OUTLOOK
A cold front crossed our area from the northwest on this morning, bringing cooler and drier high pressure behind it that will spread over the region for Friday and Saturday. Low pressure with abundant moisture is expected to impact our region on Sunday and Monday before high-pressure returns by the middle of next week.
BURN BAN
A ban on open burning in the 32 western counties of North Carolina is in effect until further notice. [LINK]
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GENERAL FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY
Today
Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon. Highs ranging from the mid-50s to mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Tonight
Partly cloudy and windy. Much cooler with lows ranging from the mid-30s to around 30. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph, increasing to 40 mph after midnight.
Friday
Sunny, windy with highs ranging from the lower 40s to the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, diminishing to around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Clear. Lows ranging from the mid-to-upper 30s to the lower 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday
Sunny. Highs ranging from the mid-50s to around 60. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph, shifting to come out of the south in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows ranging from the lower 40s to the upper 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
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HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Here is a look at the radar of the storms rolled through Macon County between am and 4am this morning.
A burn ban is in effect until further notice. [LINK]
Please continue observing the Governor's "Stay at Home" Order, and practicing social distancing if you come out for supplies, exercise or other reasons listed in the Executive Order. [LINK]
COVID-19 Update
CDC recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission [LINK]
The CDC website [LINK] reports 3,221 people in North Carolina are confirmed to be infected and that the infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 3,426 cases, 386 hospitalized and 53 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 3,576 people infected and 67 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
Chart data fo North Carolina from the Johns Hopkins CSSE Dashboard [LINK]
This includes people the CDC and NCDHHS are counting as not being in the state despite actually being physically present in the state.
Official Sources
How to Protect Yourself & Others [LINK]
World Health Organization Media Briefing
White House Briefing
North Carolina Briefing
English
Spanish (La versión en español aún no ha sido publicada)
COVID-19 News
100 Days that changed the world [LINK]
Terrifying video shows how a single cough can spread a cloud of coronavirus across supermarket that lingers for minutes [LINK]
A grocery clerk with cerebral palsy died of coronavirus. She had kept working to help seniors [LINK]
California woman arrested after licking nearly $2K worth of groceries [LINK]
Stephen King Is Sorry You Feel Like You're Stuck In A Stephen King Novel [LINK]
Paris bans daytime exercise after people ignore social distancing [LINK]
Birx says drop in US death projection is due to Americans changing their behavior through social distancing [LINK]
PM Johnson 'getting better' in intensive care as UK extends overdraft [LINK]
More than a hundred prisoners riot over coronavirus outbreak (Seattle, Washington) [LINK]
Coronavirus May ‘Reactivate’ in Cured Patients, Korean CDC Says [LINK]
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Published at 5:45am on Wednesday, April 9, 2020
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