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Weather Whiplash: Springlike Warmth Will Be Followed By Rounds Of Snow, Sleet, Rain Weather Whiplash: Springlike Warmth Will Be Followed By Rounds Of Snow, Sleet, Rain
Weather Whiplash: Springlike Warmth Will Be Followed By Rounds Of Snow, Sleet, Rain There will be a dramatic change in the weather pattern the next few days after a burst of springlike warmth is followed by separate rounds of snow, sleet, and rain to the region. Thursday, Dec. 16 will seem more like mid-April than mid-December, with the highest climbing to the low 60s with a mostly cloudy skies and peeks of sun at times followed by a chance of late-evening showers. Friday, Dec. 17 will be mostly sunny with a temperature falling into the upper 40s by late afternoon as a front arrives that will lead to the first round of precipitation overnight, with areas farthest north and…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Will You Be Able To See It? Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon Set To Do A Flyby This Weekend Will You Be Able To See It? Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon Set To Do A Flyby This Weekend
Will You Be Able To See It? Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon Set To Do A Flyby This Weekend Prepare yourselves, astronomy fans: a mile-wide “double asteroid” is approaching Earth and may be visible on Saturday night, May 25, according to the Farmers’ Almanac. The asteroid is categorized as 1999 KW4 and consists of a primary space rock just under a mile wide. The asteroid also has a .3-mile-wide “companion” asteroid, which experts are calling an “asteroid moon” in orbit. The 1999 KW4 completes an orbit around the Sun once every 6.18 months (188 days). Though the asteroid will undoubtedly be difficult to spot, there are some amateur astronomers who will take initiative and attemp…

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by Valerie Musson