News and Weather Briefing for Friday, September 06, 2024
National News
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure maintains a cool northeast breeze through today, keeping temperatures below normal. A cold front arrives from the northwest by Saturday with dry and mild weather into next week as high pressure is expected to remain in control through the end of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
Nantahala Area
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Update
Pollen
Record Weather Events for September 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 38°F in in Highlands in 1997
Greatest Rainfall 4.59 inches in Highlands in 1949
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Frsnklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for September 6th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 106°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1954
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1924
Greatest One-Day Rain 8.60 inches in Clinton, Sampson County in 2019
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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News Briefing
Emergency tech used during Georgia school shooting also used in Chicago area schools | WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL)
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• Father of suspected Apalachee High School shooter charged in murders; FBI received warnings in 2023 [Yahoo News]
• Hunter Biden pleads guilty to federal tax-dodging charges at start of trial [Courthouse News Serice]
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• Court denies Oklahoma request to reinstate federal funds in dispute over abortion referrals [SCOTUSblog]
• Deep divisions in battleground Pennsylvania over proposed sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese company [CNBCx]
International News Headlines
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US accuses Russia of 2024 election interference | BBC News
• Middle East updates: Blinken says cease-fire ’90% agreed’ [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: UK to send Ukraine hundreds of new missile systems to boost air defence [France 24]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 5, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Hamas publishes video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Aid situation ‘catastrophic’ for Palestinians [Al Jazeera]
• First shipment of Mpox vaccine arrives in Kinshasa, DRC [Africa News]
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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Sept. 4, 2024
“CBS Evening News” Full Broadcast | September 4, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – Sept. 5, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 5, 2024)
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On This Day
September 6th is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 116 days remain until the end of the year.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, September 06, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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