News and Weather Briefing for Friday, September 13, 2024
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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
The remnants of Francine will stall over the Mid-South today. An associated broad area of moisture will persist out of the south and east, resulting in periods of showers and thunderstorms for our area through Saturday. A surface high over the Northeastern US will strengthen Sunday into early next week, while a weak low pressure system begins to develop just off the Carolina coast.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Increasing clouds, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. The chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. The chance of rain is 50%.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. The chance of rain is 50%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 7am, then patchy fog after 4pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Patchy fog before 1am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the east 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. The chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. The chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. The chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 50%. 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 before 1am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the east 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. The chance of rain is 50%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Sep 13 2024
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Seven, located over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean. The Weather Prediction Center is issuing advisories on Post-Tropical Cyclone Francine, located inland over northeastern Arkansas.
1. Near the Northern Leeward Islands (AL94):
Satellite-derived wind data from several hours ago indicate that a small area of low pressure located less than one hundred miles east of the northern Leeward Islands has degenerated into a surface trough. Environmental conditions, including the proximity of dry air, do not favor development of this system while it moves west-northwestward at about 15 mph. Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds are possible across the northern Leeward Islands today.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent.
2. Offshore the Southeastern U.S.:
A non-tropical area of low pressure could form along a frontal boundary a few hundred miles off the southeastern U.S. coastline this weekend. Thereafter, some subtropical or tropical development is possible during the early part of next week while the system moves generally northwestward toward the coast.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.5 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2019
Lowest Temperature 32°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest Rainfall 2.63 inches in Highlands in 2004
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-27-1964
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September Data available from 1870 to 2018
Highest Temperature 108°F Belhaven, Beaufort County 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County 09-28-2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 21.00 in Wilmington, New Hanover County 09-17-2018
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, September 13, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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