News and Weather Briefing for Thursday, October 22, 2020
OUTLOOK
Weak high pressure will continue over our region into Friday with a general southerly wind flow providing above normal temperatures. A weak cold front will cross our region early Saturday. A stronger cold front is expected to cross our area in the middle of next week.
News Brief
https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2020/10/wx20201022.html
Cowee Volunteer Fire Department will be holding a Benefit for Junior Firefighter Dakota Collins on Saturday, November 7th. [LINK]
Press Release from the Macon County Public Library
Library Halloween Scavenger Hunt: Downtown Franklin
Franklin – The Children’s Department at the Macon County Public Library will be displaying special Halloween signs in various shops downtown for a fun scavenger hunt! Pick up your scavenger hunt at the library, call ahead for curbside pickup or to make an appointment and visit us. The Halloween signs will be on display in 10 downtown shops starting Monday, October 26th through Saturday, October 31st . Turn in your completed scavenger hunt after the 31 st and get your prize at the library. Prizes for each participant will include a small bag of candy and a glow stick.
Remember to call us at 828-524-3600 to either make an appointment or do curbside pickup for your scavenger hunt! We hope you have a spooktacular time!
Franklin Fire Department Cancels Boo Bash [LINK]
The NC State Board of Election reminds us that voter intimidation is against the law [LINK]
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 May 30, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to the public.
Cases
727 Detected
(+9 from Tuesday and +26 from last Wednesday and +121 in four weeks)
28 Active
(+7 from Tuesday and -2 from last Wednesday and +4 in four weeks)
690 Recovered
(+2 from Tuesday and +28 from last Wednesday and +117in four weeks)
7 Deaths
(unchanged from Tuesday and unchanged from last Wednesday and unchanged in four weeks)
Testing
6178 by MCPH
(+42rom Tuesday and +15 from last Wednesday and +612 in four weeks)
2731 by others
(unchanged from Tuesday and +283 from last Wednesday and +656 in four weeks)
8909 total
(+42 from Tuesday and +441 from last Wednesday and +1268 in four weeks)
103 tests pending results
(+7 from Tuesday and +28 from last Wednesday and +37 in four weeks)
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not anticipated today.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green today for all elevations.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be low (1.7 out of 12) with ragweed, chenopods, and grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be the same (1.7 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County for October 22nd
Highest Temperature 825°F in Highlands in 1931
Lowest Temperature 15°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.74 inches in Highlands in 1956 Greatest One-Day Snowfall (there has been snowfall recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1872)
TROPICAL WEATHER
(The North Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1st to Nov 30th)
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Oct 22 2020
For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Epsilon, located over the west-central Atlantic a few hundred miles southeast of Bermuda.
1. A trough of low pressure located over the western Caribbean Sea is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms which primarily extend near Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and Cuba. Development of this system is unlikely to occur during the next few days as it passes near western Cuba and moves over the Straits of Florida. By late this weekend or early next week, however, some slow development is possible while the system moves generally northeastward from near the northwestern Bahamas toward the western Atlantic. Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall is possible over portions of Cuba, South Florida, and the Bahamas through early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…low…20 percent.
Source: http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2020/10/wx20201022.html
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