Weather Briefing for Saturday, October 24, 2020

OUTLOOK

A weak cold front will cross the area today bringing with it a an increasing chance of showers, especially tonight. Slightly cooler temperatures Sunday and Monday will be followed by a return to well above normal temperatures with the next round of rain possible on Thursday ahead of a strong upper low.







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General forecast through Monday night


Today

A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before nood. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs ranging from the mid-60s in then higher elevations to the mid-70s in the lower elevations. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy dense fog after 9pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the 50s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 2pm. Patchy fog in the morning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs mainly in the 60s with a few locations in the lower elevations reaching 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 50s. Calm winds.

Monday

A 20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Partly sunny, with highs ranging from the mid-60s in the higher elevations to the lower 70s in the lower elevations.

Monday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows in the 50s.



News Brief


Cowee Volunteer Fire Department will be holding a Benefit for Junior Firefighter Dakota Collins on Saturday, November 7th. [LINK]

There will be another rolling rally in Franklin this morning. The meeting location will be the old Walmart parking lot at 9am and the rollout will be 10am. Details are in the flyer at [LINK]" target="_blank">LINK] The 43rd Prosecutorial District Resumes Jury Trials [LINK]

The NC State Board of Election reminds us that voter intimidation is against the law [LINK] 



Here are the latest COVID-19 Numbers and Demographics Report from Macon Public Health, along with a couple of charts by Macon Media to show you the long-term trends since May 30, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to the Macon Media.


Cases

738 Detected
(+8 from Thursday and +29 from last Friday and +124 in four weeks)

35 Active
(+6 from Thursday and +9 from last Friday and +13 in four weeks)

696 Recovered
(+2 from Thursday and +18 from last Friday and +111 in four weeks)

7 Deaths
(unchanged from Thursday and unchanged from last Friday and unchanged in four weeks)

Testing

6258 by MCPH
(+70 from Thursday and +164 from last Friday and +663 in four weeks)

2809 by others
(+78 from Thursday and +361 from last Friday and +694 in four weeks)

9067 total
(+148 from Thursday and +525 from last Friday and +1357 in four weeks)

183 tests pending results
(+70 from Thursday and +15 from last Friday and +152 in four weeks)

HAZARDS

Hazardous weather is not anticipated today.

Air Quality

Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green today for all elevations.

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be low (0.4 out of 12) with ragweed, chenopods, and grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be the same (0.4 out of 12).


Weather Extremes for Macon County for October 24th

Highest Temperature 84°F in Franklins in 1968
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 4.00 inches in Highlands in 2017 Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.4 inches in Nantahala in 1937