Something To Crow About.

This is an awesome picture sent in by Nancy Hall of Hayesville, NC. It's Isabella and her pet rooster, Foghorn Leghorn aka Rooster Tooster. That's a picture that'll put a smile on your face as big as Isabella's. Thanks Nancy for sending it in for our "Santa Paws" celebration on Channel 3 Eyewitness News Today. You really made our day.
As Foghorn Leghorn would say, "I don't need your love to keep me warm Widow Hen. I have my bandages to keep me warm."
An ah-say, ah-say we need something to keep us warm this morning. Here's round three of frost watch 2005:

• Blairsville 11
• Decatur, Dayton, Athens, Hayesville, Murphy 12
• Bledsoe State Forest 13
• LaFayette 16
• Trenton 17
• Ringgold 19
• Chattanooga 20

Uh ah-think, ah-say, ah-think we get the idea.

But on to bigger and warmer things. Which would be something to crow about. Southwest winds and sunshine will boost area readings into the 45 to 50 degree range this afternoon. Cold again in the morning, but not as drastic. I think Chattanooga will drop to around 25 by daybreak. But with mostly sunny skies Friday's high will top out around 56. Then only 35 Saturday morning. Still looks like some sun early Saturday with clouds thickening. Then showers move in Saturday afternoon with highs into the upper 50s. Showery Christmas Eve into very early Christmas morning. The rest of Christmas Day looks mostly cloudy with patchy drizzle and highs into the upper 40s. If we're lucky we'll see some peeks of sun. Partly cloudy Monday with highs into the low 50s.

A couple of more Foghorn favorites of mine:

"That girl's like the road between Dallas and Fort Worth. No curves."

"Did ya see that hawk after those hens? He scared 'em! That Rhode Island Red turned white, then blue. Rhode Island red, white and blue! That's a joke son. A flag waver! You're built too low. The fast ones go over your head. Ya got a hole in your glove. I keep pitchin' 'em and you keep missin' 'em."