Clouds will clear for view of lunar eclipse Sunday night
>>> THIS IS WRAL NEWS.
>> THIS SUNDAY YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO SEE THE ONLY TOTAL LUNAR
ECLIPSE OF THE YEAR.
NASA IS HERE WITH ME THIS
MORNING.
ALWAYS A TREAT TO HAVE YOU IN.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS
ECLIPSE.
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE WAS A HUGE
DEAL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT
WE SEE THESE LANAR ECLIPSES A
LITTLE MORE FREQUENTLY.
>> A LITTLE MORE FREQUENTLY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE WEATHER ON SUNDAY.
THE ONE THING THAT IS NICE
ABOUT IT IS WE'LL BE ABLE TO,
OF COURSE, SEE THIS, BECAUSE IT
WILL BE CLEAR.
IT IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY
COLD.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
I'LL LET YOU KIND OF WALK US
THROUGH THIS.
IT STARTS AT ABOUT 10:23.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT PARTIAL ECLIPSE BEGINS AS
THE MOON IS JUST STARTING TO GO
THROUGH THE EARTH.
THAT IS THE DARKER PART OF THE
SHADOW.
EVERY SHADOW, WHETHER IT IS
YOURS, THE MOON'S, OR WHATEVER
HAS PARTS.
THAT DARK PART IS WHERE IT
REALLY GETS NICE AND RED AND
REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE.
THAT POINT OF MAXIMUM ECLIPSE
AT 12:12.
THAT IS WHEN IT IS AT THE
DEEPEST POINT WITHIN THAT.
SO IT IS GOING TO GET A LITTLE
BIT DEEPER RED.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
WHAT THAT COLOR IS GOING TO BE.
WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THAT DAY.
OUR ATMOSPHERE IS SO DYNAMIC WE
WON'T KNOW UNTIL WHATEVER THE
WEALTHER IS DOING THAT DAY OR
EVEN VOLCANIC ACTIVITY CAN
CHANGE IT.
IT IS GOING TO END ABOUT 12:43.
THE WHOLE TING WILL BE OVER
AFTER THAT PART OF THE SHADOW.
IT MOVES OUT OF THERE AT 1:50
A.M
>> SO IT IS GOING TO BE, YOU
KNOW, MIDNIGHT.
A MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT KIND OF A
THING.
>> YEAH.
>> ONE THING THAT IS NICE IS
THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.
>> LET THE KIDS STAY UP A
LITTLE BIT LATE.
>> LET THEM STAY UP.
THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY
BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY.
>>> HERE IS ANOTHER GOOD THING.
THIS IS A HOOK AT OUR CLOUD
COVER.
SO THE GREEN IS GOOD.
THAT MEANS IT IS GOING TO BE
CLEAR.
NOW, IT IS GOING TO BE
OUTRAGEOUSLY COLD.
OUR TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT ARE
GOING TO DROP DOWN TO AROUND 20-
DEGREES OR SO.
IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY
CHILLY.
BE AN ECLIPSE YOU DON'T
NECESSARILY NEED TO BE IN ANY
PARTICULAR SPOT TO SEE IT.
>> AS LONG AS YOU CAN SEE THE
MOON, YOU CAN SEE THE ECLIPSE.
THIS WHOLE THING WILL LAST OVER
AN HOUR.
THERE IS LOTS OF TIME TO SEE
IT.
>> I THINK WE HAVE SOME VIDEO
OF ONE AS WELL.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY ONE THAT
WE GET TO SEE FROM OUR LOCATION
THIS YEAR.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IN 2019, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT A YEAR AND A
HALF BEFORE WE SEE ANOTHER
LUFAR ECLIPSE.
>> NOW, THE VIDEO HERE SHOWS
THE MOON GOING COMPLETELY BLACK
THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WILL WE ACTUALLY SEE THAT OR
WILL WE SEE MORE OF THIS RED
COLOR?
>> THE RED COLOR REALLY POPS
OUT.
ONES TOTALITY BEGINS, BUT IT
LOOKS -- BECAUSE OF A CONTRAST
BETWEEN THE DARK AND THE LIGHT.
THE MOON IS ABOUT THE COLOR OF
A MOVIE SCREEN.
SO IT REFLECTS LIGHT REALLY,
REALLY WELL.
BUT BECAUSE OF THAT
CONTRACTION, IT LOOKS REALLY,
REALLY DARK AS THE MOON IS
STARTING TO MOVE INTO THAT
DARKER PART OF THE SHADOW.
AND THEN THAT REALLY ORANGEY
RED APPEARS.
>> NEAT.
IT IS EXCITING.
I WISH THE WEATHER WAS GOING TO
BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER FOR IT.
>> AT LEAST WE WON'T HAVE
CLOUDS.
>> WE ACTUALLY GET TO SEE IT.
GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> BACK TO YOU.