North Jersey may get decent view of Perseid meteor shower Sunday, Monday
Thursday August 8, 2013, 7:57 PM
BY JILLIAN MACMATH
ACCUWEATHER.COM
NorthJersey.com
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – AccuWeather.com reports stargazers are in for a show this weekend as the Perseid meteor shower will once again illuminate the night sky. Though the display commenced in mid-July, the peak will be visible Sunday night into Monday morning.
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Perseid meteors are particles from the debris trail on the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle and hit the Earth’s atmosphere moving 132,000 miles per hour.
Conditions will be prime for viewing the show in the Northeast, but the mid-Atlantic, especially Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., will be on the edge. A front pushing into the south could create an obstructive, cloudy sky.
“Right now, it seems that the front will hold stubbornly across the Carolinas,” according to AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski, promoting fair conditions.
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