by Steve Norris, Smith County Insider Weather Correspondent
Rain chances return to Smith County for Friday and Friday night and we will see some clouds and a few scattered showers for the weekend. The high temperatures will be near 50 degrees so all-in-all not too bad.
Looking at the extended forecast for next week, shower chances on the 16th and 24th but high temperatures in the 40s and 50s.
It looks like no white Christmas this year; it’s just going to be too mild. I will have an update on your Christmas forecast next week and some information on some of the weather we have had on Christmas in the past in this area.
Winter begins officially Saturday night, December 21st at 10:19 p.m. Central time. It is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight and the longest night of the whole year. The Sun is also now at its lowest point in the sky of the year. The days then start getting longer after the 21st with the sun setting about 30 seconds later each day so we gain about six minutes of Sunshine by the end of December and 36 minutes by the end of January.
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Steve Norris got his first job at 18 years old doing radio weather. Steve does forecasts for several radio stations and newspapers, and he serves as a severe weather meteorologist for some city governments in the Middle Tennessee area. Steve first became interested in weather when his grandfather bought him a thermometer when he was 10 years old. He has been loving weather for over 40 years.
If you need weather data or have any weather-related questions or comments, you can reach Steve Norris anytime at weather1@charter.net.
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