OUTLOOK
A strong upper-level ridge of high pressure will persist over the region into the weekend. This will support ongoing hot and increasingly humid conditions. Expect chances for showers and thunderstorms to gradually increase each day through the weekend as a weak front settles into the region. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will persist each day early next week as hot conditions continue.
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The Macon County Board of Commissioners met July 14th [LINK]
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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 Saturday Night
Today
Patchy fog in the morning and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon, manly after 3pm. Otherwise, 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 southeast around 5 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.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. 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. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-70s in the higher elevations to the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 60s.
Hazards
Isolated showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible later this afternoon and into this evening. Cloud to ground lightning and brief heavy rain could occur with any storm today.
Air Quality
Air quality should be in the upper range of green today for the county and mid-to-upper yellow range for the ridgetops.
A broad area of high pressure will build offshore of the Carolinas today, allowing for winds to become out of the south and southeast with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms to build over the Foothills and Piedmont under increasing clouds. Ozone readings may increase into the Code Yellow range over the Foothills and western Piedmont including Hickory and Charlotte, as well as over the ridge tops with Code Green ozone levels elsewhere. Particle pollution readings may also build into the Code Yellow range over the Sandhills and Piedmont as well.
GSP Radar Down for Scheduled Maintenence Until July 15th
(Macon MEdia notes it is the 16th, and the RADAR is still not operating)
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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 Thu Jul 16 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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Begin COVID-19 Update
Macon Media posted a COVID-19 update yesterday afternoon. [LINK] http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/here-is-update-for-this-afternoon-on.html
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 89,484 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,552 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 91,266 confirmed cases from 1,284,637 targeted tests, and 1,142 hospitalized and 1,568 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 91,837 people infected and 1,589 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 yesterday and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 15th [LINK]
363 Detected Cases (+4 in one day)
110 Active Positive (-6 in one day)
252 Recovered (+5 in one day)
1 Death (unchanged)
Testing Data for Macon County
3629 MCPH Tests (unchanged)
974 Tests by Others (unchanged)
4603 Total Tests (unchanged)
405 Tests Pending Results (-79 in one day)
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 5:00am Wednesday, July 16, 2020
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