News and Weather Briefing for Monday, October 07, 2024
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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Most of the area will experience one more day of warm weather today. Following a cold front, a cool airmass will settle into the area tonight and bring generally below-normal temperatures and dry weather Tuesday through Friday. Hurricane Milton moves across Florida in the middle of the week, possibly bringing some cloud cover and breezy winds Wednesday and Thursday, but not likely resulting in any rain for our area.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Light winds out of the north.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 74.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Nantahala Area
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Update
[Saturday] Newly-Formed Tropical Storm Milton Expected to Hit Florida as a Hurricane
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Oct 7 2024
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Kirk, located over the central Atlantic Ocean, on Hurricane Leslie, located over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean, and on Hurricane Milton, located over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
1. Far Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa in a few days. Afterward, environmental conditions appear only marginally favorable for some slow development of this system while it moves westward or west-northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic. The system is expected to move near or over the Cabo Verde Islands on Wednesday and Thursday, and interests there should monitor its progress.
* 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 low-medium range (4.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (4.3 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for October 7th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 86°F in Highlands in 1939
Lowest Temperature 25°F in Highlands in 1935
Greatest Rainfall 2.59 inches in Highlands in 1959
Weather Extremes for Macon County for October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 10-05-1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Franklin on 10-30-1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on 10-04-1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on 10-20-1913
Record Weather Events for October 7th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 101°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1954
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1968
Greatest Rainfall 12.57 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County in 1913
Greatest Snowfall (there was no snow recorded in this date in the state)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane 5 of 1913. The storm formed off the coast of Rhode Island and headed southeast, striking North and South Carolina. This was before Tropical Storms and Hurricanes were named).
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 103°F in Wadesboro, Anson County on 10-03-2019
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 12.53 inches in Lumberton, Robeson County on 10-08-2016
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 inches on Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990
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On This Day
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 85 days remain until the end of the year.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, October 07, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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