For the next couple of weeks utility operators may not be happy with the national weather forecast of above normal temperatures, but customers should be.

After a slightly colder October and some 2-degree mornings in November, the temperatures will be above average for the first 10 days in December, said Jefferson Cocke County Utility District General Manager Tommy Bible.

Most of the US is expected to have above normal temperatures. But after this and thru February temperatures will be normal. The 90-day precipitation outlook is above normal.

For more details, please see the Thursday edition of the Newport Plain Talk.