By Rod Hill on 2015-08-12
Sunset tonight will be 8:23 and we should have a mix of partly cloudy skies or mostly clear conditions unless late day Cascade thunderstorms develop and throw cloud cover back over the metro valley. Experts say to look low in the northeast sky shortly after sunset. Viewing increases later in the night and you are advised to simply look up to see so called shooting stars in all directions! The meteors will be traveling at more than 1000 mph at a distance some 30-80 miles above ground.
Tonight's shower is made possible as Earth travels through a debris path left by comet Swift-Tuttle back in 1992. While tonight will be peak viewing, meteors will be occuring through the 25th of August.
Rod Hill
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