by Steve Norris, Smith County Insider Weather Correspondent
We are going to have a daily chance of showers all the way through the weekend as we get moisture off the remains of tropical storm beta and a thunder shower or two is possible. Afternoon highs will be in the upper 70s to low 80s. I am expecting some cooler weather from September 30th through October 4th with highs only in the upper 60s to low 70s and lows in the 40s once again.
Last week we found out there is a long way to go with the National Hurricane Center forecasting the path of a storm once it makes landfall. On September 13th Hurricane Sally was forecast by the center to move across Tennessee on the 16th bringing four to six inches of rainfall. Actually Sally took a path across Alabama and Georgia into the Carolinas and the most rain reported in Tennessee was around an inch in the Smokies.
On October 1st we have the Harvest Moon coming and a Blue Moon because it will be one of two full moons to come in October. That is where the expression once in a blue moon comes from because it refers to something rare which two full moons in the same month is. It only happens every two or three years. The closest full moon to the autumn equinox is the Harvest Moon. So this years Harvest Moon comes on October 1. You can reach me anytime at weather1@charter.net If you have a question or need weather data
