Jr. Forecaster Teaching Mini-Meteorologists

Here's a little surprise for Paul Barys. Last Thursday I went to Pennville Elementary in Trion, GA to speak to the students there. I was invited by Mrs. Peggy Hicks whose on the left side of the picture, on the right is Mrs. Kari (Witt) Groce. In 1989 Kari was one of Paul's Jr. Forecasters and today she's teaching at Pennville. In fact they are covering their weather unit right now, so I thought it was pretty cool that his former Jr. Forecaster is now teaching a little weather to those who could be tomorrow's meteorologists.
One of the things we talked about was how wild November was weather-wise and how busy December could be.
And the models this morning still like the idea of a storm brewing in the Gulf over the next couple of days.
Here's the way I see this evolving as of early this morning:

• Sunny today with highs into the upper 40s.
• Mostly Sunny Wednesday with highs in the upper 40s.
• Clouding up Wednesday night and early Thursday.
• Rain developing Thursday morning into Thursday afternoon.
• Rainy periods Thursday Evening until around midnight, when some snow could mix in especially north and west of the city.
• Rain / Snow mix overnight Thursday night and into Friday morning, but ending west to east across the area Friday morning.

Too early to call for accumulation amounts, but I think it's reasonable to say light accumulations are possible along the Cumberland Plateau and even Lookout and Signal Mountains. But mainly on grassy surfaces and above ground objects. Northern valleys may even see some light accumulations north of a Dayton to Athens line. And accumulations may also occur in the mountains east of I-75.

This forecast will continue to be refined so stay tuned to the Channel 3 Storm Alert Team for the latest on this storms path.

Don't forget to join the Channel 3 Eyewitness News Team at the First Tennessee Pavillion tomorrow from 5 am to 6:30 pm for Share Your Christmas 2005. We need your help to re-stock the shelves at the Chattanooga Area Food Bank. See You Tomorrow!