From: Joe Rao
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:05:46 EST


LEONID WEATHER FORECAST #2
11/14/02 10 a.m. EST
Most of the United States should be blessed with mostly clear skies late
Monday night into early Tuesday morning when the Leonid meteors are reaching
their peak. High pressure will stretch from the central and southern Rockies
east into the southeastern United States, likely promoting fair and dry
weather for a large swath of the country.

There will, of course, be exceptions . . .

Over parts of the northwestern US . . . specifically, northern California,
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana . . . a Pacific weather front will
likely generate widespread cloudiness and precipitation.

Over the central Great Lakes region, a trough of low pressure could bring a
Leonid obscuring cloak of clouds over the central and eastern Great Lakes,
including much of Ohio, western Pennsylvania and western New York.  Widely
scattered rain and/or wet snow showers may also fall across these areas as
well.  The clouds from this weather disturbance might also adversely affect
viewing as far south as the Virginias and as far east as New England, though
it is still too early to tell what their exact progression will be.

A big East Coast storm will sweep north during the weekend and will be
retreating away into eastern Canada by Monday night.


   

LEONID WEATHER FORECAST #3
11-15-02  1:00 a.m. EST

Based on overnight and early morning computer guidance, it still appears that
much of the United States will enjoy fair skies for "Leonid Night."

High pressure will dominate the weather map, stretching from Wyoming, south
and east to Florida.

Areas of concern: Pacific Northwest, where cloud cover and scattered
precipitation will likely prevail across Washington, much of Oregon, northern
Idaho and Montana, west of the Continental Divide.  However, this area of
disturbed weather does not look as extensive as was depicted 24 hours ago.

Over the Great Lakes, a deepening trough of low pressure could bring a
broken-to-overcast sky by daybreak Tuesday that might extend as far south as
northeastern Illinois, much of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, the Virginias,
New Jersey and New York State.  Rain or wet snow showers are also possible,
especially around Michigan, Ohio and western Pennsylvania and New York State.

Farther east, across much of New England, some improvement is possible with
less in the way of cloudiness . . . though this is still not a certainty.