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  1. Hoosier
    I was amazed at how quickly the light faded in the final 30-60 seconds or so before totality. It's like someone hit an accelerator switch on the dimmer.
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    Totality over here. That. Was. Awesome.
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    There's a family with dogs next to me. Interested to see how they react.
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    At a church parking lot in Goreville, IL. Surroundings seem to be getting slightly dimmer.
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    Stopped at a gas station in Ashley, IL... tiny town and there was literally 25 people in line to use the bathroom. Almost totally clear skies as I drive south. Looking at maybe Goreville, IL so I don't have to go all the way to KY.
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    Cool... that's near my original target but am seriously contemplating a move into KY. Odds seem at least slightly better there. Gonna have to decide very soon. Waiting for early visible satellite images...
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    My hotel has quite a few eclipse chasers. People I talked to and others I overheard, and I'm in Maryland Heights, MO which is about a mile outside totality.
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    Agree, farther southeast should be better. Missouri is the real up for grabs area.
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    Question is which way do the Nebraska people go, especially chasers in the eastern part of the state. Do they head west or try to get east in Missouri/Illinois?
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    These maps are cool to watch the progression across the country. Huge decrease in the amount of incoming shortwave, even far outside the totality zone, followed by a big recovery.
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    That experimental RAP does separate into low, middle, and high level clouds for anyone who is interested https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/RAP/
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    This is kinda cool... a look back at how some newspapers covered the last coast to coast eclipse in 1918. The Topeka State Journal headline in particular, which told people that the next chance for a similar eclipse wouldn't be until 2017. https://m.mic.com/articles/amp/183041/heres-how-newspapers-around-the-country-covered-the-1918-solar-eclipse
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    St Louis afd seems more pessimistic. However they and Paducah mentioned how the models may be affected by not properly accounting for the reduced insolation. The HRRRx is supposed to be running with eclipse conditions so it will be interesting to see how it handles clouds/precip output around 18z Monday.
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    It's 4+ minutes on the center line from eastern Indiana southwestward. Almost 4 1/2 minutes by the time you get to Texas.
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    A little OT about the April 2024 total eclipse. If I did the proper research, it looks like that will be the longest duration total solar eclipse in the US since the June 16, 1806 total eclipse. A can't miss event, especially for anyone not able to get into the path of totality on Monday.
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    I'd def be feeling more confident around BNA.
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    I'm gonna have some degree of nervousness until I am viewing it. This isn't like missing a big snow where there's always some hope that the next one may come soon. We know we're not getting another shot at this for almost 7 years (at least in this country).
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    I thought I saw somebody in one of the forums saying they will be in Oregon. But you'll at least be one of the first. Incredible to think of how fast the shadow travels...
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    You can get these on regional views at TT
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    Even farther east... like Sainte Genevieve. It's basically on the Illinois border and if I'm trying to outrun clouds moving in from the west, then I may try to get farther away and head for KY.
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    Good luck. I am going to try to be as far east in Missouri as possible but if that doesn't look promising, then I should be flexible enough to get into southern IL or western KY. Just gonna try to stay away from Carbondale lol. I have abandoned any notion of trying to make the entire drive on Monday morning... that is just another stressor and I'd be kicking myself big time if traffic did me in.
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    You doing Nebraska?
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    I have these big road maps and drew the center line on there. Old school lol. But I'm not taking chances if I have to quickly relocate and internet/GPS is having problems.
  25. Hoosier
    It's close to the longest duration. I think the longest duration is in a state park to the east of there, but we are basically talking fractions of a second difference in duration of totality along the center line until you get well east of the area. Greatest eclipse (the moon's shadow passing closest to Earth) is near Hopkinsville, KY.
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