return2ozmaMar 24, 2024

NASA needs your smartphone during April's solar eclipse

https://lemmy.world/post/13474887

NASA needs your smartphone during April's solar eclipse - Lemmy.World

Show threadBubsMar 24, 2024
Here’s the map of the April eclipse across the US. It will go from Dallas Texas and curve off through Buffalo New York and maine:
Show threadFlying Squid
Going right through my town and I’m looking forward to it… so of course there will be total cloud cover.
Mar 24, 2024 at 11:37amWeb
Show threadBlankmannMar 24, 2024
Some types of clouds dissipate right before an eclipse then come back shortly thereafter
Show threadFlying SquidMar 24, 2024
Really? I never heard that before. Do they know why?
Show threadScubusMar 24, 2024
I do not actually know, nor do I know if that is true, but if it is, I suspect it would have to do with temperature differentials due to the sun temporarily shutting off.
Show threadBlankmannMar 24, 2024
Exactly!
Low-Level Clouds Disappear During a Solar Eclipse

Cumulus clouds rapidly dissipate as the land surface cools, a finding that has implications for Sun-obscuring geoengineering efforts.

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Show threadspyd3rMar 24, 2024
Same experience here. Meteor shower… cloudy, lunar eclipse… cloudy, Aurora… cloudy, comet that’s visible for a couple of weeks… you better believe it’ll be cloudy every day.
Show threadFlying SquidMar 24, 2024

Yep. Every single time.

Okay, not every time… the times it isn’t, I would have to get up at like 4 am to see whatever it is.