Weather Briefing for Sunday, June 6, 2021

OUTLOOK

The Bermuda high will hangout in the western Atlantic while a cutoff low tracks across the south-central United States this weekend into early next week leading to diurnally driven showers and thunderstorms. The main concern is locally heavy rainfall leading to isolated runoff issues from these slow moving, heavy rain producing storms. The Bermuda high gradually weakens middle to late next week while gulf moisture interacts with a cold front sinking south out of Canada. This will lead to continued diurnal activity middle to late next week.

Weather Alert

General pulse thunderstorms are expected across the region today, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours. The main impacts with these thunderstorms are cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.

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General forecast through Tuesday Night

Franklin area

Today

Air quality is in the middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of green.

Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)

Pollen levels are expected to be in the loiw-medium range (3.6 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range range (3.2 out of 12).

Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 6th

Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 37°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1946
Greatest Rainfall 4.50 inches in Highlands in 1916
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)