The full moon is likely to look abnormally big and bright from down here on Earth on Tuesday night. It's a so-called supermoon, since the moon is both full and at the closest point to Earth in its monthly elliptical orbit. This particular supermoon is predicted to come within just under 222,000 miles of our planet on Wednesday- the nearest supermoon of the year.
The start of November will appear similar to the start of the previous month, with mild, pleasant weather giving way to increasing clouds, wind and rain possibly accompanied by a thunderstorm or two by Wednesday. This time, it's not quite as surprising as the storms that pummeled the region at the start of October. November is really the first month of our rainy season, National Weather Service meteorologist Roger Gass said Monday. So this one is not too unusual.