Hey Ray! What To Expect From The Perseid Meteor Shower
The night sky is full of amazing things during the summer! One thing that peaks in August is the Perseid Meteor Shower, and it can be one of the biggest celestial highlights in the summer.
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The night sky is full of amazing things during the summer! One thing that peaks in August is the Perseid Meteor Shower, and it can be one of the biggest celestial highlights in the summer.
When people refer to heat lightning, they are usually talking about seeing lightning, but not hearing thunder in the evening or nighttime, usually during the summer months.
Have you ever tried to pour something from one coffee cup into another, only to have the liquid seemingly stick to the side of the cup, resulting in a mess? Meteorologist Ray Petelin explains the science that makes that mess can also help us perform a pretty cool trick!
Smog and air quality issues can happen in our area any time of the year. Meteorologist Ray Petelin shows us how some weather patterns and our daily routines can also make the air quality worse.
If you think about it, water can be kind of weird.
Gravity is the force that attracts things toward other things that have mass.
It may be controversial to say in these parts, but it is ridiculous to use relative humidity as an indicator of comfort.
We all know that in the summer, our cars basically turn into ovens.
Last week, we talked about how light pollution makes it harder, if not impossible to see some amazing things in the night sky.
During the daytime, when you look to the sky you can't see stars, or sometimes planets that you can see at night. While daylight is the obvious reason, at night we may not be able to see some of the good stuff because of different kind of light called light pollution.
This is a fun experiment that is easy to do and requires very little set up. I like to call it the "Invisible Extinguisher," since it puts a candle out by using what seems to be an empty glass.
or most of us, television has been around for most of our lives. A click of a remote, and information and entertainment appears before our eyes. A lot goes into making that seemingly easy thing happen, though.
We have done a lot of experiments and covered a lot of topics. This time, we are going to play around with density, and use its ingredients to make some weird science.
One of the most attention getting weather phenomena is the rainbow.
Some of the most important weather terminology for safety is often the most confused weather terminology. Those terms are "watch" and "warning".
Ever since people looked for ways to predict the weather, one of those ways has been using caterpillars to determine the severity of an impending winter. Ray Petelin explains the theories in a new Hey Ray!
This time of year, it's a common weather question: What is the difference between hurricanes and nor'easters? Ray Petelin is here to explain!
Have you ever noticed that thunder sounds louder at night? Ray Petelin explains why in a new Hey Ray!
With summer heading to its conclusion, hummingbirds are about to migrate south. Ray Petelin shows you how you can prepare to say goodbye to your friends in a new Hey Ray.
It used to be said that video games were bad for you, but they have become the building blocks of some pretty cool things, including KDKA-TV's new studio! Ray Petelin explains in a new Hey Ray!
A viewer noticed a "hole" in the clouds in the sky, and in this edition of Hey Ray, Ray Petelin explains how these form!
When it's hot, you're always looking for a way to cool off, but did you know you can give your heat to other objects? Ray Petelin explains in a new Hey Ray!
Security cameras can pick up some interesting things, and there is one thing that shows up on cameras that Meteorologist Ray Petelin gets asked about a lot, and today he has the answer.
Summer officially begins on Sunday morning in Pittsburgh, and Ray Petelin is here to break down the "summer stats" for you!
You may know that Ray Petelin considers himself a "Bird Nerd." Today, he is going to show you how to get hummingbirds to come over for a close-up visit!