All of us in southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa will be able to enjoy quiet weather, a light breeze, and clear skies for tonight’s Halloween festivities. Temperatures at sunset (6pm) will be around 43 degrees and by 8pm will drop to about 40 degrees. Winds are out of the north-northwest at 5-10mph starting at 5pm this evening.

If you or your kids happen to check out the nearly full moon this evening and notice a bright star next to it, that’s Jupiter! Be sure to impress your kids with this amazing piece of trivial goodness…they’ll respect you forever for it. The moonrise itself will look beautiful in tonight’s sky after sunset, and Jupiter will appear to its lower left.

Tomorrow night, Jupiter and the Moon will be even closer.

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Has anyone ever managed to see one of these before? They’re quite…creepy?…if you don’t know what they are. This is a luna moth, and one of our co-workers managed to find this one hanging out…literally…at her home last week. They’re quite big, and if I were of ant-size, I’d have reason to fear.

Moth creatures aside, if you’re a fan of the cooler, low-humidity weather in the summer, this is your week. It’ll be quite breezy on Sunday, but temperatures will be seasonable and dew points comfy.

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