Daily Weather Briefing for Wednesday, May 13, 2020

OUTLOOK

A warm front will bring some showers at least to the region today. A building ridge aloft will support a warming trend with summerlike conditions this weekend into early next week. This ridge may weaken enough early next week to allow a cold front to bring showers and thunderstorms.



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General Forecast Through Wednesday

Today

Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the morning. Highs in the 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent, then gradually decreasing to near zero by 9am or so.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.

Thursday

Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the mid-60s to the lower 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows ranging from the lower 50s to the upper 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.

Friday

Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.


Hazards

Hazardous weather is expected today.




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News Brief

The Franklin Town Council held a budget work session yesterday. [LINK]

The Macon County Board of Commissioners met last night. [LINK]

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The CDC website [LINK] reports 15,045 people in North Carolina are infected, 550 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 15,316 confirmed cases, 475 hospitalized and 577 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 15,622 people infected and 600 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).

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







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Published at 11:45pm on Tuesday, May 12, 2020