OUTLOOK
An upper-level ridge axis will move overhead today as Tropical Depression Laura gets picked up by the westerlies and takes a turn to the east. The remnants of Laura are expected to pass just to our north early Saturday with gusty winds at high elevations and increased rain chances across the region Friday night through Saturday. Drier high pressure will build on Sunday, but that will be short-lived, as moisture returns on Monday.
Macon Calendar
1st Annual Radical Love Lobster Fest [EVENT PAGE]
SATURDAY AT 12 PM – 4 PM
What better way to celebrate Stephanie's 50th birthday than with a New England lobster dinner! Come help us raise money to support Smoky Mountain Harm Reduction and the free services we provide!
Place your order before Wednesday 8/26 at 5 pm and we'll fly your lobster in fresh from Gloucester, MA! On Saturday, you can either pick up your lobster steamed with an ear of corn and a potato or cook it at home yourself. Your choice!
All proceeds will go to provide life-saving services to our most vulnerable folx in WNC. Questions? Call Stephanie at 617-828-9184.
Thanks for everyone's continued support as we work to together to keep our most vulnerable folx alive and healthy.
Macon County Cooperative Extension, Christy Bredenkamp will be hosting a Ginseng Workshop in September
The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service is offering a free seminar on Ginseng Production for homeowners who desire to grow “sang.” This program will be held on Thursday September 3 rd from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. online via Zoom.
Topics covered will be: state regulations for growing and hunting “sang”, plant physiology, present and historical use of ginseng and comparing Asian versus American ginseng. Major time and emphasis of the program will be dedicated to the woods simulated cultural practices such as: site selection and preparation, sowing, harvesting, drying the roots and seed stratification.
To register go to the Eventbrite link at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ginseng-production-tickets-115231454382
For more information contact the Macon County Extension Center at 828 349 2046 or e-mail Christy
Bredenkamp at clbreden@ncsu.edu
NEWS BRIEF
Duke Energy will be painting the decorative lampposts on Main Street next week.
They will be starting Monday, August 31, 2020. The Franklin Police Department has agreed to block off parking along Main Street during the time Duke Energy will be painting. [LINK]
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Today
Patchy fog in the morning. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs ranging from the mid-70s in the higher elevations to the mid-80s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Highs ranging from the lower 70s in the higher elevations to the lower 80s in the lower elevations. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph early increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph in the lower elevations and 35 mph in the higher elevations. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the lower elevations and 10 to 15moh in the higher elevations becoming calm by dawn. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-70s in the higher elevations to the mid-80s in the lower elevations.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 60s.
Hazards
Tropical Storm Laura has weakened to a Tropical Depression over the Mississippi River Valley. The system will then track east through the central Appalachians to our north tonight and through the Mid-Atlantic region on Saturday. Western North Carolina will likely experience heavy rain and strong wind gusts beginning Friday night and lingering into Saturday morning. Damaging winds, and possibly even isolated tornadoes, are possible from thunderstorms Saturday as the post-tropical system passes north of the area.
Continue to monitor the latest forecast for any updates.
Air Quality
Macon County, including the ridgetops, will be in the upper range of green 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 Fri Aug 28 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory on Tropical Depression Laura, centered inland over Arkansas.
Future advisories will be issued by the Weather Prediction Center.
1. A tropical wave located about 1000 miles east of the Windward Islands is producing an area of showers and thunderstorms.
Some gradual development of this system is possible during the next several days while it moves westward at about 15 mph toward the eastern Caribbean islands.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
2. Another tropical wave is located over the eastern Atlantic Ocean just west of the Cabo Verde Islands. The northern part of this wave, which should move rapidly westward over the central Atlantic during the next few days, is not forecast to develop as it is expected to remain in unfavorable environmental conditions.
However, the southern part of the wave is expected be nearly stationary south of the Cabo Verde Islands for the next several days, and some development of this system is possible early next week when it begins to move slowly westward over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
Tropical Depression Laura
Tropical Depression Laura Discussion Number 33
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132020
1000 PM CDT Thu Aug 27 2020
Laura has continued to spin down after being over land for nearly a day. Surface observations no longer support tropical storm intensity, and therefore the system is being downgraded to a tropical depression. The cyclone should become a post-tropical low within a couple of days, and then transform into an extratropical cyclone while moving off the U.S. east coast.
The official forecast shows some restrengthening in 2-4 days due to baroclinic processes. However, by the end of the forecast period, the system should be absorbed by a larger extratropical cyclone to the east of the Canadian Maritimes.
Laura continues to move north-northeastward or at about 015/13 kt. A turn toward the northeast and east-northeast with increasing forward speed is likely while the cyclone becomes embedded in the stronger westerly flow. The official track forecast follows the latest dynamical model consensus.
There is a continued threat of flooding from Laura for the next couple of days. This is the last NHC advisory on Laura.
Future information on this system, including the rainfall threat, can be found in Public Advisories issued by the Weather Prediction Center beginning at 4 AM CDT, under AWIPS header TCPAT3, WMO header WTNT33 KWNH, and on the web at http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov
Key Messages:
1. Additional rainfall will continue to lead to flash flooding along small streams, urban areas, roadways, and minor to moderate river flooding across portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. The heavy rainfall threat and flash and urban flooding potential will spread northeastward into the middle-Mississippi, lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, and Mid-Atlantic States Friday and Saturday.
2. A few tornadoes remain possible this evening across eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and the Missouri Bootheel. The risk for a few tornadoes is expected to redevelop Friday afternoon into the evening across parts of the Mid-South and Tennessee Valley regions.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 28/0300Z 35.1N 92.0W 30 KT 35 MPH...INLAND
12H 28/1200Z 36.3N 91.0W 30 KT 35 MPH...INLAND
24H 29/0000Z 37.3N 87.8W 25 KT 30 MPH...INLAND
36H 29/1200Z 38.0N 82.3W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/INLAND
48H 30/0000Z 38.5N 75.5W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
60H 30/1200Z 41.5N 67.5W 35 KT 40 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
72H 31/0000Z 44.0N 60.5W 45 KT 50 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
96H 01/0000Z 48.0N 52.0W 40 KT 45 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
120H 02/0000Z...DISSIPATED
End Daily Weather Segment
Begin COVID-19 Update
Here is a brief morning update on the latest COVID-19 numbers from the various government agencies and private sources. Amore detailed update from Thursday is available. [LINK]
Centers for Disease Control [LINK]
158,985 Detected Cases
11,053 Detected in the Last 7 Days
1,531 Detected Cases per 100,000 population
25 Reported Deaths per 100,000 population
NC Dept of Health and Human Services [LINK]
161,076 Detected Cases out of 2,152,725 tests
2,630 Reported Deaths
958 Reported Current Hospitalizations
CoronaWiki [LINK]
161,076 Detected Cases
2,630 Reported Deaths
New York Times North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK]
Data from Macon County Public Health as of July 20th and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 20th [LINK]
Please note there is a gap for Saturdays and Sundays since the health department will no longer be reporting numbers on those days.
539 Detected Cases (+1 in one day)
32 Active Positive (-1 in one day)
503 Recovered (+2 in one day)
4 Death (unchanged)
Testing Data for Macon County
4933 MCPH Tests (unchanged)
1755 Tests by Others (+27 in one day)
6688 Total Tests (+27 in one day)
90 Tests Pending Results (-58 in one day)
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 Friday, August 28, 2020
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