OUTLOOK
Daily showers and thunderstorms will steadily become more numerous as the week progresses. High temperatures of a couple degrees above normal early in the week will become near to below normal by the end of the week under considerable cloud cover.
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News Brief
A 5.1 Earthquake in Alleghany County is felt by many across the region. [LINK]
The above image is from the helicorder on Winespring Bald in Macon County.
Macon County to Hold Community Testing in Franklin on Thursday, August 13th.
Macon County Emergency Management and Macon County Public Health will be hosting a COVID-19 testing
clinic for the community in Franklin on August 13th, 2020. The clinic will be held at Macon Middle School from 8AM to 11AM. Persons may get a COVID-19 test regardless of their ability to pay and do not need to schedule an appointment.
WHAT: COVID-19 Testing Clinic
WHEN: August 13th, 2020, 8AM until 11 AM
WHERE: Macon Middle School at 1345 Wells Grove Road
For those who would like to receive a COVID-19 test, you are asked to fill out your paperwork ahead of time, which is available at the following link: https://bit.ly/MaconCoCOVID. You are also asked to bring your insurance card, if you have insurance. There is no cost for a COVID-19 test, with or without insurance.
Governor Extends Safer at Home Order
The Governor has issued Executive Order #155 to keep North Carolina in a Phase II Pandemic Restriction for five more weeks. You can see the news briefing where he made the announcement and read the executive order for yourself in the COVID-19 Update published by Macon Media [LINK]
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Today
Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs ranging from near 70 in the higher elevations to near 80 in the lower elevations. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-to-upper 70s in the higher elevations to the mid-to-upper 80s in the lower elevations. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-to-upper 70s in the higher elevations to the mid-to-upper 80s in the lower elevations. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Hazards
Isolated severe storms are possible this afternoon with the main threat being damaging winds and torrential rains.
Tonight through Tuesday
Isolated strong-to-severe storms are possible on Tuesday as a cold front makes its way toward and across the region. Confidence in this forecast is low as early morning convection may hamper the development and strength of the afternoon showers and storms. The main threats will be locally heavy rainfall and isolated damaging winds.
Air Quality
Macon County, including the ridegtops, will be a the lower range of yellow today.
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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 Mon Aug 10 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Showers and thunderstorms continue to show signs of organization in association with a vigorous tropical wave located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions are expected to be somewhat conducive for additional development to occur, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next day or two while the disturbance moves generally westward at around 15 mph across the tropical Atlantic. Conditions are forecast to become less conducive for development by the end of the week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 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.
CDC [LINK]
134,766 Detected Infections
2,160 Reported Deaths
NCDHHS [LINK]
136,218 Detected Infections
1,986,548 Total Tests
1,109 Reported Current Hospitalizations
2,168 Reported Deaths
Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK]
136,346 Detected Infections
2,192 Reported Deaths
North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK]
Data from Macon County Public Health as of Friday afternoon and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to August 7th [LINK]
Please note there is a gap for Saturdays and Sundays starting two weekends ago since the health department will no longer be reporting numbers on those days.
470 Detected Cases (+1 in one day)
61 Active Positive (-3 in one day)
406 Recovered (+4 in one day)
3 Death1 (unchanged)
Testing Data for Macon County
4306 MCPH Tests (+40 in one day)
1548 Tests by Others (+121 in one day)
5854 Total Tests (+161 in one day)
291 Tests Pending Results (+63 in one day)
And here is the weekly Demographic Update from Macon County Public Health released on Wednesday, August 5th. The next demographic update will be on Wednesday, August 6th.
Infographic from Johns Hopkins University [LINK]
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 4:00am Monday, August 10, 2020
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