Mild, clear and meteor showers late tonight
This morning it is partly cloudy with a chance of rain. High of 59F. Winds from the WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20%.
Tonight it will be clear with a low of 39F. Winds from the WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
The readings from my own instruments are:
The humidity is 97% with a Dew Point of 48ºF and a wind chill of 44ºF.
The temperature Is 49ºF.
We have South Southwest winds between 5.0 mph and 9.0 mph.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.66 HPA 1004 and steady with a weather graphic indicating sun.
We have a UV rating of 0 out of 16, sunset will be at 5:46 PM with Moon Rise at 6:47 p.m. and the moon phase is a full moon.
For the pilots out there, Raw Metar readings are:
METAR KAUG 201053Z AUTO 20004KT 6SM BR FEW080 09/09 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP043 T00940089
Visibility is 6.0 miles/9.7 kilometers with a few clouds to 8,000 ft / 2,438 m.
We have had 0.3 inchehs of rain here in the past 24 hours.
Orionids Meteor Shower Peaks Sunday Night, October 20 2013
The Orionid meteor shower will be reaching its peak only a couple of days from now — late on the night of Sunday October 20 2013 (early morning on Monday October 21 2013). The shower is already producing pretty well though, so if you want to head out tonight you might be able to see a few — of course with the Full Moon out right now it might be too bright to see that many.
The exact peak will occur sometime between the hours of 2-5 AM on Monday October 21, 2013 — and will appear to be originating from the constellation of Orion the Hunter, in the South/Southeast portion of the sky. The reddish colored and giant star Betelgeuse will appear right next to the radiant.
The Orionids usually produce somewhere around 20-25 meteors an hour when seen from a dark rural location, but thanks to the bright Full Moon coinciding with the peak of the shower this year, the number visible will probably be notably less. While the peak will be on the 20th/21st, the Orionids are actually a rather long-lasting meteor shower, so if you head out sometime in early November or so, after the Moon enters a darker phase, you might still be able
to see a few — the last stragglers will be visible until the middle or so of November.
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