OUTLOOK
The Bermuda high off to our southeast will support hot conditions and largely suppress afternoon thunderstorms through Friday. A cold front will slide through the region by the weekend, providing at least a brief relief from the heat.
Macon Calendar
Macon County Cooperative Extension, Christy Bredenkamp will be hosting a Ginseng Workshop in September
The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service is offering a free seminar on Ginseng Production for homeowners who desire to grow “sang.” This program will be held on Thursday September 3 rd from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. online via Zoom.
Topics covered will be: state regulations for growing and hunting “sang”, plant physiology, present and historical use of ginseng and comparing Asian versus American ginseng. Major time and emphasis of the program will be dedicated to the woods simulated cultural practices such as: site selection and preparation, sowing, harvesting, drying the roots and seed stratification.
To register go to the Eventbrite link at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ginseng-production-tickets-115231454382
For more information contact the Macon County Extension Center at 828 349 2046 or e-mail Christy
Bredenkamp at clbreden@ncsu.edu
NewsBrief
North Carolina Will Move to Phase 2.5 Pandemic Restrictions Friday at 5pm
Details are published in yesterday's COVID-19 Update [LINK]
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs ranging from the 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 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the 60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 70s to near 80 in the higher elevations to the upper 80s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 70s in the higher 70s to the upper 80s in the lower elevations. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the 60s.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected 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 Wed Sep 2 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Omar, located a few hundred miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and on Tropical Storm Nana, located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.
1. Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure located about midway between the Windward Islands and west Africa have changed little in organization since yesterday evening. Some development of this system is possible this week as it meanders over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
2. A tropical wave is expected to emerge off the coast of Africa later today and merge with a disturbance centered a couple of hundred miles southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands in the next day or so. Gradual development of this system is then possible, and a tropical depression could form by this weekend while it moves westward over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.
End Daily Weather Segment
Begin COVID-19 Update
Here is a brief morning update on the latest COVID-19 numbers from the various government agencies and private sources.
The COVID-19 Update for yesterday afternoon includes the guidelines for Phase 2.5, which starts Friday, September 4th at 5pm. [LINK]
Centers for Disease Control [LINK]
167,113 Detected Cases
10,917 Detected in the Last 7 Days
1,611 Detected Cases per 100,000 population
26 Reported Deaths per 100,000 population
2,702 Reported Deaths
NC Dept of Health and Human Svcs [LINK]
169,424 Detected Cases out of 2,295,698 tests
2,741 Reported Deaths
946 Reported Current Hospitalizations
CoronaWiki [LINK]
169,424 Detected Cases
2,741 Reported Deaths
New York Times North Carolina Coronavirus Map and Case Count [LINK]
Data from Macon County Public Health as of yesterday afternoon and graph by Macon Media of data from May 30th to September 1st [LINK]
Please note there is a gap for Saturdays and Sundays since the health department will no longer be reporting numbers on those days.
551 Detected Cases (+4 since yesterday)
19 Active Positive (+4 since yesterday)
525 Recovered (unchanged since yesterday)
7 Deaths (unchanged since yesterday)
Testing Data for Macon County
5038 MCPH Tests (unchanged since yesterday)
1852 Tests by Others (+77 since yesterday)
6890 Total Tests (+77 since yesterday)
60 Tests Pending Results (-51 since yesterday)
Infographic from Johns Hopkins University [LINK]
Resources for Reliable Information about the Corona Virus (COVID-19) [LINK]
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Published at 5:00am Wednesday, September 02, 2020
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