Macon County Weather Briefing for Thursday, August 21, 2014 A ridge of high pressure originating in the Mississippi Valley will bring us above normal temperatures through Saturday, when a cold front from the northeast will bring some relief through the early part of next week. TODAY Patchy fog this morning. Mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s and light winds out of the northwest. 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon and evening. HAZARDS Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and evening. A few of them may become severe and produce hail or gusty winds. TONIGHT Partly cloudy with lows in the mid 60s with light winds out of the northwest. 30% chance of rain. FRIDAY Mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s and light winds out of the northwest. FRIDAY NIGHT Partly cloudy, increasing clouds, lows in the mid 60s and light winds out of the northwest. THE WEEKEND HIghs on Saturday will be in the mid to upper 80s, and on Sunday in the mid 80s. The lows this weekend will be in the mid 60s, skies will be partly cloudy and there will be a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. WEATHER EXTREMES ALMANAC FOR AUGUST 21ST HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 97°F in Coweeta Lab in 1983, 97°F Franklin in 1968 and 89°F in Highlands in 1993 The state record for this date is 110°F in Fayetteville (Cumberland County) in 1983, the runner up is 107°F and also occurred in 1983 and is held by several counties. At the time, there was a several day long heat wave in progress across the nation. Read more about it at nytimes/1983/07/24/us/st-louis-bears-brunt-of-heat-wave-as-us-toll-rises.html LOWEST TEMPERATURE 43°F in Highlands in 1918 and 52°F in Franklin in 2012, 2011, 1987 and 1958 The state record for this date is 38°F in Montreat (Yancey County) in 1930 MOST PRECIPITATION #1 -- 2.43 inches Highlands in 2010 #2 -- 1.54 inches Highlands in 1949 #3 -- 1.43 inches Highlands in 1956 #4 -- 1.30 inches Highlands in 1915 #5 -- 1.30 inches Nantahala in 1949 The state record for this date is 6.72 inches in Williamston (Martin County) in 1967 Historical August Averages for Franklin Normal Maximum Temperature 83.2°F Normal Minimum Temperature 61.2°F Monthly Precipitation 4.48 inches Historical August Averages for Highlands Normal Maximum Temperature 76.3°F Normal Minimum Temperature 56.4°F Monthly Precipitation 6.59 inches #WNCscan #MaconWx MIrror https://plus.google/b/112483742818260664333/112483742818260664333/posts
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:09:05 +0000
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