by Steve Norris, Smith County Insider Weather Correspondent
It looks like it could be next Tuesday before we get much above 45 degrees as a cold air mass is sitting over Tennessee, and we’re going to have chances of a little precipitation off and on into early next week. Keep up with the latest forecast because any of these systems can change quickly and bring slick road conditions as we drop below freezing at night. It continues to look like we’re going to get more winter weather from mid-January on through most of February, so I think we’re going to have some really interesting days down the road. Usually, if we get lots of winter weather in January and February, we get an early spring, and I don’t think that folks would be upset about that.
Be prepared for anything. On January 3, 2000, we hit 72 degrees, and Clarksville hit 71 degrees. January 7, 1988, brought six to ten inches of snow across Middle Tennessee. Just six years ago, on the 7th of 2014, temperatures dropped to 3 below zero in our area and 9 Below in Crossville. If you have any weather questions, drop me an e-mail at weather1@charter.net
