Michele Powers
Meteorologist at News 12 New Jersey
Meteorologist at News 12 Connecticut
News 12 Meteorologist. @nwas Broadcast Seal of Approval, NY Emmy & Edward R. Murrow award winner. Loves summer, late sunsets & rescues rabbits
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Aug 16, 2024 |
newsbreak.com | Michele Powers
August’s full moon is coming up Monday, but this one is extra special because it’s a Blue Supermoon. The blue part doesn’t mean color, it’s all about numbers in a season. According to Space.com, this refers to the traditional term of blue moon, which refers to the third full moon in a season that has four full moons. Last August, there was also a blue moon, but that was because it was the second full moon in the calendar month. That version stems from this seasonal definition.
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Aug 10, 2024 |
newsbreak.com | Michele Powers
The well known summertime meteor shower is back! The Perseids will peak this weekend and the weather looks like it will cooperate nicely. The shower pops up every year from late July through Sept. 1, when the Earth travels through the debris field left from comet Swift-Tuttle. This year, the Earth will pass through the densest part of the trail starting Sunday night, Aug. 11 and into Monday morning on Aug. 12.
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Jul 24, 2024 |
newjersey.news12.com | Michele Powers
The phrase the “dog days of summer” is usually heard a lot this time of year but have you ever thought about where it comes from? It’s not named for our furry four legged friends who tend to lay around in the heat, but it has it’s origins in the stars. It’s all about the dog star in fact. The ancient Greeks, Romans and even Egyptians all believed that when Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky was visible during the daytime, it was responsible for additional heat.
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Jul 18, 2024 |
newsbreak.com | Michele Powers
The daytime meteor over the tri-state area was quite the sight on Tuesday morning. It’s not often we see them during the daytime. Observers reported the sighting on the American Meteor Society’s website, saying it was bright, as it bounced, flickered and then disappeared. It burned up in our atmosphere, like most meteors normally do. So how rare is this exactly? According to NASA, the Earth gets hit a lot.
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Jul 9, 2024 |
newsbreak.com | Michele Powers
Warm summer nights can be good for stargazing. This time of year, the Big and Little dippers are easy to spot in the evening sky after dark. You can tell it’s summer by their position in the early evening sky. Right about now, they look like they are hanging high in the north/northwest sky vertically and facing each other. The Big and Little dippers aren’t constellations, but asterisms. Both of them are groups of stars that are pieces of other constellations in the night sky.
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