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The Orionid meteor shower is an exciting annual event, and in 2024, the peak is expected on October 20 at 18:14 UTC. If you’re planning to watch, the best times are the early mornings of October 20 and 21, from after midnight…
Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS): What to Expect Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) is an exciting new discovery in the sky. Found on September 27, 2024, by the ATLAS system, this comet belongs to a special group called Kreutz sungrazers. These comets come incredibly…
The Delmarva Peninsula is currently experiencing one of its driest periods on record, with no measurable rainfall for several weeks. Unfortunately, according to the latest outlook, this dry spell is expected to persist for at least another two weeks, potentially placing Delmarva…
A fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the Sun on the evening of October 8, 2024, and is projected to reach Earth by October 10. This CME, associated with a long-duration X1.8 solar flare, is moving at an estimated speed of…
Starting this Sunday, the East Coast, particularly the Delmarva region, will see increased wave activity as long-period swells from Major Hurricane Kirk arrive. Currently a powerful Category 4 storm, Kirk is churning in the central Atlantic, far from land. However, the hurricane’s…
Residents of the Mid-Atlantic region may have the rare opportunity to witness the Northern Lights this weekend, thanks to a powerful solar flare that erupted on Thursday. The flare, classified as an X9, the most intense of this current solar cycle, hurled…
A period of light snow from a clipper system will arrive during the late overnight hours on Friday through the early morning hours Saturday. A fast moving area of low pressure from the Northern Plains will race just to the south of…
Another light to moderate snow event is on the table going into later Thursday and Friday all thanks to a Clipper system sliding to our south. And then redeveloping off of our coastlines bringing back a inverted trough through northern Delmarva and…
Although the next storm system is another big one moving through the same areas as the last one, this one will not have that extreme punch like this one will. Still will be a nuisance to say the least. Strong winds will…
Next week’s storm is shaping up to be a very big problem going forward. A powerful 970-980mb low will rapidly develop as it moves into the Great Lakes running into a 1035-1040mb high pressure system (50-60mb difference) generating a major wind storm.…