Every day this week we are going to have a chance of showers and thunderstorms at around 50% and some of those will bring some very heavy downpours along with frequent lightning and that is typical for August. It will be a busy week as we keep you updated on how the radar is looking and where those storms are going. The clouds and rain will keep the temperature down a little bit with highs mostly in the mid-to-upper 80s but it will be very humid.

One of the best meteor showers of the year is coming Thursday night and early Friday morning. The shower is produced by Comet Swift-Tuttle which was discovered in 1862. The Perseids are famous for producing a large number of Bright meteors. The best viewing time is from Midnight to 2 a.m. although they can be seen any time that night and it would be best to look to the North or Northeast but high in the sky. The crescent moon will set early in the evening leaving us with dark skies for perfect viewing if the clouds will just give us a break. That bright planet that you can see in the Western sky after Sunset is Venus and it will be joined this week by the Moon.