OUTLOOK
This is an abbreviated news and weather briefing.
A weak cold front will cross the area from the northwest tonight, stalling out across the Deep South for Wednesday through Friday. Areas of weak low pressure will ride along the front. Cool high pressure then builds in from the north for the weekend. More substantial precipitation chances will return to the region early next week.
News Highlights
(repeat from Friday)
• Coverage of the 59th Presidential Inauguration [LINK]
• A Vaccine Clinic will be held in Highlands today [LINK]
• Macon County is registering people for COVID-19 Vaccination. [LINK]
• Beginning Thursday, January 21, 2021 Macon County Public Health in partnership with Macon County EMS will be conducting COVID-19 testing and vaccinations Monday-Friday, 8:30am- 4:00pm at the Macon County Department of Public Health [LINK]
• Video and supporting documents from the January 2021 meeting of the Macon County Board of Commissioners [LINK]
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General forecast through Friday Night
Franklin area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 30. Light winds out of the northwest.
Thursday
A chance of rain and snow before 9am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-30s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of rain before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-20s.
Highlands area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest wind 15 to 20 mph in the morning decreasing to 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
A chance of snow before 8am, then a chance of rain. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of rain before 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-40s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-20s.
Otto area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 50. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain and snow after 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday
A chance of rain and snow before 8am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of rain before 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
Nantahala area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A chance of rain and snow, mainly after 5am. Increasing clouds, with lows around freezing. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday
A chance of rain and snow before 8am, then rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the west. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Light winds out of the west.
Friday
A slight chance of rain between 9am and 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 20s.
HAZARDS
Black ice is likely on area roads this morning, so please be careful if you must venture out before temperatures rise above freezing. Other than the potential for black ice this morning, most of the county will not see hazardous weather today.
COVID-19 BRIEFING
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.
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. The health department has started releasing information about vaccine delivery, so those numbers will be included here also, as well as charted.
VACCINE DELIVERY
(The health department received its first shipment on December 30th)
Vaccines Given Today 268
Current Inventory 520
Total Vaccines Given 798
Cases
2398 Detected
(+256 from last Tuesday and +1067 in four weeks)
610 Active
(-13 from last Tuesday and +355 in four weeks)
1771 Recovered
(+264 from last Tuesday and +704 in four weeks)
17 Deaths
(+5 from last Tuesday and +8 in four weeks)
Testing
8243 by MCPH
(+146 from last Tuesday and +514 in four weeks)
6397 by Others
(+329 from last Tuesday and +1532 in four weeks)
14640 total
(+475 from last Tuesday and +2046 in four weeks)
67 tests pending results
(-44 from last Tuesday and -13 in four weeks)
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Published at 4:30am on Thursday, January 20, 2021
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