Daily Weather Briefing for Saturday, May 30, 2020

OUTLOOK

A cold front will move into the forecast area today and track southeast through early Sunday. Dry and cooler air will mix in from the northwest Sunday into Monday, before warm and muggy summer-like weather returns Tuesday and persist through the end of the week. Ick.

GoFundMe Established to Benefit Children of David and Dawn Head

On Saturday, 5/23/2020, Macon County Sheriff's Deputy David Head and his wife, Dawn, a Physical Therapist with Highlands/Cashiers Hospital, were tragically killed in an automobile accident. They leave behind four children, Jeslyn Head (17), J.D. Head (13), Erin Sanborn (17), and Sidney Sanborn (19). This fund has been set up by the employees of the Macon County Sheriff's Office in an effort to help all 4 children of David and Dawn Head. [LINK]

County Holds Press Conference on COVID-19 Situation

The Macon County Health Department held a press conference to disseminate information to local and regional news outlets. Among those in attendance were: WLOS-TV (2 people), PLateua Daily News, The Highlander, Macon County News, Blue Ridge Public Radio, WFSC-AM/WNCC-FM, The Franklin Press, and Macon Media.

Here is the full video of the press conference.

The video and commentary thread on Facebook [LINK]

WLOS Livestream [LINK]

Macon County News Livestream [LINK]


County Commissioners Hold Budget Work Session

The Macon County Board of Commissioners held a budget work session Tuesday. Video and supporting documents are on the website. [LINK]





General Forecast Through Monday Night



Today

Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the 70s to near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Sunny. Highs in the 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear. Lows ranging from around 50 down into the upper 40s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.


Hazards

Hazardous weather is not expected today.



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Tropical Weather
(The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th)



Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat May 30 2020

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

Special Tropical Weather Outlook issued to discuss the area of low pressure over the central Atlantic.

1. A broad area of low pressure is located over the central Atlantic. The associated shower activity has become better organized during the past several hours, and the wind circulation has become somewhat better defined. Additional development is possible today and tonight, and a subtropical depression could still form while the system moves generally northward. Further development is not expected after that time due to unfavorable environmental conditions. The next Special Tropical Weather Outlook will be issued by 9 AM EDT Saturday, or earlier if necessary.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.



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Begin COVID-19 Update




Here are some numbers from the CDC, the NCDHHS, and the Johns Hopkins Dashboard. Macon Media prefers the Johns Hopkins Dashboard because the counts include those non-residents that are left out of the CDC and NCDHHS numbers.

The CDC website [LINK] reports 25,412 people in North Carolina are infected, 827 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 25,488 confirmed cases from 391,231 targeted tests, and 680 hospitalized and 859 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 26,885 people infected and 919 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).

COVID-19 Data for Macon County from Coronaction. [LINK] https://coronaction.net

Detected 47
Recovered 10
Deceased 1
Actives 36





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

How coronavirus spreads outdoors vs. indoors



Dr John Campbell:

Research difficulties



Research

Going along with the theme of Dr John Campbell's video, here are some links to several studies, research, and clinical trials that have and are being conducted as part of humanity's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Don't be afraid to try to read some of these papers and be sure to use Google (or your favorite search engine) to help you understand some words and concepts.


ASU develops state’s first saliva-based COVID-19 test [LINK]

Forecasting the Spread of COVID-19 under Different Reopening Strategies [LINK]

Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 [LINK]

Visualizing the invisible: The effect of asymptomatic transmission on the outbreak dynamics of COVID-19 [LINK]

Small droplet aerosols in poorly ventilated spaces and SARS-CoV-2 transmission [LINK]

Population-scale testing can suppress the spread of COVID-19 [LINK]

Impact of Superspreaders on dissemination and mitigation of COVID-19 [LINK]

Comprehensive Transcriptomic Analysis of COVID-19 Blood, Lung, and Airway [LINK]

Pulmonary and cardiac pathology in African American patients with COVID-19: an autopsy series from New Orleans [LINK]

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case series [LINK]

The Spectrum of Cardiac Manifestations in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - a Systematic Echocardiographic Study. [LINK]

Two thirds of people contacted through tracing did not fully cooperate, pilot scheme finds [LINK]

Death threats after a trial on chloroquine for COVID-19 [LINK]

Trained Immunity: a Tool for Reducing Susceptibility to and the Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection [LINK]

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Alteration of the Brain in a Patient With COVID-19 and Anosmia [LINK]

Famotidine, Histamine, and the Coronavirus [LINK]

Features of COVID-19 post-infectious cytokine release syndrome in children presenting to the emergency department [LINK]

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 through recombination and strong purifying selection [LINK]

Efficacy and Safety of Ivermectin and Doxycycline in Combination or IVE Alone in Patients With COVID-19 Infection. [LINK]

Introductions and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the New York City area [LINK]

Single-dose replicating RNA vaccine induces neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in nonhuman primates [LINK]

Modeling the thermal inactivation of viruses from the Coronaviridae family in suspensions or on surfaces with various relative humidities [LINK]

Treatment of COVID-19 Patients with Convalescent Plasma [LINK]

Reduction of secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in households by face mask use, disinfection and social distancing: a cohort study in Beijing, China [LINK]

Lessons Learned to Date on COVID-19 Hyperinflammatory Syndrome: Considerations for Interventions to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Viral Infection and Detrimental Hyperinflammation [LINK]

COVID-19 Testing, Epidemic Features, Hospital Outcomes, and Household Prevalence, New York State—March 2020 [LINK]

Reduced Vitamin K Status as A Potentially Modifiable Prognostic Risk Factor in COVID-19 [LINK]

Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection: prospective cohort study using UK Biobank [LINK]

Report 25 - Response to COVID-19 in South Korea and implications for lifting stringent interventions [LINK]

Two anti-inflammatory drugs found that inhibit the replication of the COVID-19 virus [LINK]

Development and Utilization of a Rapid and Accurate Epidemic Investigation Support System for COVID-19 [LINK]

Study finds surge in hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine prescriptions during COVID-19 [LINK]





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Published at 5:30am on Saturday, May 30, 2020