OUTLOOK
Widespread rain is expected today as the remnants of tropical system Beta move across the area. A mainly dry weekend is expected before unsettled weather returns with a cold front next week.
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News Brief
See the COVID-19 Update from yesterday afternnon. [LINK]
Franklin High School to Begin In-Person Instruction Two Days a Week Beginning Sept 28th
Franklin High School is excited to announce that beginning Monday, 9/28, we will welcome students to campus 2 days per week on the following rotation.
Monday/Wednesday - 9th Grade and 11th Grade
Tuesday/Thursday - 10th Grade and 12th Grade
Friday - Remote learning for all grades.
Please remember that on Fridays, extra help is available for students. Please email the teacher to make an appointment to come in.
General forecast through Sunday night
Today
Patchy fog possible through late morning. Showers before 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Highs ranging from the lower 60s in the higher elevations to the lower 70s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. 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 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and midnight. Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows mostly in the 50s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 60s in the higher elevations to the upper 70s in the lowerelevations. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the 50s. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs ranging from the upper 60s in the higher elevations to the upper 70s in the lower elevations.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 50s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the tower range of green for most of the county and in the lower range of green on the ridges and other higher elevations today.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be very low today (0.7 out of 12) with ragweed, chenopods, and grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.3 out of 12).
TROPICAL WEATHER
(The North Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1st to Nov 30th)
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The Weather Prediction Center is issuing advisories on Post-Tropical Cyclone Beta, centered inland over northern Alabama.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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Published at 5:10am Friday, September 25, 2020
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