News and Weather Briefing for Saturday, June 20, 2020

OUTLOOK

A typical summerlike regime will settle back into the region this weekend. Expect warm temperatures and afternoon and evening storms to stay in the forecast every day through the first half of next week. An approaching front will impact the area during the middle part of the week, helping to enhance rain chances.


GoFundMe Established to Benefit Children of David and Dawn Head

On Saturday, 5/23/2020, Macon County Sheriff's Deputy David Head and his wife, Dawn, a Physical Therapist with Highlands/Cashiers Hospital, were tragically killed in an automobile accident. They leave behind four children, Jeslyn Head (17), J.D. Head (13), Erin Sanborn (17), and Sidney Sanborn (19). This fund has been set up by the employees of the Macon County Sheriff's Office in an effort to help all 4 children of David and Dawn Head. [LINK]

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News Briefing

The US Forest Service Announces 2020 Lottery for Ginseng Permits [LINK]

New Angel Medical Center Design Nearly Complete, Groundbreaking to Happen Before End of Year [LINK]


Most recent Local Government Meetings

The Macon County Board of Commissioners met on June 2nd. [LINK]

The Franklin Town Council met on June 1st. Members of the public and local media outlets were allowed in the town hall. [LINK]



General Forecast Through Saturday Night

Today

Mostly sunny. Patchy fog this morning. Scattered showers this afternoon. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times this morning. Highs ranging from the 70s in the higher elevations to the mid-80s in the valleys. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight

Mostly clear. Scattered showers in the evening. Lows ranging from the lower 60s in the valleys to the mid-50s in the higher elevations. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Sunday

Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs ranging from the 70s to the mid-80s. WInds out of the southwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows ranging from the lower 60s to the upper 50s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Monday

Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs ranging from the 70s to the mid-80s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows ranging from the lower 60s to the mid-50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.


Hazards

Hazardous weather is not expected today. There will be a chance of isolated to scattered thunderstorms.



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Tropical Weather
(The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th)








Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Jun 20 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. A broad area of disturbed weather is centered a few hundred miles off the southeast U.S. coast. This disturbance is forecast to move northeastward and a non-tropical low-pressure system is expected to form over the weekend. Significant development is not expected, however, the system could briefly acquire some subtropical characteristics when it moves over the Gulf Stream on Sunday.

Further development is not anticipated once the low moves over cooler waters early next week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.


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Begin COVID-19 Update



Here are some numbers from the CDC, the NCDHHS, and the Johns Hopkins Dashboard. Macon Media prefers the Johns Hopkins Dashboard because the counts include those non-residents that are left out of the CDC and NCDHHS numbers.

The CDC website [LINK] reports 48,188 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,175 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 49,840 confirmed cases from 712,313 targeted tests, and 871 hospitalized and 1,197 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 49,652 people infected and 1,207 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).


Data from Macon County Public Health [LINK]

Detected 252 (+7)
Recovered 39 (+12)
Deceased 1 (0)
Actives 212 (-5)

Testing Data

MCPH Tests 2,428 (+111 from yesterday)
Other Tests 632 (+39 from yesterday)
Total Tests 3,060 (+91 from yesterday)
Pending 182 (+5 from yesterday)



DEMOGRAPHICS


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





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Published at 5:30am Saturday, June 20, 2020