Weather Briefing for Friday, July 9, 2021

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A weak cold front will support late morning through early evening showers and thunderstorms across the region. An active mid- summertime pattern, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms each afternoon, will develop this weekend and continue into at least early next week.

National Weather Map for Today

General forecast through Sunday Night

Franklin area

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 3pm. Patchy dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 64. Light northwest wind.

Saturday

A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 84. Light and variable wind. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 65. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.

Sunday

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Sunday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 65. Chance of rain is 60%.

Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 1pm and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 76. West northwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 61. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

Saturday

A slight chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 76. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light west northwest wind. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 76. Light and variable wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of rain is 70%.

Sunday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.

Otto area

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 3pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. West northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 9pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 65. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of rain is 20%.

Saturday

A slight chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 84. Light north northwest wind. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 65. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday

A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 84. Calm winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%.

Sunday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 66. Chance of rain is 60%.

Nantahala area

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. West wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am, then a slight chance of showers between 3am and 5am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 65. Light west wind. Chance of rain is 20%.

Saturday

A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 79. Light west wind. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 65. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.

Sunday

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 79. Chance of rain is 60%.

Sunday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 65. Chance of rain is 60%.

Hazardous Weather is not anticipated today. The impacts of the remnants of Tropical Storm ELSA will be mainly to our south and east.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Elsa, located inland over southern Delaware.

A broad area of low pressure, over south Texas, is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Although development of this system is not anticipated since it is expected to drift westward and remain over land, heavy rainfall and flash flooding will be possible along the Texas Gulf coast over the next day or so. See products issued by your local National Weather Service Forecast Office for additional information. * Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days…low…near 0 percent.

Air quality is in the lower range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper 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 low range (2.5 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.3 out of 12).

Weather Extremes for Macon County on July 9th

Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1977 Lowest Temperature 44°F in Highlands in 1896 Greatest Rainfall 7.43 inches in Highlands in 1916
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)