OUTLOOK
Thunderstorm chances remain at typical mid-August levels through Tuesday, then increase through the rest of the week as an upper-level trough becomes well established. Highs will be around normal through the first part of the week then fall below normal for the latter half of the week.
Macon Calendar
Read2Me Yard Sale
Read2Me will have their annual "Donation Only" Yard Sale on Saturday, August 22nd from 8:00 am to 12 noon. Location: Premier Marketing parking lot, 261 E Palmer Street across from the downtown Farmer's Market. Proceeds go to sponsoring Macon County children age Birth to 5 in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
Rain Date: August 29.
News Brief
Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement held a candlelight vigil at Speaker's Corner on Friday night as opponents of the movement gathered near and in Rankin Square and on the corner near the Gazabo Square. [LINK]
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Today
Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs ranging from the early 70s in the higher elevations to the lower 80s in the lower elevations. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows ranging from the upper 50s in the higher elevations the lower 60s in the lower elevations. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Patchy fog in the morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then becoming mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the 70 in the higher elevations to near 80 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.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows ranging from the upper 50s in the higher elevations to the lower 60s in the lower elevations. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs ranging from near 70 in the higher elevations to near 80 in the lower elevations. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows ranging from the upper 50s in the higher elevations to the lower 60s in the lower elevations. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not anticipated for today.
Air Quality
Macon County, including the ridgetops, will be in the upper range of green today.
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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 Tue Aug 18 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with a tropical wave located over the eastern Caribbean Sea. This disturbance is moving westward at about 20 mph, and is forecast to continue to move quickly westward over the eastern and central Caribbean Sea during the next couple of days, which is likely to limit significant development. After that time, however, the system is forecast to move more slowly westward across the western Caribbean, where upper-level winds could become more conducive for the development of a tropical depression during the latter part of this week. Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds are expected over portions of the Windward and southern Leeward Islands this morning.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.
2. A broad area of low pressure located a little over 700 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a concentrated area of showers and thunderstorms displaced to the west of an elongated surface circulation. Environmental conditions are conducive for further development, and a tropical depression is likely to form within the next day or two while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph across the central and western portions of the tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 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.
Earth
22,1009,18 Detected Infections
778,349 Reported Deaths
USA
5,612,027 Detected Infections
173,716 Reported Deaths COVID-19 now No. 3 cause of death in US [LINK] https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/512427-covid-19-now-no-3-cause-of-death-in-us
North Carolina
CDC [LINK]
144,052 Detected Infections
2,347 Reported Deaths
NCDHHS [LINK]
145,516 Detected Infections
1,935,742 Total Tests
980 Reported Current Hospitalizations
2,348 Reported Deaths
Johns Hopkins Dashboard [LINK]
145,516 Detected Infections
2,348 Reported Deaths
North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK]
Data from Macon County Public Health as of Monday afternoon and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to August 17th [LINK]
Please note there is a gap for Saturdays and Sundays starting two weekends ago since the health department will no longer be reporting numbers on those days.
491 Detected Cases (+7 since Friday)
122 Active Positive (unchanged since Friday)
278 Recovered (+7 in one day since Friday)
1 Death (unchanged since Friday)
Testing Data for Macon County
3810 MCPH Tests (+97 since Friday)
1002 Tests by Others (+30 since Friday)
4812 Total Tests (+265 since Friday)
360 Tests Pending Results (+83 since Friday)
And here is the weekly Demographic Update from Macon County Public Health released on Wednesday, August 5th. The next demographic update will be on Wednesday, August 12th.
Infographic from Johns Hopkins University [LINK]
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 4:00am Tuesday, August 18, 2020
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