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Taurid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend: Best Places To See Falling Stars
If you're looking to wish upon a shooting star, this is the weekend to do it.
The Northern Taurid — the second half of the Taurid Meteor Shower — peaks on Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12, according to Space.com.
"These showers produce infrequent, slow and long-lasting meteors associated with comet Encke, a small comet with a nucleus measuring approximately 2.98 miles (4.8 km) in diameter," the website says.
Taurid meteors, or "Halloween Fireballs," are visible from anywhere on Earth, except for the South Pole.
"The best time to look for Taurids is after midnight, when Taurus i…
Cold Front Coming: Rainy Days Will Be Followed By Fall Temps Finally
After a day or two of rain, the weather will be feeling a lot more like fall here in the Northeast, meteorologists are saying.
The temps this last week have hovered somewhere around 80 with sunny skies, but that's going to change by Sunday, Oct. 8, forecasters say.
While Friday, Oct. 6 will be cloudy with patchy fog and a high near 75, a temperature change is expected overnight into Saturday, Oct. 7, as a cold front sweeps through the region, the National Weather Service says.
Showers will develop Friday into Saturday before the weather turns windy and cooler.
As the rain clears, the t…
Unseasonably Warm Start To Spooky Season Expected Across East Coast
We're going from one wacky weather pattern to another this weekend.
The East Coast has one more day of cloudy skies and patchy fog before the weather pattern changes again.
Saturday, Sept. 30 will be cloudy but warm, with temps in the low 70s, but Sunday, Oct. 1 will be sunny and even warmer, beginning a stretch of summer-like days, AccuWeather says.
Temps are expected to reach the low 80s in the DMV come Tuesday, which would be about 8 degrees above the historical average, the outlet says. The weather might even be nice enough for a beach day, but forecasters urge caution, as rough s…
