OUTLOOK
This is an abbreviated news and weather briefing.
A weak cold front will remain stalled south of the area through Friday. Areas of weak low pressure will ride along the front, spreading in some light precipitation across the area. Cool high pressure then builds in from the north for the weekend. Another front will stall over the region and bring more substantial precipitation chances to the region early next week.
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News Highlights
• The Inauguration of Joe Biden as President [LINK]
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• Macon County is registering people for COVID-19 Vaccination. [LINK]
• Beginning today, 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 Saturday Night
Franklin area
Today
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before 2pm. Patchy fog possiblwe around noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning incresing to come out of the the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog between 11pm and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of rain before 9am. Cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-20s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-50s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Highlands area
Today
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog after 4pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4am. Patchy fog between 8pm and midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of rain before 11am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs mid-40s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Otto area
Today
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before 2pm. Patchy fog around noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog between 10pm and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of rain before 11am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-50s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing.
Nantahala area
Today
Rain likely, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs mid-40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog between 8pm and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Friday
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-20s. Light winds out of the north.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing.
HAZARDS
Black ice is possible 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.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
344 AM EST Thu Jan 21 2021
...LIGHT WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...
Light precipitation will continue to spread east across the mountains early this morning. As the precipitation arrives, it could fall as a light wintry mix of rain, sleet, or snow, but a changeover to rain will occur quickly. While temperatures are expected to be warm enough for most of the precipitation to fall as light rain, some trapped cold air in the mountain valleys could allow for some localized freezing rain. Temperatures above 5000 feet in elevation may fall or remain below freezing on some ridgetops or peaks, resulting in freezing rain causing a light glaze of ice mainly on elevated surfaces. The wintry mix will be short- lived as temperatures slowly rise through daybreak. No significant accumulation is expected, but there could be a few slippery spots on bridges and overpasses through daybreak. By midmorning, the precipitation should be all rain.
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 recieved its first shipment on December 30th)
Vaccines Given Today 160 Yesterday 268
Current Inventory 360 Yesterday 520
Total Vaccines Given 958 Yesterday798
Cases
2424 Detected
(+26 from yesterday and +220 last Wednesday and +1050 in four weeks)
589 Active
(-21 from yesterday and -40 last Wednesday and +308 in four weeks)
1818 Recovered
(+47 from yesterday and +225 last Wednesday and +754 in four weeks)
17 Deaths
(unchanged from yesterday and +5 from last Wednesday and +8 in four weeks)
Testing
8243 by MCPH
(unchanged from yesterday and +146 from last Wednesday and +514 in four weeks)
6553 by Others
(+156 from yesterday and +343 from last Wednesday and +1639 in four weeks)
14796 total
(+156 from yesterday and +489 from last Wednesday and +2153 in four weeks)
51 tests pending results
(-16 from yesterday and -34 from last Wednesday and -29 in four weeks)
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Published at 4:00am on Thursday, January 21, 2021
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