Daily Weather Briefing for Saturday, November 14, 2020

OUTLOOK

Strong high pressure will maintain quiet weather over the forecast area, before a moisture limited cold front crosses east on Sunday. A little cooler and continued dry air will settle across the region Monday and persist through the work week.

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General forecast through Monday night


Today

Sunny, with highs ranging from the lower 60s in the higher elevations to the upper 60s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A 20 percent chance of rain after 4am. Increasing clouds, with lows ranging from the lower 40s in the higher elevations to the upper 40s in the lower elevations. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

A chance of rain before 11am, then a chance of showers between 11am and 3pm, then a slight chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 50s in the higher elevations to the mid-60s in the lower elevations. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night

Clear, with lows ranging from the upper 30s in the higher elevations to around freezing in the lower elevations. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Monday

Sunny, with highs ranging from the lower 50s in the higher elevations to near 60 ion the lower elevations.

Monday Night

Clear, with lows rangiong from the mid-20s in the higher elevations to the mid-30s in the lower elevations.


HAZARDS



Hazardous weather is not anticipated today.


News Brief


Friday

Macon County Schools announced two more people have tested postive for COVID-19, one at Highlands School and another at South Macon Elementary. Both are isolated and contact tracing is underway.

Thursday

Macon County Public Health Identifies Two COVID-19 Outbreaks in Congregate Living Settings [LINK]

Lowering of the US and NC Flags to Half-Staff Until Sunset November 16, 2020 in Honor of Fort Bragg Sgt. 1st Class Nikyisha T. Boyd [LINK]

District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch has appointed a second chief assistant, Jason Arnold, to help oversee the 43rd Prosecutorial District [LINK]

Macon County Schools Announced a positive case of COVID-19 at Macon Middle School and Franklin HIgh School. The individuals have been isolated and contact tracing is underway. 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: New research game changer




Dr John Campbell: US hospitalisations and mask wearing





President Trump Delivers an Update on Operation Warp Speed





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


8467 Detected
(+9 from Thursday and +50 from last Friday and +142 in four weeks)

66 Active
(+4 from Thursday and +24 from last Friday and +40 in four weeks)

772 Recovered
(+5 from Thursday and +25 from last Friday and +96 in four weeks)

8 Deaths
(unchanged from Thursday and +1 from last Friday and +1 in four weeks)


Testing

6743 by MCPH
(+76 from Thursday and +155 from last Friday and +649 in four weeks)

3400 by Others
(unchanged from Thursday and +220 from last Friday and +952 in four weeks)

10143 total
(+76 from Thursday and -9 from last Friday and -38 in four weeks)

130 tests pending results
(-17 from Thursday and +1 from last Friday and +6 in four weeks)




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Air Quality

Air quality is in the mid-to-upper range of green today for all elevations.

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be low (2.0 out of 12) with ragweed being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be a little higher (1.9 out of 12).


Weather Extremes for Macon County for November 14th

Highest Temperature 77°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands in 1920
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.22 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1957 Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2. inches in Nantahala in 1975

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 Sat Nov 14 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Theta, located over the far eastern Atlantic, and on Tropical Storm Iota, located over the central Caribbean Sea.

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







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Published at 5:00am Saturday, November 14, 2020