OUTLOOK
Strong ridging aloft will largely remain intact through next weekend providing hot and humid conditions with heat concerns. Scattered afternoon to evening thunderstorms will be possible each day with the greatest coverage in the mountains.
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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 Wednesday Night
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy dense fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs ranging from near 80 in the higher elevations to near 90 in the lower elevations. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows ranging from the lower 60s in the higher elevations to the upper 60s in the lower elevations. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with highs ranging from near 80 in the higher elevations to near 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.
Tuesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 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.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 70s in the higher elevations to the upper 80s in the lower elevations. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Hazards
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon into the evening. Damaging wind gusts will be possible in stronger thunderstorms. Frequent lightning and localized flooding are also possible.
Air Quality
Air quality should be in the upper range of green today for the county and lower yellow range for the ridgetops.
High pressure will remain settled offshore of the Carolinas tomorrow and through most of the coming week, allowing for partly cloudy, hot and humid weather to continue statewide in the coming days, with winds steady out of the south and southeast. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be a possibility tomorrow, mainly over the east-facing mountain slopes, Foothills and western Piedmont. Ozone readings may rise as high as the mid or upper-Code Yellow range in and north/northeast of Charlotte tomorrow, with Code Yellow readings possible in Raleigh as well. Particle pollution readings in the lower Code Yellow range will also be a possibility across the southern Piedmont, Sandhills and most of the Coastal Plain tomorrow.
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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 Mon Jul 20 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the central Bahamas, central Cuba, and adjacent Atlantic waters are associated with a tropical wave. Environmental conditions could become a little more conducive for development of this system over the Gulf of Mexico.
This system is expected to move west-northwestward through the Straits of Florida today, over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday, across the central Gulf on Wednesday, and reach the northwestern Gulf on Thursday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
2. A tropical wave located more than 900 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a small area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are expected to be marginally conducive for development of this system during the next few days while it moves westward at 10 to 15 mph over the tropical Atlantic.
By Friday and over the weekend, conditions are forecast to become less favorable for tropical cyclone formation.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
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 website [LINK] reports 97,958 people in North Carolina are infected, 1,629 have died, and infections are widespread, the NCDHHS website [LINK] reports 99,778 confirmed cases from 1,394,864 targeted tests, and 1,115 hospitalized and 1,634 deaths in the state. The Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK] reports 99,803 people infected and 1,652 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 17th (they have stopped releasing data to the media and public on the weekends since they are not testing on the weekends) and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to July 17th [LINK]
381 Detected Cases (+9 in one day)
124 Active Positive (+5 in one day)
256 Recovered (+4 in one day)
1 Death (unchanged)
Testing Data for Macon County
3733 MCPH Tests (+100 in one day)
967 Tests by Others (unchanged)
4709 Total Tests (+100 in one day)
325 Tests Pending Results (-58 in one day)
Infographic from JOhns Hopkins University [LINK] https://bao.arcgis.com/covid-19/jhu/county/37113.html
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 5:30am Thursday, July 20, 2020
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