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Rain chances will be elevated every day through Saturday with drier air trying to work into the area by Sunday. Increased chances for rain will return for the early part of next week.
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News Briefing
Here is a couple of videos from Dr. John Capbell regarding CODID-19 that are above the fold material:
Face Coverings and Culture
Knowns and unknowns about coronavirus
Dr. Campbell reviews what is known and unknown about the virus. This includes origins, rates of transmission, methods of transmission, and how it infects people and what it does to the body once inside.
The Franklin Town Council held their monthly meeting for July 2020. Video and supporting documents are on the website. [LINK]
The Town of Franklin hosted a Fireworks Display Saturday night. The fireworks were shot from the Whitmire Property in East Franklin.
Several Christian gathered at Speakers Corner Saturday morning from 10am to 2pm. Macon Media recorded video of a portion of the event and streamed it live to those who were unable to attend due to pandemic restrictions.
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 Sunday Night
Today
A slight chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 10am. Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-70s in the higher elevations and the mid-80s in the lower elevations. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s in the nigher elevations and the mid-80s in the lower elevations. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s to near 80 in the higher elevations and the upper 80s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Hazards
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop across the mountains this afternoon and into the evening. The main threats will be cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and heavy downpours. A storm or two may become strong enough to produce damaging winds. Also, slow-moving storms may cause localized flooding.
Air Quality
Air quality should be in the upper range of Green today for the county.
Through Thursday, a weak area of low pressure will slowly crawl up the Atlantic seaboard, providing both moisture and forcing for showers and thunderstorms through the period - especially in southern and eastern NC. With clouds, a relatively clean air mass, season-to-date ozone trends and the anticipated rainfall over the region expect air quality levels will hold in the Code Green range across the state through the period.
GSP Radar Down for Scheduled Maintenence Until July 15th
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
101 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2020
...GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG RADAR WILL BE DOWN UNTIL JULY 15...
BEGINNING TUESDAY, JULY 7, THE KGSP WSR-88D RADAR OPERATED BY THE NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREER, SC, WILL BE DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN DAYS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GENERATOR, FUEL TANKS, AND ACCOMPANYING COMPONENTS. THIS ACTIVITY IS IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THE RADAR'S OPERATION DURING PERIODS OF COMMERCIAL POWER OUTAGES, SPECIFICALLY WHEN HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS PRESENT.
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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 Wed Jul 8 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. An area of low pressure centered inland over South Carolina continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and heavy rain over portions of the southeastern United States. The low is expected to move east-northeastward toward the coast later today and then turn northeastward near or just offshore of the Carolinas and the mid-Atlantic states Thursday and Friday, where a tropical or subtropical cyclone could form if the low moves over water. Regardless of development, the low is expected to to produce locally heavy rainfall that could cause flash flooding across portions of the southeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S. during the next few days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.
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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 74,529 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,396 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 75,875 confirmed cases from 1,071,290 targeted tests, and 989 hospitalized and 1,420 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 75,457 people infected and 1,436 deaths.
North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/north-carolina-coronavirus-cases.html
Data from Macon County Public Health as of July 2nd and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 7th [LINK]
296 Detected Cases
113 Active Positive
182 Recovered
1 Death
Testing Data for Macon County
3160 MCPH Tests
933 Tests by Others
4093 Total Tests
317 Tests Pending Results
State Coronavirus Briefing for July 7, 2020
English Version
Spanish Version
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 6:30am Wednesday, July 08, 2020
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