Daily Weather Briefing for Monday, April 20, 2020

OUTLOOK

A couple of significant storm systems are expected to impact the forecast area during the upcoming week. The first system will be tonight through early Monday, then another organized storm moves into the area Thursday.

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Franklin Town Council Combined Budget and April 2020 Meeting [LINK]

Macon County Board of Commissioners April 2020 Regular Meeting [LINK]



GENERAL FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY


Today

Patchy fog this morning. Mostly cloudy with occasional showers this morning, then sunny this afternoon. Highs in the 60s. Winds out of the northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning. Chance of rain 80 percent before 6am and dropping to 40 percent at 9am and 0 percent by noon.

Tonight

Mostly clear. Lows in the 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny. Highs ranging from the upper 50s to the lower 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear. Lows in the 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday

Sunny. Highs in the 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph, shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy. Showers likely after midnight. Lows in the 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.


HAZARDS

Hazardous weather is not expected today.


COVID-19 Update

An update for April 20th from Dr John Campbell: 
Asymptomatic spread and 2 different ships

Sources cited in video:

Theodore Roosevelt
Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier are symptom-free [LINK]


Diamond Princess
What the cruise-ship outbreaks reveal about COVID-19 [LINK]

Asymptomatic infection
COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California [LINK]

Antibody study suggests coronavirus is far more widespread than previously thought [LINK]

Boston homeless shelter
CDC reviewing ‘stunning’ universal testing results from Boston homeless shelter [LINK]

Inventor of N95 masks comes out of retirement to upgrade them
Hospitals are suffering a shortage of the single-use masks, leading inventor Peter Tsai to come out of retirement to find a way to sterilize them. [LINK]

COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020 [LINK]



The CDC website [LINK] reports 5,859 people in North Carolina are infected and that the infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 6,493 confirmed cases, 465 hospitalized and 172 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 6,605 people infected and 200 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).

Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]


Video Briefings

World Health Organization (the World Health Organization has taken the weekend off from giving briefings to the public, so here is the one from the 17th of April)


White House



North Carolina (the governor has taken the weekend off from giving briefings to the public)

English (briefing from April 17th)


Spanish (briefing from April 17th)


General Articles

Coronavirus Has Now Killed More People in US than 2018-2019 Flu Season [LINK]

Sudden rise of coronvirus cases hitting rural states [LINK]

'Road map' to recovery report: 20 million coronavirus tests per day needed to fully open economy [LINK]

Employees Say Smithfield Plant in Wisconsin Concealed Covid-19 Infections, Pressured Them to Work Elbow-to-Elbow Without Protection [LINK]

COVID-19 Update: Should You Wear a Mask? [LINK]

Experts say it may be time for grocery stores to ban customers from coming inside because of Covid-19 [LINK]

The subways seeded the massive Coronavirus epidemic in New York City [LINK] 

Kentucky reports highest coronavirus infection increase after a week of protests to reopen state [LINK]

Dr. Oz apologizes for saying reopening schools is an "appetizing opportunity" because it would only kill 2-3% more people [LINK]

Bathrooms, hand-washing now available in Frog Level
One unfortunate but not unexpected consequence of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Waynesville is that the homeless — who have nowhere to shelter in place — also have no place to wash their hands or defecate, posing a danger to themselves and to the population at large.[LINK] 

Boston Globe prints 15 pages of obituaries in its Sunday issue [LINK]

How does the new coronavirus compare with the flu? [LINK]

New York to undertake "most aggressive statewide antibody testing in the nation" next week [LINK]

Paris to exit lockdown with free masks, hand gel and mass testing, says mayor [LINK]

Doctors and nurses account for up to 20% of US coronavirus cases, CDC says. [LINK]




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Published at 5:20am on Monday, April 20, 2020