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Supermoon, Full Moon Will Combine With Partial Eclipse For Lunar Triple Play: When To Watch Supermoon, Full Moon Will Combine With Partial Eclipse For Lunar Triple Play: When To Watch
Supermoon, Full Moon Will Combine With Partial Eclipse For Lunar Triple Play: When To Watch Skywatchers could be in for some fun in the form of a lunar trifecta. There will be a partial eclipse on Tuesday night, Sept. 17 at the same time of a full moon and Supermoon. It will be visible in most of North America, all of South America, Europe along with all but some parts of eastern Africa, and portions of Asia, Antarctica, and Russia. NASA pinpoints 10:44 p.m. Eastern time as prime time for viewing the Harvest Moon eclipse, with the window for possible visibility from around 10:15 p.m. until 11:15 p.m.  There will be a full moon from Monday night, Sept. 16 through Wednesday n…
Nigel Becomes Hurricane As 2 Other Areas In Atlantic Have Potential To Develop Nigel Becomes Hurricane As 2 Other Areas In Atlantic Have Potential To Develop
Nigel Becomes Hurricane As 2 Other Areas In Atlantic Have Potential To Develop Tropical Storm Nigel has strengthened to become a hurricane and is among three areas in the Atlantic now being monitored by forecasters.Nigel, which had been a tropical depression, moved up to tropical storm status on Sunday morning, Sept. 17. On Monday night, Sept. 18, it became a Category 1 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 85 miles per hour, an increase of 35 mph in less than 24 hours. Nigel is now located about 850 miles east-southeast of Bermuda. It's expected to quickly become a hurricane of Category 2 status or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale as soo…
Potential Tropical Systems Brewing In Atlantic Basin: Here's Latest Potential Tropical Systems Brewing In Atlantic Basin: Here's Latest
Potential Tropical Systems Brewing In Atlantic Basin: Here's Latest Forecasters are monitoring two areas for potential tropical development in the Atlantic. The next tropical storms that develop in the Atlantic basin will take the names Emily and Franklin, in that order. In the Central Tropical Atlantic, a tropical wave is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms a few hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.  "Development, if any, of this system should be slow to occur while it moves westward to west-northward at about 15 mph across the tropical Atlantic through the end of the week," the  National Hurricane Center said.&nb…