Weather Briefing for Saturday, October 26, 2024

GENERAL OUTLOOK

High pressure will drift away tonight as a cold front approaches from the northwest. The cold front will cross the area today with a few showers possible along the Tennessee border and across the Upstate. Behind the front, cooler weather can be expected for Sunday and early next week. The high moves off the East Coast by mid next week with a warming trend returning.

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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph, shifting to come out of the east after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER

Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.

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NEWS UPDATES

After a high-speed chase from Jackson County into Macon County, a Bobby Clayton Billings, 53, was arrested [LINK] after his vehicle was disabled by stop sticks deployed by local law enforcement at the intersection of northeast Main Street and US-441. The vehicle eventually stopped on Cat Creek Road and John JUstice Road where Macon County deputies helf him for the arrival of Jackson County deputies. [LINK]

He was taken into custody by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and his vehicle, a white van, was seized. He has had at least one other arrest this year after fleeing authorities in Tennessee, in March [LINK], and a warrant for his arrest was filed in May for failure to appear and he was declared a fugitive from justice in Loudon County, Tennessee. [LINK] 

Clayton is being held under $20,000 bond in the Jackson County Jail. 
He is also wanted in Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida.

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Published at 5.00am on Saturday, October 26, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins