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New Jersey weekend weather forecast could dampen skywatchers' hopes of viewing the Geminid meteor shower overnight Saturday into Sunday.
The biggest meteor shower of the year is expected to reach its peak on Saturday night, sending hundreds of bright streaks of light across the dark Bay Area sky.
“You can expect to see perhaps up to 100 meteors an hour, so that might be one or two a minute, which would be a brilliant view — it is one of the strongest showers of the year,” Dr. Robert Massey, deputy executive director of London’s Royal Astronomical Society, said in an online video.
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High temperatures will range from the mid-60s to near 70 degrees Thursday and mid- to upper 70s Friday before cooler air over the weekend.