High pressure will persist across the region today. A strong cold front will approach the area with abundant moisture on Thursday before the front moves off the Eastern Seaboard on Christmas Day. Very cold air will return behind the front. Dry high pressure will persist over the weekend, with another cold front arriving early next week.
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General forecast through Friday night
Franklin area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-50s. Light winds out of the southeast early increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday Night
Showers, mainly after 1am. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Christmas Eve
A chance of rain and snow showers before 7pm, then a chance of snow showers between 7pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-teens. Winds out of thet northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Christmas Day
Mostly sunny, with highs near 30.
Christmas Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-teens.
Highlands area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Showers, mainly after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. Temperature rising to the mid-40s by 11am, then falling to the mid-30s during the remainder of the day. Winds out of the southeast 15 to 25 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 2 and 3 inches possible.
Christmas Eve
A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-teens. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 30 mph, with gusts as Highs as 45 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Christmas Day
Mostly sunny, with highs near 20. Winds out of the west 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as Highs as 30mph.
Christmas Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-teens.
Otto area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Showers, mainly after midnight. Lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. Highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Christmas Eve
A chance of rain and snow showers before 7pm, then a chance of snow showers between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper teens. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as highas 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Christmas Day
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 20s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Christmas Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens.
Nantahala area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. Temperature rising to the upper 40s by 10am, then falling to the mid-30s during the remainder of the day. Winds out of the south 15 to 20 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Christmas Eve
A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper teens. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Christmas Day
Mostly sunny, with highs near 20. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Christmas Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-teens.
HAZARDS
A cold front will bring moderate to heavy rain across the area on Thursday. Isolated minor flooding issues are possible.
A strong low level jet will develop ahead of a cold front Thursday and bring strong gusty winds across the higher elevations.
Light snow showers will develop Thursday night and continue into Friday. Roadways could become slick and impact travel.
News Brief
A Little Red Food Pantry has been installed on Sloan Road [Facebook]
Known Locations:
• First Assembly of God (East Main Street)
• Franklin Chamber of Commerce (Holly Springs Plaza)
• Ace Hardware (West Palmer Street)
• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Sloan Road)
COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin at Angel Medical Center [LINK]
NC Coronavirus Taskforce Briefing for 12-22-2020 [LINK]
Angel Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines ® -Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. [LINK]
COVID-19 Briefing
The COVID-19 Briefing for this Tuesday is online. [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 April 17th.
Cases
1331 Detected
(+44 from Monday and +212 from last Tuesday and +417 in four weeks)
255 Active
(-2 from Monday and +130 from last Tuesday and +201 in four weeks)
1067 Recovered
(+46 from Monday and +82 from last Tuesday and +216 in four weeks)
9 Deaths
(unchanged from Monday and unchanged from last Tuesday and unchanged in four weeks)
Testing
7729 by MCPH
(+21 from Monday and +189 from last Tuesday and +846 in four weeks)
4865 by Others
(+123 from Monday and +360 from last Tuesday and +1117 in four weeks)
12594 total
(+144 from Monday and +549 from last Tuesday and +1963 in four weeks)
80 tests pending results
(-12 from Monday and -69 from last Tuesday and +9 in four weeks)
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middle-to-upper range of green today for all elevations.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be low (0.7 out of 12) with a mixed trace of sources being the culprits. Tomorrow is expected to a little lower (0.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County for December 23rd
Highest Temperature 68°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2013
lowest Temperature 0°F in Highlands in 1989
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.71 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2013
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.0 inches in Highlandsn in 1901
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the Month of December
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin in 1951
lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 6.00 inches in Highlands in 1901 Greatest One-Day Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin in 1876
TROPICAL WEATHER
(The North Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1st to Nov 30th)
The North Atlantic Hurricane Season is over for the year. If anything does develop, the information will be posted in this section of the weather briefing.
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Published at 4:35am on Wednesday, December 23, 2020
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