Little Sprouts May Need Some Little TLC

Special thanks this morning to Arlos Dempsey of Signal Mountain for a nice sunrise shot.

This morning's sunrise was pretty nice too. Just crystal clear skies. Right around 7:00 am the Channel 3 Lookouts Cam was a sight to see. The sun was just beginning to climb towards the horizon at that hour. Early birds will have the same sight again tomorrow morning. Although with clear skies and calm winds it will be pretty cold in the morning. Which leads into a note of caution for gardeners out there.

The last week or so I've been able to jog around in shorts with Dudley dog. (Although on top there's a t-shirt, sweatshirt, and windbreaker.) But what I've noticed along the route is a lot of sprouts popping through the soil in areas where the jonquils, and other Spring flowers are usually seen in March and April. So gardeners may want to spend today spreading and mounding some mulch as we should see morning lows in the 20s Thursday and Friday mornings.

Wet weather should hold off until Saturday night and Sunday across the area. And this may end up being a dandy of a low spinning up in the middle of the U.S..

Longer range models are still hinting at cold coming back our way sometime after Groundhog's Day. That would certainly even things out wouldn't it.

Most of December's highs were below average. And here's a the number of days so far with highs in the:

• 30s: 2 days
• 40s: 1 day
• 50s: 11 days
• 60s: 10 days