OUTLOOK
This is an abbreviated news and weather briefing.
A weak cold front will stall across the Gulf Coast today. High pressure builds into the region this weekend. Early next week another frontal system will bring better rain chances to the area.
News Highlights
• HCA Healthcare Helps Bring Surgical and Procedure PPE Mask Manufacturing to Asheville LINK]
• Macon County is registering people for COVID-19 Vaccination. [LINK]
• The Macon County Public Health is now in partnership with Macon County EMS and 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 Sunday Night
Franklin area
Today
Cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 50.
Sunday Night
Rain likely before 1am, then showers, mainly between 1am and 5am. Lows around 40. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Highlands area
Today
Cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph in the morning becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 40.
Sunday Night
Rain before 5am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Lows in the mid-30s. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Otto area
Today
Cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 50.
Sunday Night
Rain likely before 11pm, then showers, mainly after 11pm. Lows around 40. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy dense fog in the morning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through midmorning, 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.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Calm winds.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Calm winds.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s.
Sunday Night
Rain likely before 9pm, then showers. Lows around 40. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
HAZARDS
There is a potential for patchy dense fog this morning (especially around daybreak) with visibility under a quarter of a mile this morning, especially in the river valley, so exercise caution on area roadways this morning and remember to turn on your headlights so other motorists can see you. Also, the relative humidity levels are expected to drop below 30% this afternoon, so if you plan to do any outdoor burning, be careful and abort if the winds start picking up.
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. The health department has started releasing information about vaccine delivery, so those numbers will be included here also, as well as charted.
ACCINE DELIVERY
(The health department received its first shipment on December 30th)
Vaccines Given Today 530 (includes 430 from the previous day)
Current Inventory Today 260
Total Vaccines Given Today 1488
(note--these numbers are on the day reported, not necessarily given since some shots may be given after the daily report is published)
Cases
(four weeks ago today was Christmas Eve, so no four-week changes are included in today's update)
2466 Detected
(+42 from yesterday and +221 last Thursday)
564 Active
(-25 from yesterday and -58 last Thursday)
1885 Recovered
(+67 from yesterday and +274 last Thursday)
17 Deaths
(unchanged from yesterday and +5 from last Thursday)
Testing
8362 by MCPH
+119 from yesterday and +124 from last Thursday)
6622 by Others
(+69 from yesterday and +375 from last Thursday)
14984 total
(+188 from yesterday and +479 from last Thursday)
169 tests pending results
(+118 from yesterday and -18 from last Thursday)
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Published at 5:10am on Friday, January 22, 2021
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