Mike Everett

Seattle

Chief Meteorologist with KING 5 News in Seattle, WA.

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The best chance to see the Orionid meteor shower in Washington

Oct 18, 2023 | king5.com | Mike Everett

SEATTLE — The Orionid meteor shower will peak this weekend. However, stargazers in Washington will have some overcast conditions to contend with if they want to catch it. According to NASA, meteors are leftover comet particles from bits of broken asteroids. Comets come around the sun and leave dusty trails in their wake. The Earth then passes through the debris trails that collide with and disintegrate in our atmosphere. The Orionid meteor shower originates from the comet 1P/Halley.
Fall has arrived in western Washington. What the weather could look like

Sep 22, 2023 | king5.com | Mike Everett

SEATTLE — What will fall be like this year? Cold and wet or warm and dry? We’re going hyper-nerdy right off the bat by invoking Sir Isaac Newton and his laws of motion in physics. His Third Law of Motion states that: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Why is this relevant? Because as it pertains to the summer that we just experienced here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s hard to deny that it was marvelous.