Northern lights, meteor shower dazzle skies across Ohio overnight
BURRITO. ABSOLUTELY LOOK LIKE THE COTTON CANDY. TODAY. MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE KIDS, RIGHT. BECAUSE IT IS BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK AND THINGS ARE GETTING BACK ON TRACK WEATHER WISE. WE HAD SOME NICE CONDITIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS NOW. TEMPERATURES ARE SLOWLY WARMING AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEK. UH, HUMIDITY WISE PRETTY COMFORTABLE UNTIL LATE THIS WEEK. THEN IT WILL BE CREEPING BACK UP AGAIN FOR US BY FRIDAY. AS FAR AS RAIN CHANCES GO, SMALL CHANCE FOR A COUPLE TOWNS. COULD SEE A SPRINKLE LATE TONIGHT, BUT YOUR BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN. MORE OF US WILL GET IN ON THAT ONCE WE GET INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, OR CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND. SO RIGHT NOW, AS WE START OUT ON THIS MONDAY MORNING, 58 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT AT 55. SO FEELING PRETTY COMFORTABLE STILL. AND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, HERE’S WHERE WE’RE LOOKING AT RADAR SHOWING EVERYTHING IS NICE AND QUIET. COULD SEE A SMALL SPRINKLE CHANCE AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING. YOU’LL SEE ON THE FUTURE CAST HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. TAKING YOU THROUGH THE 12 HOUR FORECAST THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S BY NOON. WE’RE AT 76. AND THEN ONCE WE GET INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON, FOR THOSE WHO ARE HEADED BACK TO CLASS TODAY, WE SHOULD BE RIGHT AROUND LOW 80S AS THEY GET OFF THE SCHOOL BUS IN THE AFTERNOON. SO HERE’S THE FUTURE CAST EARLY THIS MORNING. RELATIVELY CLEAR SKIES ARE A FEW CLOUDS OUT THERE EARLY ON AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON. I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE INCREASING CLOUDS, AND BY THE EVENING THE SPRINKLE CHANCE MOVES IN. NOW, I THINK FUTURECAST SHOWS A LITTLE MORE RAIN THAN WHAT WE’LL ACTUALLY SEE, BUT THIS IS MORE FOR TIMING PURPOSES AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING HOURS AFTER ABOUT 7 OR 8:00 TONIGHT, YOU CAN SEE A PASSING LIGHT SHOWER. THE AIR IS SO DRY THAT I THINK WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE ALL OF THIS MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND, BUT YOU COULD SEE A PASSING SPRINKLE. IT SHOULDN’T BE ENOUGH TO IMPACT ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON TONIGHT, MAYBE AT THE CINCINNATI OPEN OR THE REDS GAME. SO LOOKING AHEAD, RAIN THREATS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LOOKING TOTALLY DRY. RAIN CHANCES START TO CREEP BACK UP AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND A BETTER CHANCE TO HAVE SOME RAIN IMPACT YOUR PLANS AS WE GET INTO FRIDAY. SO FOR TODAY, 83 DEGREES, EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WINDS PRETTY LIGHT TODAY OUT OF THE NORTH AND AS WE TAKE A LOOK TONIGHT, 62 DEGREES CLOUDY SKIES, MAYBE A STRAY SPRINKLE. THAT’S SEVEN DAY FORECAST. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT TOMORROW 85 THE EXPECTED HIGH. THE HUMIDITY STAYING LOW AND TOMORROW NIGHT FC CINCINNATI CONTINUES THEIR QUEST FOR THE LEAGUES CUP. MARCH. THE MATCH 84 KICKOFF. WE SHOULD BE RIGHT AROUND 80 DEGREES AND WEDNESDAY THE BIG BACK TO SCHOOL DAY FOR DOZENS OF DISTRICTS. PLAN ON TEMPERATURES IN THE MORNING AT THE BUS STOP IN THE LOW 60S. PERFECT FOR THOSE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PICTURES THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE POSTING AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEK. MEGAN. I’M ACTUALLY SO EXCITED. ALL RIGHT, THE BENGALS SET THE TONE FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON WITH THEIR PRESEASON GAME
A rare phenomenon happened across the sky in some parts of Greater Cincinnati over the weekend.The Perseid meteor shower peaked this weekend, and with it came a rare aurora borealis sighting. The cause of this shower is due to the earth passing through bits of debris from the comet, Swift-Tuttle. If you look toward the northeast sky, meteors appear to fall from the constellation Perseus, hence its namesake. The shower usually begins in mid-July and ends in late August. Many around the Greater Cincinnati area were able to capture photos of the meteor shower and the northern lights.One viewer shared photos captured in Oxford Sunday night.Another viewer captured a glimpse of the northern lights in Lebanon, Ohio around 2 a.m.The glimpse of the northern lights wasn't the first time in the last few months. There was a major sighting across the country in May.Astronomer Dean Regas explained that the sun is in its current solar max, which happens about every 11 years. When the sun is at solar max, it is much more active and produces massive geomagnetic storms.These coronal mass ejections send charged particles 93 million miles through space and to Earth. Once they reach the planet, these particles interact with the Earth's magnetic field, producing the spectacular colors we see hundreds of miles high in our atmosphere.
CINCINNATI —
A rare phenomenon happened across the sky in some parts of Greater Cincinnati over the weekend.
The Perseid meteor shower peaked this weekend, and with it came a rare aurora borealis sighting.
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The cause of this shower is due to the earth passing through bits of debris from the comet, Swift-Tuttle. If you look toward the northeast sky, meteors appear to fall from the constellation Perseus, hence its namesake.
The shower usually begins in mid-July and ends in late August.
Many around the Greater Cincinnati area were able to capture photos of the meteor shower and the northern lights.
One viewer shared photos captured in Oxford Sunday night.
Jay Murdock
Jay Murdock
Another viewer captured a glimpse of the northern lights in Lebanon, Ohio around 2 a.m.
Jason Green
The glimpse of the northern lights wasn't the first time in the last few months. There was a major sighting across the country in May.
Astronomer Dean Regas explained that the sun is in its current solar max, which happens about every 11 years. When the sun is at solar max, it is much more active and produces massive geomagnetic storms.
These coronal mass ejections send charged particles 93 million miles through space and to Earth. Once they reach the planet, these particles interact with the Earth's magnetic field, producing the spectacular colors we see hundreds of miles high in our atmosphere.
