Supermoon 2017: Will Weather Let University Place See It?

UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA - The only supermoon of 2017 will happen Sunday night, but us Pacific Northwest residents might never know it. A supermoon is the closest the moon gets to Earth, making our planet's satellite appear huge in the sky and nearly 17 percent brighter.

We can always hope for a weather miracle, but our viewing chances aren't looking so great, or at least not totally clear. Here's the weekend forecast from the National Weather Service:

Saturday: Showers. High near 46. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Showers, mainly before 4am. Low around 39. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Photo: In this Tuesday, Dec. 13 2016, photo, a jet liner flies near the supermoon seen from Beijing, China. The supermoon phenomenon which occurs when the moon reaches a point closer than usual, shone brightly Tuesday night in Beijing, as the smog that often blankets China's capital city and most of the industrial north in winter subsided for the evening.

Photo by Ng Han Guan/Associated Press