OUTLOOK
A slow moving cold front is expected to move across the region today providing a focus for additional showers and storms. The front should move off to the east tonight, followed by dry air moving in from the west on Friday. High pressure moving past to the north should control our weather for most of the weekend.
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General forecast through Friday night
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Patchy fog possible until late morning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 60s in the the higher elevations and the mid-70s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows ranging from the lower 40s in the higher elevations to near 50 in the lower elevations. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday
Sunny, with highs ranging from the lower 60s in the higher elevations to the lower 70s in the lower elevations. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows ranging from the mid-30s in the higher elevatins to near 40 in the lower elevations. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs ranging from the lower 60s in the higher elevations to the upper 60s in the lower elevations.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows ranging from the mid-to-upper 30s in the higher elevations to the low-to-mid 40s in the lower elevations.
HAZARDS
Macon County is under a Flood Watch until 7pm Friday afternoon. A copy of the warning is posted below.
A second round of tropical moisture and with periods of heavy rain may arrive this weekend as the remnants of Eta pass to our east.
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
256 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
The Flood Watch continues for portions of northeast Georgia...North Carolina and upstate South Carolina through this evening
* Scattered heavy downpours will continue this morning across the mountains and adjacent foothills, then shift to the Piedmont through at least midday.
* Creeks and streams may come out of their banks and quickly flood roadways. Some roads could become impassable. Business and homes in low-lying flood prone areas could become flooded.
>PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. Please monitor the latest forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
News Brief
The Macon County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday night for their regular meeting for the month of November. [LINK] COVID-19 Briefing
Dr John Campbell: Hydroxychloroquine as a theraputic
Biden COVID-19 advisory board member Michael Osterholm on pandemic response challenges
No testing was conducted at the health department on Veterans Day, so here are the numbers from Tuesday...
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
811 Detected
(+6 from Monday and +30 from last Tuesday and +112 in four weeks)
40 Active
(+2 from Monday and +4 from last Tuesday and +8 in four weeks)
763 Recovered
(+4 from Monday and +25 from last Tuesday and +103 in four weeks)
8 Deaths
(+1 from Monday and +1 from last Tuesday and +1 in four weeks)
Testing
6647 by MCPH
(unchanged from Monday and +159 from last Tuesday and +659 in four weeks)
3307 by Others
(unchanged from Monday and +227 from last Tuesday and +861 in four weeks)
9954 total
(unchanged from Monday and +286 from last Tuesday and +1540 in four weeks)
87 tests pending results
(unchanged from Monday and +1 from last Tuesday and +16 in four weeks)
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middle range of green today for all elevations.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be low (0.3 out of 12) with ragweed being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be lower (1.8 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County for November 12th
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin in 1989
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.03 inches in Highlands in 1935 Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands in 1968
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 Thu Nov 12 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Eta, located northwest of Tampa, Florida, and on Tropical Storm Theta, located over the eastern Atlantic.
1. A tropical wave located over the central Caribbean Sea continues to produce a large area of showers and thunderstorms. Satellite imagery indicates that the disturbance is gradually becoming better organized, and a tropical depression will likely form during the next 2 to 3 days as it moves slowly westward over the central and western Caribbean Sea. Regardless of development, this system is expected to bring heavy rainfall along with possible flash flooding to the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and portions of Hispaniola over the next day or so. For more detailed information, refer to products issued by your local weather office.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
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Published at 4:45am Thursday, November 12, 2020
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