AUSTIN (KXAN) – Making a wish on a shooting star is easy if you know when to look up. Each year, thousands of meteors rain down on Earth. The majority of these are small, the size of a grain of sand, and they can create dazzling light shows in our night sky.
In this First Warning Weather University lesson, chief meteorologist David Yeomans takes a closer look at meteor showers and how they happen.
In this lesson you will learn:
- What is a meteor?
- Where do they come from?
- When are the biggest meteor showers each year?
What else can you learn in First Warning Weather University:
- How does a 400-year old tool predict the weather?
- Why do some clouds look a little stranger than others?
- Lake Travis sometimes stinks more than usual and this is why.
