Daily News and Weather Biefing for Wednesday, June 3, 2020

OUTLOOK

Shower and thunderstorm chances will increase Thursday and Friday ahead of an approaching cold front, with the front likely crossing the region on Saturday. The front may stall near the southern part of the area for the latter half of the weekend into early next week, keeping isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast.

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]



Most recent Local Government Meetings

The Macon County Board of Commissioners met on June 2nd. [LINK]

The Franklin Town Council met on June 1st. Members of the public and local media outlets were allowed in the town hall. [LINK]



General Forecast Through Friday Night



Today

Mostly sunny early, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Tonight

Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph.

Thursday

Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Friday

Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Friday Night

A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Hazards

Isolated thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. The main threats will be cloud to ground lightning and gusty outflow winds.



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


Tropical Tidbit from Levi Cowan

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Jun 3 2020

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

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Cristobal, located over the Bay of Campeche.

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

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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 29,263 people in North Carolina are infected, 898 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 29,889 confirmed cases from 434,921 targeted tests, and 716 hospitalized and 921 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 30,023 people infected and 961 deaths (these include non-residents located in NC).

COVID-19 Data for Macon County from Coronaction. [LINK]

Detected 89
Recovered 22
Deceased 1
Actives 66

Data from Macon County Public Health [LINK] http://www.maconnc.org/health-department.html

Detected 95
Recovered 12
Deceased 1
Actives 82





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





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Published at 6:30am on Wednesday, June 3, 2020