News and Weather Briefing for Sunday, June 21, 2020

OUTLOOK

Expect warm temperatures and afternoon and evening storms to stay in the forecast through the first half of the week. An approaching front will impact the area during the middle part of the week, enhancing the coverage of storms.


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]

Rewatch the Ring of Fire 2020 Annular Solar Eclipse

The next solar eclipse will be December 14th. The next total solar eclipse for North American will be April 8, 2024. A couple of images are embedded below to show a map of the eclipse and what the sun will look like at maximum when just less than 85% of the solar disk will be obscured by the moon.





The next total lunar eclipse will be on May 26, 2021, when totality occurs for us as the moon is setting.

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 Tuesday Night

Today

Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs ranging from the 70s in the higher elevations to the mid-80s in the valleys. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight

Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows ranging from the mid-60s in the valleys to the upper 50s in the higher elevations. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Monday

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

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy with showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows ranging from the low-to-mid 60s to the upper 50s. WInds out of the southwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Tuesday

Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs ranging from the lower 70s to the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain 80 percent.

Tuesday Night

Thunderstorms are likely. Showers. Lows ranging from the lower 60s to the mid-50s. Chance of rain 80 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 Sun Jun 21 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 east of the coast of North Carolina. This disturbance is forecast to move northeastward, and a non-tropical low-pressure system is expected to form later today. No significant development is anticipated, but the system could briefly acquire some subtropical characteristics before it moves over cooler waters late Sunday or Monday.

* 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 49,840 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,197 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 51,359 confirmed cases from 731,341 targeted tests, and 883 hospitalized and 1,212 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 51,390 people infected and 1,215 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).

Local data as of 2pm on Saturday, June 20th.

Data from Macon County Public Health [LINK]

Detected 245
Recovered 27
Deceased 1
Actives 217

Testing Data

MCPH Tests 2,317 (+1 from yesterday)
Other Tests 593 (-100 from yesterday)
Total Tests 2,910 (+91 from yesterday)
Pending 182 (-43 from yesterday)




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

A COVID-19 Afternoon Update was published yesterday. [LINK]



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Published at 5:00am Sunday, June 21, 2020