Why is the moon orange tonight 2016
Meteorologist Chris Still explains why the moon is orange in Augusta tonight - 07/01/2015
good evening and thanks for watching
this NBC 26 dot TV weather update I'm
chief meteorologist Chris still I've
been getting a lot of questions tonight
really last night - about why the moon
is so Orange out there and it turns out
there's a very good meteorological
reason take a look at this graphic
they've been having a lot of wildfires
in northern parts of Canada especially
in the Alberta province the jet stream
meanwhile is a ridge in the West and a
trough in the east and that has those
150 to 200 mile-per-hour winds located
about 30,000 feet up in the air blowing
all the way from Canada down into the
deep south and that thin layer of hazy
smoke has been causing the light rays
from the moon to be bent or refracted as
they pass through the upper atmosphere
and that makes the moon appear that
bright shade of orange especially when
it first comes up and is low on the
horizon now there has been a lot of talk
about the Star of Bethlehem conjunction
the past couple of nights
it peaked on Tuesday night June 30th but
the stars are still on the planets Xers
they are still very close together
tonight now here in Georgia where I am
there's a lot of smoke in the sky and
some cloud cover so the view is not very
good but in other parts of the country
it is a good view are very easy to see
all you have to do is look in the
western sky about 30 minutes after
sunset meanwhile a quick check of our
weather and we'll go ahead and do it all
around the country since I realize many
of you are watching from other locations
looks like a very hot pattern out in the
West and that's going to continue for a
few days
cooler than average across the east and
that means significant rainfall
especially across the Tennessee and Ohio
Valley a radar around the United States
tonight showing a pretty good coverage
of showers and thunderstorms and we'll
zoom in on the Southwest a few scattered
light rain showers here especially in
eastern parts of Colorado but some clear
skies splashed in there as well rough
weather across Missouri over into parts
of southern Indiana that's all along a
front that's going to sag to the south
over the last couple of days we'll
finish up where most of you are probably
watching from either Georgia or South
Carolina scattered showers and a few
thunderstorms are
through especially in the Birmingham
area those are headed toward Columbus
Georgia here in the CSRA where NBC 26 is
located a few scattered a light rain
showers we had a thunderstorm warning
about 9:30 tonight for Emanuel County
but that has expired and the
thunderstorm has moved over into the
Statesboro area where a thunderstorm
warning remains in effect for a few more
minutes that's it for now be sure to
check NBC 26 dot TV slash weather for
the weather in your area have a good
night
