I know I said I would probably talk about different cloud types today, but I forgot the Taurid Meteor Shower starts tonight! Around this time of the year, every year, we (the Earth) enter into a debris stream from Comet 2P/Encke. So the left over meteoroids (what they're called when they're in outerspace) from the Comet scrape across the Earth's atmosphere - that's when the meteoroids become meteors and then if they make it through our atmosphere, they become meteorites. This meteor shower lasts all the way until November12th! Check out the sky around midnight in the next upcoming nights for the meteors!There is a little bummer about this shower however, there are only going to be roughly 5 meteors in the sky per hour, but they are going to be incredibly visible. According to SpaceWeather.com, Taurid meteors tend to be fireballs, very bright and slow. So it'll be a cool sight! Best place to look is away from city lights... look for the big dipper and then enjoy the show!
~KDLT Meteorologist Jesse Ritka
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Thanks for the heads up on the meteor shower!
No problem! Too cloudy tonight to check it out, but the next few days should be better, especially Monday and Tuesday nights!
~Jesse Ritka
I couldn't stay up most nights due to schedule, but I walked outside with some trash at around 7 pm probably Sat or Sun (I forget), and due west saw a bright, slow meteor just like you mentioned.
That's great you got to see one of them, they are quite brilliant but hard to catch if you're not looking. The Leonid meteor shower is going on right now as well, it's visible from Nov 10-23 and peaks on Nov 17 at about 100meteors/hr. We've got a lot of cloud cover in the forecast during the nights lately, but I'll put a new blog up about that one as soon as we call for clearer skies! Thanks for reading, ~Jesse Ritka
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