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  1. weathafella
    Incredible day! Newport was perfect for the show. Unobstructed view including just spectacular beads as the sun re-emerged. I echo Ryan’s observation-this one was better than 2017 in my view. It took 90 minutes to get out of Newport-then 9.5 hours thanks in part to something crazy on 93 S near Franconia. Still worth the sacrifice. I can’t imagine I’ll be here for 2044 but there’s one in Spain 2026 and Australia 2028 I’ve got my eye on.
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    Looks like we’re going to be fine in Newport
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    My friend is in Evansville IND and reports wispy clouds not obscuring the sun.
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    93 looks fine in both directions a few miles north of the 89 split at least from my window here. Heading up 93 to 91 per Waze with 2 hours and 20 minutes. Plenty of time-should be hitting the road in an hour. Skies should not obscure the show!
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    I don’t think it will be as bad as people think. At least that was my experience in 2017 and today’s drive up had normal flow-late afternoon.
  6. weathafella
    I just cleared out a ton of messages going back 11 years. Try now. I don’t have your phone number. We’re at the 89/93 split for the night and leaving around 9am. Even triple the normal time gets us to Newport in the nick of time.
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    I think we have each other’s? I’ll text to test.
  8. weathafella
    Based on everything still thinking Newport with the idea of cutting over towards Colebrook if clouds interfere. Honestly I’m not at all worried about a few wisps of cirrus. Mesos look good so far.
  9. weathafella
    The thing to do is hit the road as soon as totality ends or wait hours and have a leisurely dinner and consider staying another night somewhere. Plenty of availability Monday night.
  10. weathafella
    Eagle Pass is a shit show with the border issues so that part was easy. But yeah this seems way easier logistically and obviously less costly.
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    The thing about pulling over is you pretty much have to get out of your car. I think if you can reach a rest area or any exit 30 minutes ahead of totality it can work. Pulling over on 91 is a bit dicey especially with idiots who don’t pull over and look at and take pictures of the eclipse while driving 80 mph.
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    FWIW, 18z 3k NAM looks pretty good for northern VT including BTV and Newport.
  13. weathafella
    My biggest worry is finding parking wherever we end up. If you remember Gallatin in 2017, outside of the immediate area of the park traffic was a breeze on the highways.
  14. weathafella
    By totality I think you meant center line? The difference is duration of totality so getting as close to the center line is key. I stayed near the Nashville airport in 2017 but spent the eclipse on the center line in Galitin. Either way, as long as its total where you are the show should be great.
  15. weathafella
    So true. After experiencing totality in 2017 there’s no going back. We’ll see how it plays out but we’re also considering further east like Colebrook. Game day decision.
  16. weathafella
    I’m glad we’re spending Sunday night in CON. Colebrook, NH is about the same distance in travel time as BTV. Monday AM decision.
  17. weathafella
    Our plan is to head to Newport, VT-hopefully far enough ne of the approaching high clouds. But high cirrus shouldn’t really be that much of a damper so keep that in mind. Euro cloud algorithm is all high clouds.
  18. weathafella
    Latest NAM looks great for VT where we’re going unless we have to divert which seems less likely. We’ll be in CON overnight Sunday and follow the sun Monday. 2017 in Gallitin,TN was stupendous. Who’d have thought the northeast would have the best chances but goes to show that you never really know.
  19. weathafella
    We honed it to northern VT for now. Booked a place in CON Sunday night easing the drive Monday. I’m thinking somewhere in the BTV to St Albans region. Ironically NNE stands to be the sunniest place for this one.
  20. weathafella
    Sleeting moderately here.
  21. weathafella
    I was originally planning to go to TX but I decided to bank on a drive knowing I can make a last minute rebook if conditions dictate. We are planning somewhere in the ROC-ERI corridor. New eclipse glasses arrived today.
  22. weathafella
    I’m not sure about that actually. The Boston burbs often have climo averages in the 50s with decent retention. The city-sure.
  23. weathafella
    Pretty disturbing that Brattleboro doesn’t average much more snow vs BOS.
  24. weathafella
    I have NOT deployed Roy just yet.
  25. weathafella
    2018 was mighty wintry.
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