Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Long-range #weather outlook by @theeyewallwx / @mattlanza for April 8 #SolarEclipse: early Spring has high probability of clouds across much of the path of totality in central Mexico, eastern USA (Texas to Maine) & eastern Canada https://theeyewall.com/digging-into-the-model-data-to-tell-you-what-we-know-about-the-weather-for-april-8ths-solar-eclipse/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
Possibly controversial opinion: fireworks are a completely unnecessary distraction during a #TotalSolarEclipse. A total eclipse is only a short number of minutes long. The eclipse, solar corona, daytime stars & twilight are the experience. Look! 👀😎 #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"A way-too-early look at the cloud cover forecast for the solar eclipse" by @washingtonpost / @stillmand - Another overview of #weather outlook/probabilities for April 8 #TotalSolarEclipse. Probabilities of clouds lower south. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/03/27/solar-eclipse-cloud-forecast-totality/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
As April 8 #TotalSolarEclipse approaches, there's literally a day & night difference between 100% eclipse "totality", and 99% eclipse which is a million times brighter. The term totality is 100% eclipse. You can use percent for eclipse, not totality. #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"Solar Eclipse Timer App Review" by Jason Barnette / Road Trips & Coffee blog - App for #Android & #iOS annunciates eclipse events. Free app, no ads, $2 data file each eclipse - reasonable to support developer. https://www.roadtripsandcoffee.com/solar-eclipse-timer/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy #mobile #tech
"The 2024 total solar eclipse is 1 week away" by @SpaceDotCom / @DaisyDobrijevic - Trip planning & preparation. Climate data for April has poor odds for avoiding clouds anywhere. #Weather forecasts are just getting into range. https://www.space.com/total-solar-eclipse-2024-one-week-away-what-you-need-to-know #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
"Eclipse Coolness" by @XKCD comic - Even in 99% eclipse, it's daylight. At totality, it's suddenly twilight. The planets and stars come out. The Sun's corona is visible without a filter, beyond what #photography can capture. https://xkcd.com/2914/ #SolarEclipse2024 #astronomy
JL Johnson 
@AstroHawk @ikluft the drive, plus traffic, plus high chance of clouds ruining it have soured me on the idea ☹️
@User47 @ikluft Yeah. Going to attempt to see an eclipse needs understanding and accepting the risk that weather can block the view. As Heinlein said, "Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get."
Dropping temperatures can even cause clouds to form at exactly the wrong time, as I saw from Reno at the annular eclipse of May 2012.
The best strategy is to plan the trip to have other things to enjoy in addition to the eclipse. The eclipse depends on luck. But the other plans shouldn't.
@User47 @ikluft I posted a video from my successful expedition to the 2017 total solar eclipse, as seen from Madras, Oregon. A bike helmet camera captured my view without having to think about it (except when I walked it into a camp canopy). A second camera aimed away from the sun on a fence got a combined view of two Oregon stratovolcanoes: Mt Jefferson disappeared in the shadow of totality while Mt Hood was in 99% eclipse, remaining in daylight. Also, traffic jams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRqDSXCWSJY
