ORLANDO, Fla. – Did you know the moon is actually what dictates our tides? The water does not just rise and fall at different parts of the day and night. Believe it or not, if you weren’t already ...
Explaining tides: water doesn’t move in and out, Earth rotates through tidal bulges created by the Sun and Moon.
Thanks to the ongoing onshore breeze and the gravitational pull of the supermoon, elevated tides are expected to continue for ...
So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...
A new moon draws the highest tide of the month, but this week's timing could make Hurricane Erin's impact worse. Here's when and what to know about the August new moon. Hurricane Erin has maximum ...
Powerful king tides come around once or twice a year when the sun and moon align to produce a higher-than-normal ...
The largest full moon of the year is expected to generate flooding to parts of southern Florida this week, thanks to a phenomenon known as king tides. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a ...
These high tides, sometimes called king tides, occur during full moons a few times a year in the fall on the East Coast. But ...