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alexandra steele is joining me now. this only happens, what, once a year, right?ear it happened march of 2011. it happens about once a year. incredible pictures. it's so romantic, the whole idea around it all, right? well, let's talk about really why it happens. want to show you some graphics. the key to understanding the super moon and why it happens, what it is is really the coincidence between a full moon and its closest approach to earth. that's where why it appears and seems so big. the key is the orbit. now, it's an eliptical orbit. sometimes it passes closer to the earth than others. one side 30,000 miles closer to the earth than others, you heard randy say. it appears about 14% brighter and 30% bigger. this is the difference between when it's the closest to the earth and see how much smaller it looks when it's furthest away from the earth. it certainly was a cool celestial sight. let me show you pictures from around the world of the super moon that was sent in. thank you so much to all of you. how cool? look at this orange glow. keet to really seeing the b

alexandra steele is in with today's weather. >> good morning to you.eastern seaboard. add a little extra time, we will certainly see travel difficulties. we'll talk more about travel forecasts coming up. here's the beginning and the parade of the rain, charlotte to greens breau greensboro, up through the v virginias and the northeast. we watch this rain over and over, maybe 1 to 2 inches an hour for some areas. especially from the catskills down to the smoky mountains, because of that orographic lifting. in terms of how much, this is what we've seen in the last 48 hours. mid-atlantic, the yellows and the reds, getting up to 3 to 5 inches of rain for some of you. today and tomorrow, the balance of the heaviest rain on the eastern seaboard, then we watch it move out. big picture, there's the rain and the east coast. severe storms, west texas could see 1 to 2 inches of rain an hour. difficulty there. phoenix, the story is the heat. 106 yesterday. should be 94 this time of year. so 100 degree temperatures for the next few days. well above average. west is

alexandra steele is joining me to talk all about this. get to see this sight once a year. >> i know, it's a shame, isn't it? you know, i mean the super moon may be over but the super pictures we've seen with this have been flooding in. so let's show you some not only around our country which so many of you had great weather for but around the world. let's start it out with reykjavik, iceland. the color was a little yellowish and the sun was setting in the northwest and the moon was coming up in the southeast. the colors were spectacular. he says it's cool to see that moon over reykjavik. when the colors are most brilliant is actually really when the moon is at the horizon line. that's when the optic tat this effects take effect. beth wade, thank you for sending these pictures. right now the moon is about 221,000 miles from earth. but that's 15,000 miles closer than average to kind of give you a little perspective. the source of the brightness and the bigness is in its elliptical orbit. it's now finally reached the part that's closest to e

. >>> let's get a quick check of the weather, meteorologist alexandra steele joins us. >> good morning along the rain train, the biggest story around the country, all the way from the southeast into the mid-atlantic and the northeast we're going to see between half inch of rain and up to three inches from the catskills down to the smokeys where the heaviest rain will be and the biggest delays around the country with the biggest rain issues, places like new york, philadelphia, atlanta, low clouds and even into san francisco and of course around phoenix as well where the fires are a factor and the temperature today will be in the 100s. that's a quick look at the weather. christine back to you. >> thank you. >>> a growing number of u.s. universities have come up with a unique way of helping students deal with stress at exam time. puppy therapy. schools like emery university in atlanta are bringing dogs on campus during finals. seems to be working. and pet-friendly dorms, pet friendly dorms are becoming more common at schools, too. harvard medical school and yale law school both have resid