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Full Moon, Planet Pairing, Meteor Showers Coming: Here's When To Keep An Eye On The Sky
The night sky is about to deliver a rapid-fire series of spectacles, giving stargazers three reasons to look up over just five nights.
With clear skies and a little planning, sky-watchers can capture all three events. No special equipment is required.
Sturgeon Moon
The final full moon of meteorological summer rises Friday evening, Aug. 8, and glows all night into Saturday, Aug. 9.
August’s moon is best known as the Sturgeon Moon, but Indigenous peoples also call it the Black Cherry Moon, Ricing Moon and Mountain Shadows Moon, according to AccuWeather.
Watch it climb the south…
Snow Joke: Get Set For 'One Of The Longest, Coldest Winters' In Years, New Forecast Says
A brand-new forecast for the winter of 2021-22 is calling for a “season of shivers,” with “positively bone-chilling, below-average temperatures."
It's in the 230th edition of the Old Farmer's Almanac, which says it has an 80-percent accuracy rate with its weather forecasts.
“This coming winter could well be one of the longest and coldest that we’ve seen in years,” Janice Stillman, editor of the Old Farmer’s Almanac, said.
Most of the region will see a “cold, snowy” winter, according to the almanac's forecast graphic. (See the image above.)
The Old Farmer's Almanac said it uses three scien…
Forecast: Cool, Dry Weather With Patches Of Brisk Cold
The weekend weather carrying over into Monday will be dry, clear, and cold, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service.
Friday, Jan. 8, will feel a lot like Thursday, but with slightly less wind and cooler temperatures. The high temperature may reach 40 degrees with a low of 21 predicted for the evening. Winds are expected to be moderate, blowing 5-8 mph during the day and calming a bit in the evening to 6 mph.
On Saturday, Jan. 9, the weather is expected to be mostly sunny with a high near 36 degrees and winds blowing 5-8 mph. Clouds are forecast to gather a bit in the e…
Tropical Storm Expected To Become Hurricane Could Bring Downpours To Region
Tropical Storm Zeta, expected to strengthen to hurricane status within hours, may bring significant rainfall to the region later this week.
Zeta is located was located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea about 130 miles southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, at midday on Monday, Oct. 26.
Zeta is moving toward the northwest near 10 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.
On the forecast track, the center of Zeta will move near or over the northern Yucatan Peninsula later Monday afternoon or Monday night, move over the southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, Oct. 27, and appr…
