OUTLOOK
Moisture increases again across the Southeast through midweek. A nearly stationary front near the Gulf Coast will provide the focus for low pressures moving west to east along it through late week. This active weather pattern will continue through this weekend.
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News Highlights
• Macon Public Health Reports 2 More COVID-19 Deaths [LINK] • Macon County Board of Commissioners regular meeting for February 2021 [LINK] • Annual 4-H Plant Sales for 2021 Announced [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Friday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain or drizzle after 2am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
Showers, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 7am. Highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers. Lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50.
Friday Night
A chance of showers before 8pm, then a chance of rain after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Highlands area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain or drizzle after midnight. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Showers, mainly after 11am. Highs near 50. Winds out of the west around 5 mph in the morning becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers. Lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with highs in the mid-40s.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-30s.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain or drizzle after 2am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
Showers, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 7am. Highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers. Lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50.
Friday Night
A chance of showers before 8pm, then a chance of rain after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain or drizzle after 1am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s. WInds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
A chance of rain before 10am, then showers, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog before 7am. Highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between three-quarters and one inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers, mainly before 4am. Lows in the mid-40s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Friday
A chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain, then a chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not indicated for today.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, including the ridges and other higher elevations today.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (4.2 out of 12) with Juniper and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be about the same (0.5 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on February 10th
Highest Temperature 78°F Highlands in 1932
Lowest Temperature -2°F in Franklin in 1995
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.26 inches in Franklin in 1946
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.0 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1980
February Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Feb 28, 1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Feb 13, 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Feb 13, 1966
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on Feb 14, 1912
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Published at 4:50am on Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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