Eclipse watchers are keeping a close eye on the weather ahead of a solar eclipse that will plunge a wide strip of North America into daytime darkness on Monday.
Forecasters are predicting cloudy conditions in northern Mexico, Texas and parts of the Great Lakes region.
Better weather is expected in western Mexico and parts of the US Midwest.
And some of the best viewing is likely to be under clear spring skies in New England and Canada.
Starting in the Pacific Ocean, the eclipse will become visible on the coast of Mexico near the city of Mazatlan at about 11:07 local time (19:07 BST).
The shadow of the Moon will run across the Earth at a speed of 1,500 mph (2,400 km/h) - tracing a north-easterly arc through the states of Durango and Coahuila before casting parts of Texas, Arkansas and neighbouring states into darkness.
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I saw it. 10/10, better than anticipated. Strange feeling of relief when the sun came back.
Even here where it only got to 88%vitvwas really freaking cool.
Solar telescope helped make it cooler though
Strange feeling of relief when the sun came back
babby’s first eclipse. You do know the sun is in no danger right? Even if they could collide, the sun ain’t goin nowhere pal.
This person is projecting their human emotions, talking about how it instills a ‘primal feeling’, as if it’s a supernatural event
Did you see it? There is a primal feeling that goes with it like looking a tiger in the eye.
Obviously I’m not a time traveler from the past who thinks the sun is going to go out for real.
yep, I’ve seen many of both solar and lunar eclipses over the years here in the US PNW.
It is indeed a pretty sight, but this ‘primal feeling’ is just how you felt as you processed it, it has nothing to do with the actual eclipse and it isn’t some sort of human-wide phenomenon lmao.
“relief when the sun came back”, “primal feeling”, it’s absurd. You are projecting your abstract humanistic personal feelings to a scientific/natural event. It is illogical and laughable.
Well golly gee, I never looked at it that way. I’ll be sure to check my feelings of awe at the door next time. /s
I’ll get nearly 4 minutes of totality if the clouds can just fuck off at 430.
It’s simple. We nuke the clouds.
Pretty good check for path local weather and specific times.
Drove about 6 hours to upstate New York, cloudy sky all day until 20 minutes after totality 🫠
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Sitting here at a suburban mall outdoor dining table in the path of totality. Very thin clouds, full visibility of the partial eclipse right now. There’s about 300 empty parking spaces left with a few dozen other cars all with doors open watching.
Come on over, we’d love to have you here with us for it.
edit1: temperature has dropped about 5 degrees F since beginning. There are some house sparrows nearby that have been quiet for the past hour and a half and now they’re squawking up a storm in the last 10 min.
edit2: 13 minutes to totality. About 80% of the sun is eclipsed. Temp has dropped another 5 degrees. House sparrows still freaking out.
I’m inside running a train on my dab rig. South Florida does not have much of a view.
They really hoped for clear skies in Erie, Pennsylvania. Welcome to the lake-effect, lol.
