Daily Weather Briefing for Saturday, June 24, 2017

LOCAL OUTLOOK

Shower and thunderstorm coverage will increase from the west this morning. Light showers will linger as the front slowly crosses the area, and thunderstorms may redevelop just ahead of the cold front. Unseasonably cool and dry conditions will spread over the forecast area in the wake of the front and persist through the middle of next week.


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Weather Almanac for June 24th (1872-2016)

Record weather events for this date in Macon County

Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1988
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Franklin in 1972
Greatest Rainfall 3.85 inches in Franklin in 1872


THREE DAY OUTLOOK




TODAY

Patchy fog early. Mostly cloudy with highs near 80 and light winds out of the northwest. 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5 pm.

TONIGHT

Patchy fog after midnight. Mostly cloudy with lows near 60 and light winds out of the northwest.



SUNDAY

Mostly sunny with highs near 80 and winds out of the northwest.

SUNDAY NIGHT

Partly cloudy with lows in the mid-50s and winds 5 to 10 mph out of the northwest.



MONDAY

Sunny with highs in the mid to upper-70s.

MONDAY NIGHT

Partly cloudy with lows in the mid-50s.


HAZARDS

No hazardous weather expected.

As always, you can check to see what advisories, watches, and warnings are in effect for Macon County by visiting http://is.gd/MACONWARN



TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Jun 24 2017

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

The Weather Prediction Center is issuing advisories on Post-Tropical Cyclone Cindy, located over the central Appalachian Mountains.

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




Post-Tropical Cyclone CINDY Public Advisory

POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER 18
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD AL032017
1100 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...CINDY LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...

SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...38.0N 81.5W
ABOUT 100 MILES...165 KM...ENE OF JACKSON/J. CARROLL KENTUCKY.
ABOUT 25 MILES...40 KM...WNW OF BECKLEY MEMORIAL WEST VIRGINIA.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...20 MPH...30 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 75 DEGREES AT 35 MPH...56 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA AND THE OHIO VALLEY.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF KENTUCKY... OHIO... AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES
AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
AT 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF CINDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.0 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 81.5 WEST. UNDER INCREASING VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...CINDY HAS LOST TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND IS CONSIDERED A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER OF CINDY REMAINS INTACT AS IT ACCELERATES EAST ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS AFFECTING THE AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF THE LOW CENTER FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY TO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING SOUTHERN OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA.
MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT FROM THE MID-SECTION OF THE COUNTRY IS QUICKLY APPROACHING THE CYCLONE FROM THE WEST. POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE CINDY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL OVERNIGHT AS THE FAST-MOVING FRONT MERGES WITH THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS STORM WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER TENNESSEE AND UPPER OHIO VALLEYS FOLLOWED BY THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES...BEFORE RAPIDLY MOVING OFF THE EAST COAST ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 20 MPH... 30 KM/H... WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.


HAZARDS
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RAINFALL...POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE CINDY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE... FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY EASTWARD INTO WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS THESE REGIONS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE REMNANTS OF CINDY AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT COULD TRIGGER MORE FLOODING IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.


RAINFALL TOTALS
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SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 8 PM EDT

...ALABAMA...
SARALAND 6.8 NNW 8.97
NORTHPORT 8.90
MOBILE 4.5 WSW 8.29
FOLEY 4.5 SE 8.14
PRATTVILLE 1 N 6.80
EVERGREEN 5.97
GREENVILLE 2 WSW 4.40
TUSCALOOSA MUNI ARPT 4.35
EXCEL 3 ESE 4.30
REPTON 6 S 4.00
URIAH 8 W 3.90
POLLARD 2 N 3.70
DANNELLY FIELD 1 W 3.70
MONTGOMERY COUNTRY 2 E 3.60
MONTGOMERY/DANNELLY 3.53
BAY MINETTE 11 N 3.50

...ARKANSAS...
DE WITT 0.2 N 4.86
CAMDEN 8.9 NNE 4.85
MARVELL 4.1 W 4.75
WHITE HALL 0.8 SE 4.14
MONTICELLO AIRPORT 3.69

...FLORIDA...
NAVARRE 2.1 WNW 10.70
GONZALEZ 2.5 NNW 10.68
GULF BREEZE 7.2 ENE 9.99
NAVARRE 6.2 E 9.95
GONZALEZ 2.1 E 9.60
PENSACOLA 13.5 WNW 9.47
NAVARRE 8.30
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT 8.28
PANAMA CITY BEACH 0.3 SW 8.14
JOHNSONS BEACH 3 NNE 8.00
MILTON/WHITING FIELD NAS 6.36
APALACHICOLA MUNI ARPT 5.34
VALPARAISO/EGLIN AFB 5.16
CRESTVIEW/BOB SIKES 5.08
DESTIN AIRPORT 4.95
HURLBURT FIELD AWS 4.66
TYNDALL AFB/PANAMA CITY 4.49
GONZALEZ 3 NNW 3.50
NICEVILLE 2 SE 3.30
ELGIN AFB 6 NE 3.30

...GEORGIA...
STEPHENS 4.2 WSW 7.15
BISHOP 3.0 WNW 7.10
GREENSBORO 6.2 WSW 6.96
STARRSVILLE 6.85
LOGANVILLE 4.5 SW 6.41
NORTH DECATUR 3.0 NNE 5.99

...INDIANA...
ALBANY 6.40
GEIST RESERVOIR 2 NE 6.10
ECONOMY 5.34
FISHERS 1 SW 4.50
GRISSOM AFB 1 S 4.45
BUNKER HILL 4.40
CASTLETON 4.20
MUNCIE 1 N 3.61

...LOUISIANA...
NEW ORLEANS 3.6 SW 10.49
ST. BERNARD 2.7 E 6.50
SLIDELL 4.4 E 6.38
MINDEN 2.2 NE 6.20
MERAUX 0.8 WNW 5.04
BATON ROUGE 3.5 E 4.63
CONTRABAND BAYOU 4.52
SULPHUR 2 E 4.30
WESTLAKE 4.22
BOOTHVILLE 4.21
HOUMA 4 SE 4.10
LAKE CHARLES 1.8 S 4.00
TIMBERLANE 3.80
CHAUVIN 3 NNE 3.80
BELLE CHASSE 2 NNE 3.50
DENHAM SPRINGS 4 NE 2.60
BATON ROUGE 4 E 2.40
RAGLEY 5 SE 2.10
PONCHATOULA 1 SW 1.70

...MISSISSIPPI...
OCEAN SPRINGS 3.6 ESE 18.74
GULFPORT 2.0 NE 14.40
OCEAN SPRINGS 2 E 12.30
VANCLEAVE 9.5 WSW 11.34
BILOXI 13.1 NNW 10.02
PASS CHRISTIAN 5.0 N 9.84
GAUTIER 4.9 N 9.78
LONG BEACH 0.8 SSE 9.59
WAYNESBORO 5.4 WNW 9.39
KEESLER AFB/BILOXI 8.71
WIGGINS 8.50
PASCAGOULA 5.38
WAYNESBORO 5 WNW 4.00
HATTIESBURG/CHAIN MUNI ARPT 3.80
PURVIS 14 ESE 3.40
DIAMONDHEAD 1 E 3.40
BILOXI 13 NNW 3.40
ACKERMAN 5 W 3.40
COLUMBIA 3 NNE 3.30

...OHIO...
BELLEFONTAINE 4.50
CLEVES 3 ESE 4.34
BLANCHESTER 3 WNW 4.16
SAMANTHA 4.00
CHEVIOT 3 W 3.77
PEEBLES 3.67
IDAHO 2 ENE 3.40
GEORGETOWN 3.33
RICHWOOD 5 NW 3.31
KILN WILMINGTON APT 3.00
KDAY DAYTON COX APT 2.86

...PENNSYLVANIA...
PERRYOPOLIS 2.97

...TENNESSEE...
PULASKI 8 ENE 1.20
FAYETTEVILLE 1 SSW 1.10
CORNERSVILLE 11 SSE 1.00

...TEXAS...
MAHAW BAYOU 5.36
STAR LAKE 4.76
SEA RIM STATE PARK 4 WNW 3.96
SABINE RANCH 3.35
KIRBYVILLE 2 SE 2.90
GALVESTON 6 NE 2.90
LEAGUE CITY 3 NE 2.50
BROADDUS 15 SE 2.50
KEMAH 0.2 WNW 2.30
BEAUMONT 5 S 2.30
LUMBERTON 1 WNW 2.20
BUNA 1 N 2.10
NASSAU BAY 2 NNW 1.90
BAFLIFF 1 SSE 1.90



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National Alliance on Mental Illness
Appalachian South

Meets each Thursday at 7pm
The First Methodist Church Outreach Center
at the intersection of Harrison Ave. and West Main Street
(directly across from Lazy Hiker Brewery)

Come join our weekly support group for anyone suffering from mental illness and their family or friends. This includes Depression, Bipolar,8chizophrenia, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Etc.

Here you will find:
— others living with mental health challenges YOU ARE NOT ALONE
- learn coping skills and ?find hope in shared experience
- help learning how to break down stigma and guilt surrounding mental health
- how to live life with the expectation of a better a better future

Kay (706)970-9987 Denise (828)347-5000)

SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM

On January 1, 2017, the Syringe Exchange Program of Franklin began operating a comprehensive harm reduction program to address the opioid epidemic that is impacting western NC. Opioid overdose reversal kits including naloxone are available free of charge. If you have any questions about our services or if you know someone interested in volunteering, please contact Stephanie Almeida at 828-475-1920.



Astronomy

Twilight Begins: 5:50 am
Sunrise: 6:20 am
Sunset 8:52 pm
Twilight Ends: 9:22 pm


Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent with 1% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

Moonrise 7:00 a.m.
Moonset 9:29 p.m.





Evening Events and Planets

Chart shows sky at 10:30 pm tonight




Morning Events and Planets

Chart shows sky at 4 am tomorrow morning



Sky Guides for this week

Sky and Telescope Magazine 
Astronomy Magazine


Earth Sky has an article on the eclipses of 2017. [LINK]

Heavens Above has an Android App that will assist you in observing the sky and even has a satellite tracker that will let you know when the International Space Station and dozens of other satellites are overhead. [LINK]

Stellarium is also an app that will assist you in observing the sky. It is available in both Android [LINK] and iOS versions. [LINK]

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Published at 3:36 am on June 24, 2017

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Data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, and the Weather Prediction Center.