OUTLOOK
Light rain and drizzle will continue over much of the area this morning ahead of an approaching cold front. The front will cross the region later today, bringing gusty winds and the coldest air of the season in its wake. Dry high pressure will then settle over the region and linger through midweek.
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General forecast through Sunday night
Today
Cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highsranging from the lower 50s in the higher elevations to near 60 in the lower elevations. Light and variable winds early increasing to come out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows ranging from the lower 20s in the higher elevations to the upper 20s in the lower elevations. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-40s in the higher elevations to the lower 50s in the lower elevations. Winds out of the the northwest around 10 mph.
Monday Night
Clear, with lows ranging from the low-to-mid 20s in the highjer elevations to the upper 20s in the lower elevations. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs ranginjg from the mid-to-upper 50s in the higher elevations to the mid-60s in the lower elevations.
Tuesday Night
Areas of frost after 10pm. Otherwise, clear, with lows ranging from the upper 20s in the higher elevations to the mid-30s in the lower elevations.
News Brief
Cowee Volunteer Fire Department will be holding a Benefit for Junior Firefighter Dakota Collins on Saturday, November 7th. [LINK]
The remnants of Hurricane ZETA passed through Macon County Wednesday leaving thousands without electrical service. Macon Media hosted an open thread on Facebook [LINK] and posted coverage of events as they happened. [LINK]
POWER OUTAGE REPORT
(prepared at 5:00am)
Neighboring States
GA 50,314
NC 23,392
SC 16,525
Neighboring Counties
Macon 99 (0.35%)
Rabun 1,077 (6.89%)
Clay 2 (0.02%)
Cherokee 45 (0.26%)
Graham 0 (0%)
Swain 21 (0.18%)
Jackson 0 (0%)
Duke Energy has had at least one employee suffer serious injuries while working to restore electrical service in our area. The person has been flown to a burn unit in Augusta, Georgia. Please keep that person, their family, and co-workers, in your thoughts and prayers. The NC State Board of Election reminds us that voter intimidation is against the law [LINK]
Here are the latest COVID-19 Numbers and Demographics Report from Macon Public Health, along with a couple of charts by Macon Media to show you the long-term trends since May 30, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to Macon Media.
Cases
762 Detected
(+3 from Thursday and +24 from last Friday and +113 in four weeks)
26 Active
(-3 from Thursday and -9 from last Friday and -7 in four weeks)
729 Recovered
(+6 from Thursday and +33 from last Friday and +120 in four weeks)
7 Deaths
(unchanged from Thursday and unchanged from last Friday and unchanged in four weeks)
Testing
6446 by MCPH
(+58 from Thursday and +188 from last Friday and +676 in four weeks)
3086 by Others
(unchanged from Thursday and +280 from last Friday and +826 in four weeks)
9532 total
(+58 from Thursday and +465 from last Friday and +1502 in four weeks)
184 tests pending results
(+58 from Thursday and +1 from last Friday and +47 in four weeks)
TWiV 677: Does antibody really know what time it is?
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss rapid deployment of SARS-CoV-2 testing by research laboratories in San Francisco, longitudinal observation of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in patients, and listener questions on vaccines, loss of smell, face masks, and more.
HAZARDS
A wind advisory will be in effect from 3pm this afternoon to 1 pm Monday and a freeze warning will be in effect from 1am Monday to 9am Monday.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middle range of green today for all elevations.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be low (0.9 out of 12) with ragweed and chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be about the same (1.0 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County for November 1stst
Highest Temperature 81°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016
Lowest Temperature 15°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.70 inches in Nantahala in 1951 Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.2 inches in Highlands in 2014
TROPICAL WEATHER
(The North Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1st to Nov 30th)
Tropical Tidbit from Levi Cowan (video recorded yesterday)
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Sun Nov 1 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently upgraded Tropical Storm Eta, located over the central Caribbean Sea.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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Published at 5:20am Sunday, November 01, 2020
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