OUTLOOK
This is an abbreviated news and weather briefing.
Canadian high pressure will continue the dry and cold conditions for our region through Saturday. A moist cold front and associated precipitation arrives from the west Saturday night into Sunday, with some wintry precipitation possible once again mainly along and north of Interstate 40. Cold high pressure builds in by Tuesday and continues through Wednesday before another cold front approaches from the west on Thursday.
News Highlights
• Lowering of NC Flags to Half-Staff Until Sunset January 30, 2021 in Honor of Chairman Freddie L. Carter Jr. of the Coharie Intra Tribal Council Inc. [LINK]
• Governor Cooper extended the Modified Stay at Home Order earlier this week, including the evictions moratorium and to-go and delivery sales for mixed beverages. These Orders are inteneded to help struggling families and businesses during the pandemic. [LINK]
• Keith Gill Drove the GameStop Reddit Mania. He Talked to the Journal. Trader known as DeepF—ingValue on the WallStreetBets forum helped turn the investing world upside down. “I didn’t expect this.” [CNET]
• GameStop short squeeze (this Wikipedia article is a good explainer article with lots of links to where you can find out even more information about what has happened and why this is happening [CNBC]
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General forecast through Monday Night
Franklin area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A chance of rain, snow, and sleet before 10pm, then a chance of sleet between 10pm and midnight, then rain after midnight. Patchy fog after 2am. Lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.
Sunday
Rain, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm by midmorning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain showers before 4am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Monday
A chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a lows in the mid-20s.
Highlands area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-30s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A chance of snow and sleet before 1am, then sleet between 1am and 5am, then freezing rain and sleet after 5am. Patchy fog after 2am. lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.
Sunday
Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after 7am. Areas of fog before 7am. High in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain showers before 2am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Monday
A slight chance of snow showers before noon, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between noon and 3pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-30s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s.
Otto area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A chance of rain, snow, and sleet before midnight, then rain. Patchy fog after 2am. Lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Sunday
Rain, mainly before 1pm. Areas of fog before 7am. Highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain before 10pm, then a chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a lows in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Monday
A chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Nantahala area
Today
A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Rain, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. Lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
Rain, mainly before noon. Highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to light winds out of the southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Rain showers likely before 4am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday
Rain and snow showers likely before 8am, then a chance of snow showers between 8am and noon, then a chance of rain and snow showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-30s. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a lows in the mid-20s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not anticipated today.
A wintry mix of snow, sleet, and rain may develop tonight. Some locations could see an inch or two of snnow and/or some ice accumulation. Road conditions could become ery hazardous, so try not to be on the roads overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning. The precipitation will most likely change over to rain Sunday morning. As colder air filters back into the area Sunday night, snow showers are expected to develop across the mountains and continue into Monday and Monday night. Additional snow accumulations will be possible during this time, especially in the high elevations along the Tennessee border.
COVID-19 BRIEFING
• Governor Cooper extended the Modified Stay at Home Order earlier this week, including the evictions moratorium and to-go and delivery sales for mixed beverages. These Orders are intended to help struggling families and businesses during the pandemic. [LINK]
See the Biden Administration COVID-19 Plan [LINK]
COVID-19 in Macon County
Vaccine Appointments Being Rescheduled Due to Limited Supply
Due to inadequate supply of COVID-19 vaccine from NC DHHS, Macon County Public Health must reschedule first dose appointments. Those who have already scheduled appointments for their first dose of vaccine have been moved to the front of Macon County Public Health's COVID-19 Vaccine Wait List. Macon County Public Health will contact those on the waitlist as vaccine becomes available to reschedule your appointment. There are approximately 3,000 individuals on the Macon County Vaccine Wait List.
Macon County will be receiving 300 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the state each week for the next three weeks. This number is based on population size in Macon County. We appreciate your patience in this unprecedented time. For questions, you can call 828-524-1500, Monday – Friday, 8am to 5pm.
Regardless of which group you fall under, you can register for the COVID-19 Vaccine Wait List at https://gis2.maconnc.org/VAX/VAX.html. When the group you fall under is eligible for vaccination, a member of the COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center will contact you to schedule your appointment.
NCDHHS updates its website to reflect the current group eligible for vaccine. You can view the site at https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/vaccinations. Macon County Public Health will update its social media pages to alert the public when the state and county advance to the next group of vaccination. At this time, Macon County Public Health and NCDHHS are not scheduling individuals for vaccination in groups other than Groups 1 and 2.
At the January 25th school board meeting, Superintendent Dr Baldwin informed board members that 158 students and 22 staff out of school due to either being tested positive for COVID-19, or having to be isolated due to possible exposure.
NEW POSITIVE COVID-19 PUBLIC SCHOOL CASES (January 28th)
Franklin High School-2
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
(note--these numbers are on the day reported, not necessarily given since some shots may be given after the daily report is published, or offsite vaccine clinics that may not be reported until the day after)
| Category | Mon 01-25 | Tue 01-26 | Wed 01-27 | Thu 01-28 | Fri 01-29 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccines Given | 100 | 95 | 92 | 90 | 60 | 87.4 |
| Current Inventory | 120 | 230 | 140 | 50 | 0 | 108 |
| Total Vaccines Given | 2178 | 2273 | 2365 | 2455 | 2515 | Not Applicable |
Cases
2668 Detected
(+36 from Thursday and +169 from last Friday)
522 Active
(+9 from Thursday and -12 last Friday)
2128 Recovered
(+27 from Thursday and +181 last Friday)
18 Deaths
(unchanged from Thursday and unchanged from last Friday)
Testing
8741 by MCPH
+57 from Thursday and +261 from last Friday)
6998 by Others
(+31 from Thursday and +318 from last Friday)
15739 total
(+88 from Thursday and +579 from last Friday)
221 tests pending results
(-19 from Thursday and -59 from last Friday)
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, January 30, 2021
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