OUTLOOK
A nearly stationary frontal boundary will remain just south of our area with modest drying expected today and Friday. Deeper moisture returns over the weekend and lingers through at least the first half of next week.
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Air Quality
Air quality should be in the upper range of Green today.
News Briefing
Forest Service encourages visitors to recreate responsibly [LINK]
Stay Food Safe this July FourtH [LINK]
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Exploring Water’s Environmental and Cultural Impact Coming to Franklin [LINK]
SpaceX Launches GPS III Satellite for the US Air Force [LINK]
Kids in the Kitchen: A Virtual Summer Camp [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
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 11am and 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-70s to the mid-80s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s.
Independence Day
A chance of showers between 10am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 60s.
Hazards
Additional rounds of afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected this afternoon. A damaging wind threat will continue with any of the stronger storms, and flash flooding may develop with any thunderstorms that train over the same locations.
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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 Thu Jul 2 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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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 64,670 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,343 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 66,513 confirmed cases from 942,238 targeted tests, and 901 hospitalized and 1,373 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 66,751 people infected and 1,398 deaths.
North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/north-carolina-coronavirus-cases.html
Data from Macon County Public Health as of July 2nd and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 2nd [LINK]
Detected 286 (+4 in one day) (+23 in 7 days) (+49 in 14 days)
Actives 130 (-16 in one day) (-35 in 7 days) (-84 in 14 days)
Recovered 155 (+20 in one day) (+58 in 7 days) (+133 in 14 days)
Deceased 1 (0 in one day) (0 in 7 days) (0 in 14 days)
Testing Data
MCPH Tests 3,005 (+112 in one day) (+351 in 7 days) (+689 in 14 days)
Other Tests 865 (+15 in one day) (+183 in 7 days) (+372 in 14 days)
Total Tests 3,870 (+127 in one day) (+534 in 7 days) (+1,069 in 14 days)
Pending 307 (+52 in one day) (+85 in 7 days) (+92 in 14 days)
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 5:30am Thursday, July 02, 2020
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