TUESDAY
TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT,
EXPECT A WINTER WIND
TO COME BLASTING IN.
WIND WILL BE OUT OF THE
N/NW SOME 10-20 MPH,
WITH GUSTS CLOSER TO
30 MPH. WITH HIGHS
ONLY IN THE UPPER 30S
TOMORROW AFTERNOON,
AND THE COLD WIND,
WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN
THE 20S. WE'LL BE
BUNDLING BACK UP
TOMORROW!
HIGH PRESSURE WILL
GRADUALLY BUILD IN
DURING THE DAY
TOMORROW, BRINGING IN
SOME SUNSHINE.
SUNSHINE WILL STAY FOR
WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY, WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES MUCH
CLOSER TO AVERAGE FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR; IN THE
MID TO UPPER 30S.
THE OFFICIAL DEFINITION
OF A "WHITE CHRISTMAS,"
IS ONE INCH OF SNOW
ON THE GROUND BY
CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS MORNING. IT WON'T BE A "WHITE CHRISTMAS" ON FRIDAY,
BUT THERE IS THE CHANCE
FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO
MOVE IN DURING THE
LATER HOURS OF
CHRISTMAS. SNOW
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY, AND CHANGE
OVER TO A RAIN/SNOW
MIX BEFORE DRYING OUT.
IF YMORE SNOWNEXT MONDAY.
IS
IS IT
IS IT JUST ME, OR JUST THOSE OF MY GENERATION...THAT WHEN
YOU HEAR THE WORD
CONJUCTION...YOU
IMMEDIATELY GET THE
SONG, 'CONJUNCTION,
JUNCTION...WHAT'S YOUR
FUNCTION?' IN YOUR
HEAD?
YOU KNOW...THE
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
ANTHEM FROM THE 70S?
ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T SEE
THEM UNTIL THE 80S SO
I'M NOT THAT OLD.
ANYWAY...THERE'S
GONNA BE A
CONJUNCTION TONIGHT!
NOT A HOOK UP OF
WORDS AND PHRASES
AND CLAUSES...LIKE THE
SONG SAYS...BUT A GREAT
CONJUNCTION!
WHEN TWO
ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS
GET IN LINE AND APPEAR
TO BE REALLY CLOSE
TOGETHER.
HOW GREAT?
TONIGHT...JUPITER AND
SATURN WILL LOOK LIKE
THEY ARE RIGHT NEXT TO
EACH OTHER...THE
CLOSEST THEY WILL EVER
BE.
ABOUT A TENTH OF A
DEGREE APART...CLOSE
ENOUGH THAT YOU
WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER
BOTH OF THEM WITH A
PINKIE FINGER!
AND WHAT IS HAPPENING
TONIGHT DOESN'T
HAPPEN THAT OFTEN.
THE LAST TIME WAS FOUR
HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
THE LAST TIME IT
HAPPENED AT
NIGHT...ABOUT 800 YEARS
AGO.
AND MAYBE YOU'VE
HEARD IT DESCRIBED AS
THE CHRISTMAS
STAR...BUT WE ASKED A
PROFESSIONAL
ASTRONOMER.
PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMER. THE UNIVERSITY OF
IDAHO'S DOCTOR JASON
BARNES WHO HAS A P-
H-D IN PLANETARY
SCIENCE
AND ABOUT THE ONLY
THING IT HAS TO DO WITH
CHRISTMAS...IS THE
TIMING OF THE
EVENT...THIS YEAR.
NOT THE CHRISTMAS
EVENT MORE THAN 2000
YEARS
YEARS AGO. DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE
CHRISTMAS STAR THAT
HIGHLIGHTED THE BIRTH
OF JESUS...IS THERE ANY
TRUTH TO THAT?
THE WAY THE PLANETS
MOVE WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THEY WERE 2000
YEARS AND IT DOESN'T
SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT
WITH THAT SO
SO YOU'RE BASING THIS
ON FACT, WHAT IS THAT?
HAHAHA, THE MOTION
OF PLANETS IS
SOMETHING ...IT'S
POSSIBLE TO CALCULATE
EXACTLY WHERE THINGS
WERE
A LOT OF PEOPLE, I MEAN
THAT'S WHAT I READ
TODAY IT SAYS, 'THE EVENT
ASH BEEN DUBBED THE
CHRISTMAS STAR BECAUSE
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
COULD HAVE BEEN A RARE
CONJUNCTION INVOLVING
BOTH JUPITER AND
SATURN, NOT TRUE?
I THINK SOMEONE IS
GETTING EXCITED ABOUT
THINGS THAT THERE'S
NOT REASON TO THINK
THAT THAT'S
TRUE...ALRIGHT
WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT
HOW RARE THIS IS...400
YEARS AGO...THE LAST
TIME IT HAPPENED AT
NIGHT WAS 800, IS THAT
CORRECT?
THESE CONJUNCTIONS
HAPPEN EVERY 20 YEARS
OK SO THEY'RE NOT
COMPLETELY UNUSUAL
BUT WHAT'S UNUSUAL IS
HOW CLOSE...THIS ONE
REALLY CLOSE...AND THE
CLOSEST VISIBLE IN 800
WHEN
WHEN YOU
WHEN YOU SAY CLOSE A TENTH OF A DEGREE...HOW CAN I
VISUALIZE THAT?
SO ONE TENTH OF A
DEGREE IS ABOUT 1/5 THE
DIAMETER OF A FULL
MOON...SO CLOSE THAT IF
YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN
UPDATE GLASSES
PRESCRIPTION YOU
PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE
ABLE TO SPLIT THEM
APART...OK...SO IT'S A
GOOD EYE TEST
THEY ARE SO CLOSE
TOGETHER THAT THERE'S
SOME GENUINE CONCERN
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO WORRY THAT THIS IS A
UFO OR SOMETHING
...AND RARE AND STRIKING
APPEARANCE IN THE SKY
HOW RARE THIS IS, I
MEAN HOW SHOULD WE
LOOK AT THIS IN ITS
UNIQUENESS?
WELL FOR INSTANCE, 400
YEARS AGO GALILEO WAS
FIRST TUNING HIS
TELESCOPE TO THE SKY
AND 800 YEARS AGO WE
THOUGHT THE EARTH WAS
THE CENTER OF THE
UNIVERSE SO THIS IS
REALLY AM UNUSUAL AND
RARE EVENT...SINCE ANY
OF HUMANITY HAS BEEN
ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING
THIS SPECTACULAR
THIS SPECTACULAR
THIS
THIS SPECTACULAR SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS...FROM OUR
WEATHER WATCHER
FACEBOOK GROUP.
FACEBOOK GROUP.
DOCTOR
DOCTOR BARNES SAYS SO IF YOU HEAD OUTSIDE IN ABOUT 30
MINUTES...SUNSET WAS AT
5-11 TONIGHT...AND YOU
LOOK TO THE
SOUTHWEST...YOU
SHOULD HAVE NO DOUBT
YOU ARE SEEING THE
GREAT CONJUNCTION.
IT WILL BE THAT BRIGHT
AND OBVIOUS IN THE SKY.
BOTH JUPITER AND
SATURN ARE ALREADY
BOTH VERY BRIGHT...AND
CLOSE TOGETHER?
AND IF YOU HAVE A
TELESCOPE...YOU SHOULD
BE ABLE TO SEE THEM
BOTH IN THE SAME FIELD
OF VIEW!
SOMETHING
PROFESSIONAL
SOMETHING PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMERS LIKE
DOCTOR BARNES HAS
NEVER EVEN SEEN BEFORE.
YOU'LL KNOW WHY IT'S
CALLED GREAT.
AND WHEN WE ARE
TALKING CLOSE...THAT OF
COURSE IS A RELATIVE
SENSE.
JUPITER AND SATURN
WILL LOOK CLOSE...BUT
DOCTOR BARNES SAYS
THEY WILL STILL BE HALF A
BILLION MILES APART IN
THE GALAXY.