Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Mar 26, 2024
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
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Mar 27, 2024
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
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Mar 27, 2024
"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
A way-too-early look at the cloud cover forecast for the solar eclipse

Initial forecasts lean toward sunnier skies over Texas and cloudier skies to the north, but it’s much too soon to place confidence in this outlook.

The Washington Post
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Mar 27, 2024
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
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Apr 1, 2024
"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
Solar Eclipse Timer App Review + Step-by-Step Guide to Using the App - Road Trips & Coffee Travel Blog

Read the review for the most essential app to have on Eclipse Day.

Road Trips & Coffee Travel Blog
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Apr 1, 2024
"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
The 2024 total solar eclipse is 1 week away. Here's what you need to know.

We're ready, are you? The countdown to the total solar eclipse has begun!

Space
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Apr 2, 2024
"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
Eclipse Coolness

xkcd
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Apr 3, 2024
"Eclipse Clouds" by @XKCD comic - The #weather can very much control what kind of #eclipse you see. The comic suggests if you get clouded out, positive spin calls it a multi-layer eclipse with more than one thing blocking the sun.🤔 https://xkcd.com/2915/ #Eclipse2024 #astronomy
Eclipse Clouds

xkcd
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Apr 3, 2024
"What happens if it's cloudy for the April 8 solar eclipse?" by @SpaceDotCom / @JoeRaoWeather - Possible to use cloud cover to observe movement in arrival and departure of the Moon's shadow. Observe cooler temperature & darkness. https://www.space.com/what-if-it-is-cloudy-for-total-solar-eclipse-april-8-2024 #Eclipse2024 #astronomy
What happens if it's cloudy for the April 8 solar eclipse?

Though everyone is hoping for clear skies, here's what might happen if an eclipse-chaser's worst enemy — clouds — decides to make an appearance.

Space
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Apr 7, 2024
If you can't get to the path of totality for Monday's #TotalSolarEclipse, there will be a partial eclipse across North America. (graphic by Fred Espenak made before he retired from NASA) Do not look at the sun.😎 Even if you don't have eclipse glasses, either make an eclipse projector or find bits of sunlight in the shadow of a tree, which project images of the eclipse. #Eclipse2024 #astronomy
Show threadHanno Rein
@AstroHawk FWIW I always thought of Fred Espenak as the authority on eclipses (rightly so I think!). But as a result I never questioned the plot while trying to calculate the timings myself. And I just couldn't match the results. As it turns out my calculations were more accurate because the plot hadn't been updated in a while: the Delta T used for the plot is 81.2s but it is now closer to 69.2s. Super obvious in retrospect. But that took me a long time to figure out... but hey, I learned a lot!
Apr 7, 2024 at 2:15pmWeb