OUTLOOK
Dry but hot high pressure over the area today moves east Sunday as a weak cold front approaches from the west. The front crosses the area Monday. A hot and increasingly humid air mass moves in for the rest of next week.
Most Recent Local Government Meetings
The Franklin Town Council met on July 6th. [LINK]
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 before 9am. Otherwise, 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 northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows ranging from the mid-to-upper 50s in the higher elevations to the lower 60s in the lower elevations. Light winds out of the north.
Sunday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. 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 southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly 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 around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows ranging from the upper 50s in the higher elevations to the lower 60s in the lower elevations.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Scattered thunderstorms are expected Sunday afternoon and evening. A few of these storms, especially over the mountains, may become severe with damaging winds the main threat.
Air Quality
Air quality should be in the upper range of green today for the county.
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 upper 70s and upper 80s 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.
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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 Jul 11 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently downgraded Tropical Depression Fay, located inland over southeastern New York.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next five days.
End Daily Weather Segment
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 has changed the way they present their data. They've taken the death toll away from their report and list the following categories: Confirmed Cases, Probable Cases, and Total Cases.
The CDC website [LINK] reports:
N/A Confirmed Cases
N/A Probable Cases
79,349 Total Cases
The NCDHHS website [LINK] reports:
81,331 Laboratory confirmed Cases
1,150,612 Total Tests
1,046 Hospitalized
1,479 Deaths
The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports:
82,032 Known Cases
1,479 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]
325 Detected Cases (+4 in one day)
113 Active Positive (unchanged)
211 Recovered (+4 in one day)
1 Death (unchanged)
Testing Data for Macon County
3403 MCPH Tests (+135 in one day)
951 Tests by Others (+15)
4354 Total Tests (+153 in one day)
433 Tests Pending Results (+121 in one day)
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 6:30am Saturday, July 11, 2020
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