News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, October 12, 2024
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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
The center of surface high pressure will begin to slowly shift east of the area today, resulting in a warming trend through Sunday. A strong, though mostly dry, cold front will cross our region on Monday, ushering in much colder air and could lead to widespread frost and freeze concerns across the mountains by the middle of the week. Continued dry weather and slowly moderating temperatures expected for the end of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 20%.
Columbus Day
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the northwest increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest early in the morning around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the west around 5 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Columbus Day
Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the north.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Columbus Day
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 109 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
The coldest air of the season so far is expected to settle over the Southern Appalachians during the middle of next week. Areas of frost and possibly a light freeze in some of the valleys may occur across most of the North Carolina mountains and northeast Georgia mountains Tuesday night.
Tropical Update
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (4.0 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 October 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 86°F in Nantahala in 1969
Lowest Temperature 25°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2000
Greatest Rainfall 3.44 inches in Highlands in 1927
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snow fell on this date)
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 12th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 93°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1919
Lowest Temperature 9°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1919
Greatest Rainfall 7.86 inches in Goldsboro, Wayne County in 1942
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snow fell on this date)
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
News Briefing
—STATE AND LOCAL—
NC maker of high-purity quartz returns to operations post-Helene | Queen City News
Duke Energy crews tackle tough terrain to power up Chimney Rock after Helene | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
Helene Misinformation & Conspiracy Theories: In-Depth with Dan Haggerty | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’: Why one law professor says NC constitutional amendment unneeded [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Friday Football Frenzy: Oct. 11, 2024, scores and highlights [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Some Western NC counties hit by Helene changed early voting plans. Here are the details. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Plants thrive with some adversity in their lives [Sylva Hearald and Ruralite]
• Waynesville Apple Harvest Festival proceeds [Smoky Mountain News]
• Stunning photos: Northern lights dazzled in the Carolina skies [WBTC-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
—WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AFTER HURRICANE HELENE—
What happened to mountainsides during Helene’s extreme rains (30 inches or more)? | The Geo Models
Surviving Hurricane Helene: Floodwater Rescue and Life After the Storm in Asheville | The Bergamot
Info About Storm Donations & Responding to Feedback from Viewers | Celebrating Appalachia
Update: How It’s Going Over Here In Western NC (& how you can help!) | Keeping Afloat with the Joneses
Living in Asheville NC – It’s All About Community [Post Storm Update] | Living in Asheville
Triplets, their cat Pumpkin ride out Helene on kitchen counter | WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)
11 members of Buncombe Co. family killed in landslide | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Misinformation complicates Hurricane Helene recovery efforts | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• Rapid Reaction: Historic Flooding Follows Helene in Western NC [North Carolina State Climate Office]
• No water, power or formula: moms struggle to feed babies after Hurricane Helene [The Guardian (UK)]
• Man who left Florida to escape hurricanes nearly loses everything to Helene [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Liveblog Updates: 121 fatalities in NC; Asheville details repair milestone for water system [BPR News]
• Haywood County revises curfew [Smoky Mountain News]
• Helene devastates Garren Creek, ‘Craigtown’, killing 13, including 11 from one family [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• A ‘second wave’ of medical issues may slam the region in Helene’s wake, disaster response officials caution [Mountain Xpress]
• Need for donations and volunteers still strong two weeks after Helene [WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)]
Heat kills more Americans than other natural disasters, yet deaths are undercounted | ABC News
China Is Outspending the U.S. to Achieve the ‘Holy Grail’ of Clean Energy | WSJ (U.S. vs. China)
• Federal personnel are facing threats during hurricane response, DHS chief warns [Government Executive]
• Hurricane Milton updates: 16 dead across Florida in storm’s aftermath [ABC News (autoplaying video)]
• Content creators riding out Hurricane Milton brought in millions of views and a horde of new followers [NBC News]
• Renowned scientist’s ashes dropped into eye of Category 5 Hurricane Milton as lasting tribute [CBS News]
• A Retirement Community Prepared for a Hurricane. Tornadoes Came Instead. [New York Times]
• Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs, delay first 777X jet as strike hits finances [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
• 7-Eleven shutting down nearly 450 underperforming stores across North America [Fox News]
• Senators call on TikTok to produce documents in response to NPR report [NPR]
• Montana businessman gets 2 years in prison for role in Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol [AP News]
International News Headlines
What support does it need most from its allies now? | DW News
Nihon Hidankyo announced as Nobel Peace Prize Winner | BBC News
• ‘Waiting for this day’: 100-yr-old rejoices after A-bomb survivor group wins Nobel Prize [The Mainichi]
• Tears, joy from A-bomb survivors as group wins Nobel Prize [Kyodo News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Israel observes Yom Kippur amid condemnation over Lebanon strikes[France 24]
• Moscow expands ties with Tehran, as Israel weighs retaliatory strike on Iran [Jerusalem Post]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian War, day 961: Russia redeploys 50,000 troops to Kursk Oblast [Euromaidan Press]
—PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS—
• Medvedev doubts Trump can end Ukraine conflict on US terms
Moscow will have more of a say than Washington on how the conflict with Kiev ends, the former Russian president has said. [Russia Today]
• Russia presents new Berdysh UAV to start new chapter in unmanned aviation [Pravda]
• Russian, Iranian positions on international events very often close — Putin [TASS: Russian News Agency]
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, October 12, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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