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East Hampton, NY
Weather
Stormy Start To Weekend Will Be Followed By Change In Weather Pattern Stormy Start To Weekend Will Be Followed By Change In Weather Pattern
Stormy Start To Weekend Will Be Followed By Change In Weather Pattern Showers and thunderstorms will make for a dreary first half of the weekend before a change in the weather pattern arrives. Up to 1.5 inches of precipitation is possible on Saturday, April 26, AccuWeather says. After the storm clears out, strong winds will move in on Sunday, April 27. It will be a dry day with a mix of sun and clouds and temps below the seasonable average. Wind gusts will top out at about 25 mph. "While it will be much cooler on Sunday, the gusty winds and very dry air will quickly dry out the brush and fallen leaves once again," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett …

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
Weather
Severe Storms, Possible Tornadoes Fueled By Beryl's Remnants To Hit Northeast: Timing, Track Severe Storms, Possible Tornadoes Fueled By Beryl's Remnants To Hit Northeast: Timing, Track
Severe Storms, Possible Tornadoes Fueled By Beryl's Remnants To Hit Northeast: Timing, Track Numerous clusters of severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, and possible isolated tornadoes fueled by the remnants of Beryl are headed to the Northeast. Beryl, which made landfall along the Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday, July 8, will move into upstate New York and northern New England on Wednesday, July 10, starting late in the afternoon and continuing overnight. The most severe storms on Wednesday are expected in areas marked in orange and yellow in the image above, mainly farther north and west of the I-95 corridor. In those areas farther inland, storms will also be…

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by Joe Lombardi
Hamilton Township, NJ
News
Best Chance To See Jupiter In 59 Years Best Chance To See Jupiter In 59 Years
Best Chance To See Jupiter In 59 Years If you've never seen Jupiter, you'll get your best chance in 59 years tonight, officials say. With a good set of binoculars, the giant planet should be the second brightest image in the sky after the moon for several nights, NASA said on its blog. Stargazers can expect excellent views of Jupiter the entire night of Monday, Sept. 26 when the giant planet reaches opposition, NASA said. From the viewpoint of Earth’s surface, opposition happens when an astronomical object rises in the east as the Sun sets in the west, placing the object and the Sun on opposite sides of Earth. Jupiter’s opposi…

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by Jon Craig
Rivertowns, NY
Weather
Weather Whiplash: Springlike Warmth Will Be Followed By Rounds Of Snow, Sleet, Rain Weather Whiplash: Springlike Warmth Will Be Followed By Rounds Of Snow, Sleet, Rain
Weather Whiplash: Springlike Warmth Will Be Followed By Rounds Of Snow, Sleet, Rain There will be a dramatic change in the weather pattern the next few days after a burst of springlike warmth is followed by separate rounds of snow, sleet, and rain to the region. Thursday, Dec. 16 will seem more like mid-April than mid-December, with the highest climbing to the low 60s with a mostly cloudy skies and peeks of sun at times followed by a chance of late-evening showers. Friday, Dec. 17 will be mostly sunny with a temperature falling into the upper 40s by late afternoon as a front arrives that will lead to the first round of precipitation overnight, with areas farthest north and…

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by Joe Lombardi
Fairfield, CT
Lifestyle
Will You Be Able To See It? Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon Set To Do A Flyby This Weekend Will You Be Able To See It? Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon Set To Do A Flyby This Weekend
Will You Be Able To See It? Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon Set To Do A Flyby This Weekend Prepare yourselves, astronomy fans: a mile-wide “double asteroid” is approaching Earth and may be visible on Saturday night, May 25, according to the Farmers’ Almanac. The asteroid is categorized as 1999 KW4 and consists of a primary space rock just under a mile wide. The asteroid also has a .3-mile-wide “companion” asteroid, which experts are calling an “asteroid moon” in orbit. The 1999 KW4 completes an orbit around the Sun once every 6.18 months (188 days). Though the asteroid will undoubtedly be difficult to spot, there are some amateur astronomers who will take initiative and attemp…

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by Valerie Musson