2017 Supermoon: Will Weather Let Bonney Lake, Sumner See It?

SUMNER, 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. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Showers, mainly before 4am. Steady temperature around 40. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the morning.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Light south wind.

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