Supa Moon! ... and North West
A supa moon from last year. Spoiler alert: the upcoming supa moon will look a lot like this.Supa Moon. When the moon is full and at the closest point in its orbit (around the Earth, for those unfamiliar with astronomy), the moon appears much larger and brighter than normal. It's also called a "perigee moon" because of the closest-to-the-Earth orbit thing. It's going to be 14 percent larger (and not one percent more) and 30 percent brighter.
The Supa Moon is not to be confused with the Pink Moon (a full moon occurring in April, or a great little apocalyptic song by Nick Drake), the Harvest Moon (a full moon occurring in September, or a great Neil Young song), a Beaver Moon (a full moon occurring in November, which also sounds somehow inappropriate), or a Blue Moon (the occurrence of two full moons in a single calendar month, or a Rodgers and Hart standard memorably reimagined by the Marcels as a doo-wop scorcher in 1961).
To see the Supa Moon, go outside on Saturday evening, Sunday morning, or Sunday night, open your eyes, and look up. Or, if you are housebound or selenophobic (afraid of the moon) or agoraphobic (afraid of open spaces), watch it from the safety of your computer.
In other weather-themed news, Kimye have named their daughter "North," which gives her the name "North West." I am assuming it's an homage to the Hitchcock classic "North by Northwest" and a more oblique allusion to Shakespeare's Hamlet: "I am but mad north-northwest; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw." So hopefully they'll select the middle name "Bynorth" to complete the reference. Anyway, the kid has Kanye West and Kim Kardashian as parents, so a goofy name is the least of her worries.
Anywho, lovely weather we're having, innit? Here's what to expect:
Saturday 6/22, sunny and seasonably warm, much like today. High 86, low 63.
Sunday 6/23, mostly sunny and warmer; slight chance of some pop-up evening thunderstorms. High 89, low 66.
Monday 6/24, partly cloudy, hot and more humid. More (but not all) areas will see thunderstorms in the late afternoon. I will be complaining about the weather on this day. Believe that shit. High 92, low 68.
Tuesday 6/25, hazy, hot, and humid. Afternoon thunderstorms. Blech. High 93, low 69.
Wednesday 6/26, warm and humid! Thunderstorms. Balls. High 90, low 68.
Thursday 6/27, overcast with lower temperatures, but still humid. And you know what they say: it's not the heat, it's the humidity, that will god damned kill you. High 84, low 66.
Friday 6/28, partly cloudy and humid with thunderstorms as a strong cold front moves through. High 83, low 64.
Saturday 6/29, humid early with a lingering shower or thunderstorm, then clearing. High 82, low 60.
Sunday 6/30, relief! Sunny and gorgeous. High 80, low 56.
Beyond, the humidity and rain crank up again. The first week of July looks rainy and unstable at the moment. The another heatwave for the weekend of 7/6 and 7/7. Then more hotness. You know: summer.