The cool, dry air is gone and the ridge of sultry air that has been cooking the western 2/3 of the country has arrived on the east coast and it is hot. We will be jumping from the pleasant 70's and 80's into the upper 90's in one days time: today and as a bonus, tomorrow. But, we are just 9 days away from the summer solstice and a little heat is to be expected; we have had quite a cool, wet spring but, as I may have mentioned, there is nothing but change. The extreme heat will be short lived, Monday will drop back into the 80's here in Va. and forecasts call for it to stay there, if a little unsettled and stormy for next week. A little taste of summer is ok.
Last night the moon hung between Regulus and Jupiter and tonight our local satellite, moving about 12 degrees per day across the sky, will be almost to first quarter and now just east of the king of the planets. Mars and Saturn will dance with the moon late in the coming week but tomorrow the now gibbous moon will begin a three days move through Virgo, hanging with bright Spica Tuesday evening. It's hot and mosquito-y out there on late spring evenings but the moon and 3 bright planets with the constellations of spring (and summer) make it worth a look. So, it's a little warm, get out there on the big planet, today on Earth.
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