Daily Weather Briefing for Saturday, April 18, 2020 Morning COVID-19 Update Included

OUTLOOK

A cold front will cross the Western Carolinas and northeast Georgia from the west this morning. A much wetter storm system is then expected to affect the area late Sunday into Monday before dry high pressure returns early Tuesday.



Franklin Town Council Combined Budget and April 2020 Meeting [LINK]

Macon County Board of Commissioners April 2020 Regular Meeting [LINK]

GENERAL FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY


Today

Partly sunny with showers this morning, then sunny this afternoon. Breezy with highs ranging from the upper 50s to the mid-60s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain possible, mainly before daylight.

Tonight

Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Partly sunny with a chance of rain in the morning, then cloudy with showers likely in the afternoon. Highs ranging from the upper 50s to the mid-60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Sunday Night

Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the 40s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.

Monday

Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs ranging from the upper 50s to the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Monday Night

Mostly clear. Lows ranging from the lower 40s to the upper 30s.


HAZARDS

Hazardous weather is not expected today.


COVID-19 Update

The Untold Toll — The Pandemic’s Effects on Patients without Covid-19 [LINK]



The CDC website [LINK] reports 5,465 people in North Carolina are infected, 131 deaths, and that the infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 5,589 confirmed cases, 429 hospitalized and 152 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 6,198 people infected and 181 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).

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The C19 Weekly


This week's papers:

1) Chan et al, A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster, The Lancet, Feb. 2020, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30154-9/fulltext

2) Li et al, Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2), Science, Mar. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb3221

3) Zhang et al, Crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 main protease provides a basis for design of improved α-ketoamide inhibitors, Science, Mar. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb3405

Project highlight:
CovidWatcher - https://covidwatcher.dbmi.columbia.edu

Additional Projects to contribute to (pdf with links):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hv8CcLGuf0uKKLSiPxTsGxfYoESlW-N6/view

The C19 Weekly is produced in collaboration with the American Medical Informatics Association (amia.org) and the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University Medical Center.


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Published at 5:30am on Saturday, April 18, 2020