News and Weather Briefing for Tuesday, October 01, 2024
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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Scattered showers possible across the area again today, mainly across the mountains. A weak cold front is expected to cross the region on Wednesday with dry high pressure building in behind it Thursday into Friday. Another cold front tracks across the area early this weekend, bringing cooler temperatures on Sunday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the north around 5 mph early in the morning decreasing to calm winds by midmorning.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the early evening increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph after midnight.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
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Hazards
Please use caution if you plan on traveling through some of the side roads in the southeastern section of the county. Be on the lookout for debris or utility crews and be prepared to stop.
Flood waters continue to drain down through the main stem rivers across the western Carolinas. Continue to monitor warnings in your area and heed all official instructions for evacuations and road closures. Otherwise, no significant weather is expected across the region.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Oct 1 2024
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Kirk, located over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory on Tropical Depression Joyce, whose remnants are located over the central Atlantic Ocean.
1. Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico:
Disorganized showers and thunderstorms located over the southwestern Caribbean Sea are associated with a trough of low pressure. Environmental conditions could support some gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form over the next several days while it moves generally northwestward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the southern Gulf of Mexico. Interests along the U.S. Gulf Coast should continue to monitor the progress of this system.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…40 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL91):
Showers and thunderstorms show some signs of organization in association with a broad area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development of this system, and a tropical depression is very likely to form during the next few days while it moves slowly westward over the eastern tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…medium…60 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…high…90 percent.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.6 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.8 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for October 01st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 88°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2019
Lowest Temperature 26°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest Rainfall 6.12 inches in Highlands in 1965
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
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 Highlands on 10-30-1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on 10-04-1954
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inHighlands on 10-20-1913
News Briefing
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast – Sunday, Sep 29, 2024 | ABC News
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“Face the Nation” Full Broadcast | Sept. 30, 2024
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, September 27, 2024
CBS Vice Presidential Debate Simulcast | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 30, 2024 | Israel has begun ground raids in Lebanon
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Sept. 30, 2024
“CBS Evening News” Full Broadcast | September 30, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast – Sept. 30, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 30, 2024)
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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