weekend as an upper ridge builds in from the west with a warming trend which will continue into early next week when it becomes hot again. Moisture begins to increase by next Thursday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph early in the morning decreasing to calm winds by midmorning.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s.
Nantahala Area
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Update
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.6 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.5 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for August 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Franklin in 1983
Lowest Temperature 42°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1969
Greatest Rainfall 4.02 inches in Highlands in 1967
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for 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
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• FDA approves the new Covid vaccine. Here’s the best time to get it. [NBC News]
• Supreme Court reinstates Arizona proof-of-citizenship requirement for 2024 state ballots [Courthouse News Service]
• Federal judge tosses Kansas machine gun possession case on Second Amendment grounds [Kansas City Star]
• DHS watchdog warns of ‘urgent issue’ after immigration officials allegedly lose track of unaccompanied children [ABC News]
International News Headlines
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• US government indicts Guatemalan suspect on smuggling charges over deaths of 53 migrants in trailer [CNN]
• Taiwan tracks 41 Chinese military aircraft, 7 naval ships [Taiwan News]
• Somalia threatens to suspend Ethiopian Airlines flights amid territorial dispute [Africa News]
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, August 23, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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