Weather Briefing for Thursday, April 11, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Showers and scattered thunderstorms, some with potentially heavy rainfall, can be expected with a cold front today. Very windy conditions develop Friday into Saturday. Dry and warm weather returns for the weekend into the middle of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 10am. Highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Widespread fog, mainly before 10am. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Patchy fog between 10pm and 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 41. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Windy.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Areas of fog before noon. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Nantahala Area
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms will cross the area today. An isolated severe storm is possible, with damaging winds the main threat. Some of the storms will produce heavy rainfall, and isolated flooding is possible. Very gusty winds are also expected to develop and continue into Friday. A Wind Advisory may be needed.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (0.2 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (10.4 out of 10.3).
Record Weather Events for April 11th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 88°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2001
Lowest Temperature 18°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1960
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.85 inches in Highlands in 1913 (also the state record)
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.3 inches in Highlands in 1956
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895 (also a state record)
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
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Published at 5:30am on Thursday, April 11, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 – Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster’s Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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