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

OUTLOOK

A couple of significant storm systems are expected to impact the forecast area during the upcoming week. The first system will be tonight through early Monday, then another organized storm moves into the area Thursday.



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

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



GENERAL FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY


Today

Partly sunny with a chance of rain this morning, then cloudy with rain likely this afternoon. Highs in the 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Rainfall amount between a quarter and half an inch.

Tonight

Showers in the evening, then rain after midnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent. Rainfall amount between half and three-quarters of an inch.

Monday

Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the morning, then mostly sunny with a chance of showers 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 70 percent.

Monday Night

Mostly clear. Lows ranging from the lower 40s to the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the upper 50s to the lower 60s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s.


HAZARDS

A strong low-pressure system will track across the region today through Monday morning. Some thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible as this system moves across the area. An isolated strong to severe storm is possible, with damaging winds the main threat.


COVID-19 Update

LIVE: One world, #TogetherAtHome! #COVID19 (eight hour broadcast)

Inventor of N95 masks comes out of retirement to upgrade them
Hospitals are suffering a shortage of the single-use masks, leading inventor Peter Tsai to come out of retirement to find a way to sterilize them. [LINK]

COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020 [LINK]



The CDC website [LINK] reports 5,859 people in North Carolina are infected and that the infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 6,140 confirmed cases, 388 hospitalized and 164 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 6,376 people infected and 191 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).

Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]


Video Briefings

World Health Organization
(there was no WHO briefing yesterday, so here is the one from the 17th of April)

White House


North Carolina

English (briefing from April 17th)

Spanish (briefing from April 17th)





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Published at 5:45am on Sunday, April 19, 2020