News and Weather Briefing for Tuesday, November 3, 2020

OUTLOOK

Dry high pressure will settle over the region through Wednesday and linger through the end of the week. The cool air mass should slowly modify, with temperatures getting back to normal mid-week and then climbing above normal late in the week.



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General forecast through Thursday night


Today

Sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 50s in the higher elevations to the mid-60s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the early morning, then increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph by midmorning.

Tuesday Night

Clear, with lows ranging from around 30 in the higher elevations to the mid-30s in the lower elevations. Calm winds.

Wednesday

Sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 50s in the higher elevations to the mid-60s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear, with lows ranging from the lower 30s in the higher elevations to the upper 30s in the lower elevations. Calm winds.

Thursday

Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the lower 60s in the higher elevations to the mid-to-upper 60s in the lower elevations.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows ranging from the mid-to-upper 30s in the higher elevavations to the low-to-mid 40s in the lower elvations.




News Brief


Cowee Volunteer Fire Department will be holding a Benefit for Junior Firefighter Dakota Collins on Saturday, November 7th. [LINK]

Today is election day and the polls will be open from 6:30am to 7:30pm at all the regular locations. Macon Media will be providing live updates from the Macon County Board of Elections as results come in. The focus will be on local elections and how local people vote in state and federal elections.

The following is a list of Macon County polling places and a description of each buffer zone in which Election Day electioneering. Buffer zones are designated in accordance with G.S. 163-166.4(a), by the County Board of Elections. Where practical set limit of the zone is 50 feet from the door of entrance to the voting place.

The poll workers will mark buffer zones on Election Day with "No Campaigning Past This Point" at the following polling locations:

North Franklin - Franklin Town Hall - 95 Main Street

South Franklin - Macon County Public Library - 149 Siler Farm Rd

East Franklin - Macon County Environmental Resource Center - 1624 Lakeside Drive

Iotla - Macon County Airport - 1241 Airport Road

Union - Macon County Community Building - 1288 Georgia Road

Millshoal - Holly Springs Community Building - 2720 Cat Creek Road

Ellijay - Cullasaja Gorge Fire and Rescue - 104 River Road

Sugarfork - Pine Grove School - 38 Peeks Creek Road

Highlands - Highlands Civic Center - 600 North 4th Street in Highlands

Flats - Scaly Mountain Fire Department - 169 Hale Ridge Rd in Scaly Mountain

Smithbridge - Otto Community Building - 60 Firehouse Rd in Otto

Cartoogechaye - West Macon Fire and Rescue - 564 Charles Nolen Road

Nantahala - Nantahala EMS Building - 1096 Junaluska Road in Topton

Burningtown - Old Burningtown Fire Department-30 Daves Creek Road,

Cowee - Cowee School - 51 Cowee School Drive

The NC State Board of Election reminds us that voter intimidation is against the law [LINK] 

Early Voting Numbers
(repeat from yesterday)
Early voting for the 2020 General Election took place from October 15th through October 31st this year and here are some brief numbers from the turnout in North Carolina and Macon County and a comparison to the 2016 numbers. A more detailed analysis will be published tomorrow.

2020

Statewide: 4,531,466 ballots for a 61.69% turnout with 3,603,023 (79.51%) doing so in person and 928,443 (20.49%) participating by mail.
Macon Co: 16,444 ballots for a 60.76% turnout with 13,049 (79.35%) doing so in person and 3,395 (20.65%) participating by mail.

2016

Statewide: 3,110,935 ballots for a 44.97% turnout with 2,955,604 (95.01%) doing so in person and 155,326 (4.99%) participating by mail.
Macon Co: 9,845 ballots for a 38.23% turnout with 9,105 (92.48%) doing so in person and 740 (7.52%) participating by mail.

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.


New numbers will be released late this afternoon.

Cases

776 Detected
(+14 from Friday and +25 from last Monday and +116 in four weeks)

32Active
(+6 from Friday and -5 from last Monday and +1 in four weeks)

737 Recovered
(+8 from Friday and +34 from last Monday and +115 in four weeks)

7 Deaths
(unchanged from Friday and unchanged from last Monday and unchanged in four weeks)


Testing

6488 by MCPH
(+42 from Friday and +167 from last Monday and +662 in four weeks)

3086 by Others
(unchanged from Friday and +277 from last Monday and +826 in four weeks)

9574 total
(+42 from Friday and +444 from last Monday and +1488 in four weeks)

86 tests pending results
(+98 from Friday and -46 from last Monday and -33 in four weeks)

Dr John Campbell: Update




HAZARDS


Hazardous weather is not anticipated for today.



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 (0.9 out of 12).


Weather Extremes for Macon County for November 3rd

Highest Temperature 82°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2003
Lowest Temperature 7°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1954
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.78 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948 Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands in 1999

TROPICAL WEATHER
(The North Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1st to Nov 30th)

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
100 AM EST Tue Nov 3 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Eta, approaching the coast of Nicaragua.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.







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Published at 5:20am Tuesday, November 03, 2020