I was out in the backyard late last evening, looking for some of those showering meteors. I did manage to see a few streaking brightly across the sky from east to west. What I also saw was a bright moon rising in the east between 10 and 11pm, and that moon will be rising again later this evening. The bottom line is that the light of the moon makes it much more difficult to see all but the brightest of the meteors as they enter the upper atmosphere and are incinerated. If you are up late tonight...take a look...you might be surprised.
Today is a great day, one of the best of my life (probably an exageration!). My hibiscus bush that is currently out on the front porch has not one, or two, but THREE big red blooms on it! In Florida hibiscus grow like weeds and are covered in blooms almost year-round. Here in the Inland Northwest, in our high desert climate, these guys don't thrive and it is a major accomplishment to get one or two blooms per year. They like the humidity that is indiginous to Florida, and that most of us are thankful that we don't have here in Washington and Idaho. Unfortunately the flowers are only in full bloom for a day or so.
As for the weather...the forecast holds as before. Today and tomorrow will be partly sunny and breezy. Afternoon temperatures should reach just over 80 today, and around 80 tomorrow. It still looks like the best bet to get wet will come Thursday and Friday with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. Looking ahead to the weekend, Saturday looks partly sunny and cool with highs in the mid 70s. Sunday should be generally sunny and back up around 80 degrees.
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