Outlook
Mostly dry and hot conditions are expected to continue through the middle of the week, as upper-level ridging builds across the region. Towards the end of the week, increasing moisture and an approaching cold front will increase the chances for moisture and heat-driven showers and thunderstorms.
County Commissioners Meeting
The Macon County Board of Commissioners will be meeting tonight at 6 pm in the Commissioners Boardroom on the third floor of the courthouse. A copy of the agenda packet for the meeting is posted below.
2019 0910 Mcboc Agenda Packet by Bobby Coggins on Scribd
THREE DAY GFS FORECAST
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Green, Yellow, and Red indicate rain. Orange and Purple Indicate Freezing Rain or other freezing precipitation. Blue indicates snow.
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Weather Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
**Note** A Tropical Weather Outlook section has been added to the daily weather briefing for the Atlantic Hurricane Season, and since those tend to run long when there is activity, that section has been added between the daily forecasts for the four regions of the county and the almanac section so people can get to their daily forecasts with minimal interference.
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WEATHER FORECAST MAPS
Forecast maps for 7 am, 1 pm, and 7 pm.
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FRANKLIN AREA FORECAST
Today
Areas of dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid-60s.
OTTO AREA FORECAST
Today
Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with a high in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then becoming mostly sunny, with a high in the upper 80s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid-60s.
HIGHLANDS PLATEAU FORECAST
Today
Sunny, with a high in the mid-70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low in the low-to-mid 60s. Light winds out of the north.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Sunny, with a high in the upper 70s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid-60s.
NANTAHALA AREA FORECAST
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high in the mid-80s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Sunny, with a high in the mid-to-upper 80s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid-60s.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK Things are starting to heat up
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Sep 10 2019
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Gabrielle, located over the far north Atlantic Ocean.
1. A weak area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave, located more than 900 miles east of the Lesser Antilles continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next day or two before upper-level winds become unfavorable for tropical cyclone formation. This system is expected to move slowly westward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean for the next several days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
2. A surface trough interacting with an upper-level low is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms from near the north coast of Hispaniola northeastward over the southwestern Atlantic for a few hundred miles. Little, if any, development of this disturbance is expected during the next few days while it moves west-northwestward across the Bahamas and the Florida peninsula. However, environmental conditions could become a little more conducive for development when the system moves into the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend. Regardless of development, this disturbance will produce periods of locally heavy rainfall across the Bahamas through Thursday, and across Florida on Friday and continuing into the weekend.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
3. A tropical wave located just off the west coast of Africa is expected to move quickly westward during the next several days. Some slow development is possible late this week and over the weekend when the system is several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of September
Data available from 1872 to 2018
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-27-1964
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September
Data available from 1870 to 2018
Highest Temperature 109°F Weldon, Halifax County 09-07-1954
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County 09-28-2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 19.30 in Southport, Brunswick County 09-16-1999
Monthly Averages
Warmest Weather Station 75.4°F Morehead City, Carteret County
Coldest Weather Station 55.0°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 8.93 in Southport, Brunswick County
Driest Weather Station 2.94 in Marshall, Madison County
Published at 2:55am on September 10, 2019
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