*Macon County Weather Briefing for Wednesday, October 8, 2014* A cold front will move across the county today, ending our precipitation chances before another cold front brings another round of increased rain chances this weekend. *LUNAR ECLIPSE* The clouds and rain have prevented us from being able to see the lunar eclipse. Well get a chance to see a partial solar eclipse on October 23rd near sunset, and another total lunar eclipse on April 15th. Stay tuned for updates on those events as they get closer. For those of you who are reading this shortly after I post it and want to see it live, you can view it at live.slooh/stadium/live/slooh-covers-the-total-lunar-eclipse-of-october-2014-as-it-slides-across-the-pacific-ocean *TODAY* Rain showers before 9am, then clearing skies with highs approaching 80 and winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph from the northwest. 80% chance of rain in the morning, then 20% for the rest of the day. *HAZARDS* Heavy rain this morning with the potential for damaging wind gusts. Otherwise, none expected later in the morning and the rest of the day. *TONIGHT* Patchy fog, mostly cloudy with lows in the mid 40s and winds out of the northwest. *THURSDAY* Partly sunny with highs in the mid to upper 70s and variable winds. *THURSDAY NIGHT* Partly cloudy, increasing clouds, lows in the mid 50s and variable winds. 30% chance of rain, mainly after midnight. *WEATHER EXTREMES ALMANAC FOR OCTOBER 8TH* *HIGHEST TEMPERATURE* 85°F at Coweeta Lab in 2007, 85°F in Highlands in 1939 and 84°F in Franklin in 1962 The state record for this date is 98°F on Cedar Island (Carteret County) in 2007 *LOWEST TEMPERATURE* 26°F in Highlands in 1899 and 1920 and 27°F at Coweeta Lab in 1991 and 1964 and 28°F in Franklin in 1991 and 1978 The state record for this date is 19°F in Laurel Springs (Ashe County) in 1954 *MOST PRECIPITATION* #1 -- 3.50 inches Franklin in 1879 #2 -- 2.84 inches Highlands in 1998 #3 -- 2.77 inches Nantahala in 1955 #4 -- 2.65 inches Highlands in 1959 #5 -- 2.45 inches Nantahala in 1946 The state record for this date is 7.60 inches in Willard (Pender County) in 1996 due to Tropical Storm JOSEPHINE. Read more about that at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Josephine_(1996) *Historical October Averages for Franklin* Normal Maximum Temperature 69.4°F Normal Minimum Temperature 41.5°F Monthly Precipitation 3.29 inches *Historical October Averages for Highlands* Normal Maximum Temperature 61.7°F Normal Minimum Temperature 31.9°F Monthly Precipitation 6.05 inches #WNCscan #MaconWx *CROWD FUNDING EFFORT* Please consider giving a dollar a month to my Patreon Campaign so I can can continue providing this service indefinitely and to add significant improvements that will blow your mind. :) Visit patreon/MaconMedia By giving a dollar a month, you can gain access to updates that only patreon supporters get to see. Mirror https://plus.google/u/0/b/112483742818260664333/112483742818260664333/posts/1MD8LDdUwAa
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:43:45 +0000
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