Tag Archives: Showers

CWG Live updates: Cloudy and cooler today with showers possible – The Washington Post

CWG Live updates: Cloudy and cooler today with showers possible  The Washington Post Cooler air arrives after Sunday’s heat surge. Hurricane Erin brings dangerous rip currents midweek.  The Boston Globe Gloomy across Maryland, “Erin” brings dangerous rip currents  CBS News A much nicer pattern early this week  WTNH.com From sizzle to relief: Cold front brings cooler temps this week but also some rain chances  WUSA9 …

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Lingering smoke before showers arrive Wednesday

Lingering smoke before showers arrive Wednesday

The smoky skies continue to plague central New York as we enter into our third day in a row covered in air quality alerts. Warm temperatures with hazy sunshine is again likely today, as air quality alerts are in effect till midnight tonight. In similar fashion to yesterday, I’d expect the Department of Environmental Conversation to issue additional alerts for …

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How to Watch One of the Most Dazzling Meteor Showers of the Year

How to Watch One of the Most Dazzling Meteor Showers of the Year

Skywatchers are in for a treat: The Perseid meteor shower—one of the brightest and most active of the year—is about to hit its peak, according to the American Meteor Society. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that started in July, but astronomers expect the light show to be at its best between the evening hours of August 12 through …

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Two meteor showers peak tonight: Are they visible from Texas? – San Antonio Express-News

Two meteor showers peak tonight: Are they visible from Texas?  San Antonio Express-News Here’s how to see this week’s double meteor shower  CNN Don’t wait for the Perseids in August — look for meteors this week  NPR Two Meteor Showers Are Peaking Tonight. Here’s How to See Them  Time Magazine 3 meteor showers at one time. When to watch for shooting stars in Michigan  Detroit …

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Meteor showers: Where and when to see Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids peak

Meteor showers: Where and when to see Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids peak

Facebook Tweet Email Link Sky-gazers may get a good chance to see fireballs streak across the night sky this week. Two meteor showers — the Alpha Capricornids and Southern Delta Aquariids — will reach their peak and another is ramping up. The Alpha Capricornids meteor shower, which is best known for producing very bright meteors called fireballs that may look …

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When To See ‘Shooting Stars’ Tonight As Two Meteor Showers Peak

When To See ‘Shooting Stars’ Tonight As Two Meteor Showers Peak

2018 Perseids meteor shower with the Milky way, taken in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Alps. … More Shooting stars are stacked according to their positions in the sky to show the (oppisite) radiant. Getty Two meteor showers peak on the night of July 29 and into the early hours of July 30., making it the best night to watch for shooting …

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When To See ‘Shooting Stars’ Tonight As Four Meteor Showers Collide

When To See ‘Shooting Stars’ Tonight As Four Meteor Showers Collide

Topline Summer’s “shooting stars” season gets underway this week with the peaks of three meteor showers. The most famous meteor shower of all, the Perseids, will peak on Aug. 12-13, but a badly timed full moon makes this week the best time to see its shooting stars. A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above Inspiration Point early on August …

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This summer, the sky comes alive with shooting stars. What you need to know about ongoing meteor showers.

This summer, the sky comes alive with shooting stars. What you need to know about ongoing meteor showers.

Three different meteor showers are happening at the same time this month, giving skywatchers plenty of chances to spend their summer nights looking for shooting stars. The annual alpha Capricornids, the Southern delta Aquariids and the Perseid meteor showers are all currently active, with each celestial show set to last through mid-August. Here’s what to know about these meteor showers, …

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