Get ready for the 'Super Blood Wolf Moon': First full moon of the New Year will come with a lunar eclipse and appear amazingly close to Earth

On Jan 20-21, the full moon will be a supermoon, and there will be a lunar eclipse

The supermoon means it sits in the closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit

As January's moon is called Wolf Moon, event is dubbed 'Super Blood Wolf Moon'

The first full moon of 2019 is sure to be a spectacular sight.

On the night of January 20-21, the full moon will coincide with a total lunar eclipse, which will cause Earth’s satellite to take on an eerie red glow in an effect that’s come to be known as the Blood Moon.

At the same time, the moon will sit at the closest point to Earth in its orbit, when it will appear massive in the night sky.

It will make for a striking combination of both a supermoon and the Blood Moon, and marks the last total lunar eclipse we’ll see until 2021.

From start to finish, the umbral lunar eclipse will last just over three and-a-half hours, with totality accounting for roughly an hour of this time, according to EarthSky.

This is when the moon sits in the shadow of our planet, taking on a reddish hue as a result of light scattering through Earth’s atmosphere.

The next total lunar eclipse come around until May 26, 2021.

The night-time eclipse, or Blood Moon, will be visible in many parts of the world, including all of North America, and parts of Europe and Africa, according to TimeandDate.

Other regions, including the Middle East and the rest of Africa, will be able to catch a glimpse of a partial eclipse at moonset.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6533629/Super-Blood-Wolf-Moon-appear-sky-month.html

2018 First Year Ever with No Violent Tornadoes in the United States

Despite dire predictions of a necessary increase in severe weather events due to climate change, 2018 is poised to become the first year on record with no violent tornadoes in the United States, the Washington Post reported.

According to Post weather writer Ian Livingston, while record-breaking, 2018 is not altogether exceptional, since “there have been downtrends in violent tornado numbers both across the entire modern period, and when looking at just the period since Doppler radar was fully implemented across the country in the mid-1990s.”

“A 15-year average as high as 13.7 in the mid-1970s will drop to 5.9 next year,” Livingston said.

The year will not only set a record for zero “violent” tornadoes — those ranked EF4 or EF5 on a 5-point scale — but will likely also set a record for the fewest “intense” tornadoes (F/EF3+). With just three days to go, 2018 has seen only 12 intense tornadoes in the U.S., three fewer than the record-holding year of 1987, which had 15.

Unsurprisingly, the number of tornado deaths in 2018 is also remarkably low at ten and could also turn out to be a record.

https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2018/12/28/2018-first-year-ever-with-no-violent-tornadoes-in-the-united-states/