OUTLOOK
Tropical Storm Fay will move north along the East Coast this weekend while a weak cold front moves into the area. A hot, humid air mass remains over the area through the week with only limited chances of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.
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Most Recent Local Government Meetings
The Franklin Town Council met on July 6th. [LINK] http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/franklin-town-council-regular-july-2020.html
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
Patchy fog in the morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the mid-to-late afternoon. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 70s in the higher elevations to the upper 80s in the lower elevations. Light winds out of the west. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-to-upper 70s in the higher elevations to the mid-to-upper 80s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows ranging from the upper 50s in the higher elevations to the lower 60s in the lower elevations. Winds out of the northwest around 6 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers in the morning, then an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 70s in the higher elevations to 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 30%.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight, then a slight chance of thunderstorms after 5am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Hazards
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today and early tonight with the primary hazard being damaging winds. Additionally, locally heavy rainfall will result in the potential for isolated flash flooding.
Scattered thunderstorms can be expected Sunday into Sunday night. A few of these storms may become strong to severe, with damaging winds and large hail the primary threats.
Air Quality
Air quality should be in the lower range of yellow today for the county.
Through Saturday, the weak area of low pressure will finally depart to the north and east, leaving behind a light pressure gradient. This will result in mostly sunny skies, temperatures warming into the lower 90s and very light winds - all conditions conducive to ozone formation. As a result, expect ozone to respond into the low to possibly mid Code Yellow range across many of the metropolitan locations. Particle pollution levels may also begin to elevate with Code Yellow concentrations possible across the state.
GSP Radar Down for Scheduled Maintenence Until July 15th
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
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.
DURING THE DOWNTIME, ADJACENT RADARS CAN BE USED FOR RADAR INFORMATION. FOR DIRECT ACCESS TO ANY OF THESE SURROUNDING RADARS, GO TO THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTPS://RADAR.WEATHER.GOV/INDEX.HTM
THE RADAR IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO SERVICE ON JULY 15.
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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 Fri Jul 10 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Fay, located just offshore of the Virginia coast.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next five
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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 77,310 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,420 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 77,310 confirmed cases from 1,121,811 targeted tests, and 1,034 hospitalized and 1,461 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 79,656 people infected and 1,477 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 9th [LINK]
321 Detected Cases (+11 in one day)
113 Active Positive (+1 in one day)
207 Recovered (+10 in one day)
1 Death (unchanged)
Testing Data for Macon County
3268 MCPH Tests (+3 in one day)
936 Tests by Others (+ 3 in one day)
4201 Total Tests (+3 in one day)
312 Tests Pending Results (-27 in one day)
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 5:00am Friday, July 10, 2020
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