Tools Motorists can use to Avoid Delays and Hazards on the Roads

Google Traffic Map showing the traffic jam after the August 21, 2017, Solar Eclipse Macon Media uses several tools to find out where traffic is congested or blocked during accidents, heavy traffic flow periods and hazardous weather events in order to share the information with motorists. Among them are the traffic layer in Google Maps and the Waze Traffic App for desktop and mobile devices. These are effective tools that anyone can use to...

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Weather Briefing for Sunday, December 31, 2017

**UPDATE 3:25 am** The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement regarding the cold wave our area will be experiencing this week. You can read a copy of it on our Facebook Public Safety Page. [LINK] Cold Wave Safety Briefing In the coming week, this area will be experiencing a cold wave during which daytime temperatures will be close to 20 degrees below normal. Brisk northerly winds between 5 and 15 mph will combine...

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Weather Briefing for Saturday, December 30, 2017

LOCAL OUTLOOK Strong high pressure will remain across the region and maintain a very cold air mass through much of the upcoming week. By next Friday, a moist backdoor cold front may bring light snow showers to the western North Carolina mountains. WEATHER SPONSOR Adams Products, a Division of Oldcastle is underwriting the daily weather briefing & public safety updates for the month.  Open 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, M-F, located...

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Daily Weather Briefing for Friday, December 29, 2017

LOCAL OUTLOOK High pressure will build over the region and persist over the next several days. The high will become reinforced with a colder arctic air mass on Sunday bringing well below normal temperatures for early next week. WEATHER SPONSOR Adams Products, a Division of Oldcastle is underwriting the daily weather briefing & public safety updates for the month.  Open 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, M-F, located at 895 Hickory...

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Daily Weather Briefing for Thursday, December 28, 2017

LOCAL OUTLOOK Transient but cold high-pressure ridging down the Appalachians today will succumb to relatively milder southerly flow for Friday and Saturday in advance of a dry cold front. Strong Arctic high pressure will follow the frontal passage to usher in a prolonged period of very cold temperatures lasting through the middle of next week. A slight chance of wintry precip exists Sunday afternoon through Monday as a disturbance traverses...

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Daily Weather Briefing for Wednesday, December 27, 2017

LOCAL OUTLOOK A series of very cold and dry Arctic high-pressure systems will be the primary weather feature across the region over the coming week. However, a slight chance of light wintry precipitation is possible across the entire region Sunday night into Monday. LOCAL NEWS There was a small tremor of 2.6 Magnitude reported yesterday in Graham County near Robbinsville at 12:15 pm. The epicenter was a little over 5 miles deep. 146 people...

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