OUTLOOK
A strong upper ridge will gradually weaken early next week, allowing for an increase in afternoon to evening thunderstorm activity. Hot and humid conditions will continue, especially through this weekend.
Most Recent Local Government Meetings
The Macon County Board of Commissioners met July 14th [LINK]
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
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-to-upper 70s in the higher elevations and the mid-to-upper 80s in the lower elevations. Calm winds. 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 3am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog overnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the 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.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs ranging from around 80 in the higher elevations to around 90 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.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 2am. Mostly 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.
Sunday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs ranging from near 80 in the higher elevations to around 90 in the lower elevations. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Sunday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Hazards
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and into this evening. Cloud-to-ground lightning and brief heavy rain may occur with any storm, and a few storms may produce gusty winds. A few storms could become severe and generate damaging wind gusts.
Air Quality
Air quality should be in the upper range of green today for the county and lower yellow range for the ridgetops.
An approaching upper-level wave today will result in increasing clouds and the potential for isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms across most of the state, especially across the northern counties, though some shower and thunderstorm activity will also be possible over the southern Foothills and Piedmont as well. Ozone and fine particulate readings may rise as high as the lower Code Yellow range in the southern Piedmont and Sandhills with Code Yellow ozone also possible over the ridge tops, but could be lower if showers and thunderstorms are more prevalent. Code Green conditions are otherwise expected over the rest of the state.
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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 17 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/covid-19-update-for-thursday-july-16.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 91,266 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,568 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 93,426 confirmed cases from 1,312,757 targeted tests, and 1,134 hospitalized and 1,588 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 93,708 people infected and 1,607 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]
372 Detected Cases (+7 in one day)
119 Active Positive (unchanged)
252 Recovered (+7 in one day)
1 Death (unchanged)
Testing Data for Macon County
3633 MCPH Tests (+97 in one day)
9976 63 Tests by Others (+30 in one day)
4609 Total Tests (+265 in one day)
383 Tests Pending Results (+83 in one day)
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 5:00am Friday, July 17, 2020
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