In Vineyard Skies
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
April 22 60 38
April 23 53 39
April 24 57 45 0.39
April 25 64 49 0.04
April 26 62 49 Trace
April 27 60 54 Trace
April 28 66 56 0.05
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 56º F.
The morning sky is loaded with planets. For those who rise well before the sun, say 4 a.m., there is a show of planets hovering in the southeastern sky. Venus, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter are in a tight nest with the thin crescent moon. The time to look is about a half-hour before sunrise, although you will need a cloudless eastern horizon to see them all.
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
April 15 58 40 T
April 16 49 35
April 17 53 42 .38
April 18 57 42 T
April 19 58 45
April 20 60 45 .05
April 21 56 44 T
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 54º F.
The Lyrid meteor shower is tonight. For those who love to sit out on a still night and watch shooting stars, tonight is the first big opportunity for the year. If the weather does not cooperate, there may be something to see tomorrow night too.
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Two of the brightest nighttime celestial objects will rise together in the eastern sky tonight. Saturn and the moon are in the east and closest on Sunday night when it is full. On the Vineyard, we call that full moon the Daffodil Moon, to coincide with the seasonal arrival of the Vineyard’s favorite spring flower.