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Weather Eye: If clouds part, try to see Super Blood Wolf Moon

By Patrick Timm
Published: January 20, 2019, 6:03am

How did you like our little rain storm Friday? Of course, it was pouring during the afternoon and evening commute. At 5 p.m. it was hydroplaning conditions on the roads. Vancouver had 1.03 inches Friday which was the heaviest one-day rainfall amount since October 27 when we had 1.33 inches.

We still are 1.50 inches below average for the month. Saturday was fairly decent with only a few sprinkles or widely scattered showers around western Washington and just cloudy skies.

Last week we discussed a drying trend this week and that is still on the horizon but a weak weather system moving up from the south could bring some rain Tuesday into early Wednesday. After that, the rest of the week looks mild and dry.

We may get enough clearing tonight to view the total lunar eclipse. It will be the Super Blood Wolf Moon and the eclipse begins around 7:33 p.m. and ends before 11 p.m. The total eclipse is around 8:41 p.m.

That is a long name for a full moon so here is the breakdown. January’s normal full moon is called a Wolf Moon from old folklore when starving wolves howled outside. It is also the closet point to earth as well in its orbit this weekend so it is a Super Moon. And also, because lunar eclipses are known as a Blood Moon we now have tonight the Super Blood Wolf Moon. Say that ten times over!

Hoping nature is kind to us and parts the clouds so we can all see this amazing activity.

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