A cold front will cross the area tonight, occluding over a lingering wedge. Brief drying and warm conditions are expected behind the departing front on Saturday, however a coastal low along the stalling front will likely bring another round of rain to the region on Saturday night. Drier high pressure will return for the early and middle part of next week.
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General forecast through Saturday night
Franklin area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 9pm and 4am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds in the morning increaqsing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30.
Highlands area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly between 8pm and 4am. Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, cloudy, then becoming partly cloudy toward daybreak, with lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the becoming west after midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
Otto area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 8pm and 4am. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with low around 40. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. WInds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Nantahala area
Today
Mostly sunny, with high near 60. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 9pm and 4am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Calm winds increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph after midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near in the mid-40s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
COVID-19 Briefing
Faster-Spreading Covid Strain Affects Young the Most, Study Says [LINK]
TWiV 701: COVID-19 clinical update #43 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
John Campbell: Update
(John is a retired Nurse Teacher and A and E nurse based in England and his books are available on [AMAZON])
Dr. Fauci advises against the British approach of delaying a second dose of vaccine. [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 April 17th.
Cases
1614 Detected (+80 from Tuesday and +240 from last Wednesday and +645 in four weeks)
415 Active
(+47 from Tuesday and +134 from last Wednesday and +362 in four weeks)
1187 Recovered
(+33 from Tuesday and +103 from last Wednesday and +280 in four weeks)
12 Deaths
(unchanged from Tuesday and +3 from last Wednesday and +3 in four weeks)
Testing
7830 by MCPH
(+1 from Tuesday and +101 from last Wednesday and +703 in four weeks)
5115 by Others
(+35 from Tuesday and +201 from last Wednesday and +826 in four weeks)
12945total
(+36 from Tuesday and +302 from last Wednesday and +1730 in four weeks)
72 tests pending results
(+2 from Tuesday and -8 from last Wednesday and -47 in four weeks)
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middle range of green today for all elevations.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be low (2.03 out of 12) with Juniper being the main culprit. Tomorrow is expected to be lower (0.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County for January 2nd
Highest Temperature 74°F in Franklin in 1952
lowest Temperature -10°F in Highlands in 1928
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.46 inches in Highlands in 1936
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.8 inches in Highlands in 1953
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the Month of January
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands in 1985
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 5.10 inches in Highlands in 2018 Greatest One-Day Snowfall 14.0 inches in Franklin in 1877
TROPICAL WEATHER
(The North Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1st to Nov 30th)
The North Atlantic Hurricane Season is over for the year. If anything does develop, the information will be posted in this section of the weather briefing.
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Published at 4:53am on Saturday, January 2, 2020
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