April 8 Great American Eclipse forecast

[Speedskater]

At 11AM it's 61°F and Not A Cloud In Sight near the Lake Erie shore. But a thin haze layer.

How long will it last?

[buckeye]

  On 4/8/2024 at 11:25 AM, King James said:

Enjoy all the occult rituals today boys

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thanks,   one more sheep to tie up and was able to score a fresh chicken spleen this morning....   only snag is I've gained some weight since 2017 so my robe and hood is a little tight.

[NEOH]

  On 4/8/2024 at 3:05 PM, Speedskater said:

At 11AM it's 61°F and Not A Cloud In Sight near the Lake Erie shore. But a thin haze layer.

How long will it last?

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Clear skies in CLE. Satellite looks great. Maybe some high clouds later. https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-LakeErie-02-24-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

[hawkeye_wx]

A total solar eclipse will occur in October 2153 and Cedar Rapids will be in the exact center of totality.  I wish we could move that up by 100 years.

[Chicago Storm]

Stationed near Franklin, IN.

As expected, have had high clouds this morning and afternoon here, varying between scattered to overcast at ~30,000KFT.

Looks like the thicker stuff should be out of the way in time for totality.

[BuffaloWeather]

Sandusky is my spot today 

[SolidIcewx]

Pretty crazy satellite imagery 

[Stevo6899]

  On 4/8/2024 at 7:00 PM, SolidIcewx said:

Pretty crazy satellite imagery 

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Here in central macomb, the thin line of clouds is almost overhead but isn't hindering the view of the eclipse, almost totality here. Pretty neat and eerie.

[Powerball]

We had one last vestige of low clouds move in (they have since mixed back out), but fortunately not before the start & finish of totality.

[Speedskater]

At Lakewood Park, the eclipse was great, but only one star was visible thru thin clouds.

The young next door TV meteorologist was doing live broadcasts for his station 220 miles away.

[madwx]

solar radiation bottomed out at 65 w/m2.  temp dropped 4 degrees as the peak passed

[WestMichigan]

  On 4/8/2024 at 7:34 PM, madwx said:

solar radiation bottomed out at 65 w/m2.  temp dropped 4 degrees as the peak passed

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5° drop at my house across the lake from Madison.

[IWXwx]

  On 4/8/2024 at 7:00 PM, SolidIcewx said:

Pretty crazy satellite imagery 

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Beat me to it. I was just getting ready to upload the same satellite view. I'm glad I stayed put and got to over 99.5%.

I understand that traffic is bonkers with people heading north from the path of totality in the southern part of the county. Gridlock.

[Lightning]

Pretty darn awesome 

[buckeye]

Totally lucked out.    Blue sky with some wispy cirrus   Had 45 seconds of total where you could look without glasses.  It sounds obvious but it got much darker than I expected probably because I had only seen partial eclipses in the past and always expected those to be darker.  Crickets started chirping street lights came on and you could hear people cheering in the distance.   Bucket list checked without having to leave my yard.       

[nwohweather]

  On 4/8/2024 at 5:54 PM, BuffaloWeather said:

Sandusky is my spot today 

Really good place to eat!

[Frog Town]

  On 4/8/2024 at 8:17 PM, buckeye said:

Totally lucked out.    Blue sky with some wispy cirrus   Had 45 seconds of total where you could look without glasses.  It sounds obvious but it got much darker than I expected probably because I had only seen partial eclipses in the past and always expected those to be darker.  Crickets started chirping street lights came on and you could hear people cheering in the distance.   Bucket list checked without having to leave my yard.       

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Same! Really indescribable and surreal.   

[Chinook]

It worked out nicely here. I figured that I could not really avoid the cirrus clouds by driving a short distance or even a possibly long distance, so I stayed in town. The weird part is that the cirrus clouds were generally fine, but looked like dark storm clouds during totality.

[IWXwx]

  On 4/8/2024 at 8:50 PM, Chinook said:

It worked out nicely here. I figured that I could not really avoid the cirrus clouds by driving a short distance or even a possibly long distance, so I stayed in town. The weird part is that the cirrus clouds were generally fine, but looked like dark storm clouds during totality.

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Yeah, I noticed that too. Kinda eerie.

[Chinook]

The temperature dropped from 78 to 72 in northern Arkansas due to the lack of light, also, 82 to 77 at Little Rock

[TheClimateChanger]

  On 4/8/2024 at 8:30 PM, nwohweather said:

Really good place to eat!

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Surprisingly pricy though.

[TheClimateChanger]

  On 4/8/2024 at 9:43 PM, Chinook said:

The temperature dropped from 78 to 72 in northern Arkansas due to the lack of light, also, 82 to 77 at Little Rock

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My weather station dropped by nearly 8F and wasn’t even in totality.

[Floydbuster]

The temperature drop near Stow, OH was noticeable. Really shows how something blocking the sun (Super volcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts) can really affect the temperature and fast. I was disappointed that it didn't get darker, and I disliked the douches blowing off fireworks.

[DLMKA]

  On 4/8/2024 at 8:04 PM, IWXwx said:

 

I understand that traffic is bonkers with people heading north from the path of totality in the southern part of the county. Gridlock.

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I-74 from Indy to the IL state line is a parking lot.

[vpbob21]

  On 4/8/2024 at 10:36 PM, Floydbuster said:

The temperature drop near Stow, OH was noticeable. Really shows how something blocking the sun (Super volcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts) can really affect the temperature and fast. I was disappointed that it didn't get darker, and I disliked the douches blowing off fireworks.

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Yeah, I thought it would get darker too.  I mean, it was dark, the street lights came on.  But I thought the sky would go completely dark.  As soon as it went total you could already see the sky brightening off to the southwest.  I wonder if it would have been darker if the high clouds wouldn't have been around.

[Floydbuster]

  On 4/8/2024 at 11:25 PM, vpbob21 said:

Yeah, I thought it would get darker too.  I mean, it was dark, the street lights came on.  But I thought the sky would go completely dark.  As soon as it went total you could already see the sky brightening off to the southwest.  I wonder if it would have been darker if the high clouds wouldn't have been around.

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That's what I wondered too. It really wasn't that dark.

[vpbob21]

  On 4/8/2024 at 10:19 PM, TheClimateChanger said:

Surprisingly pricy though.

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Looks like everyone in the subforum has eaten there.  I live 4 miles away and haven't been (although I did eat there when it was a Perkins).

[nwohweather]

  On 4/8/2024 at 10:19 PM, TheClimateChanger said:

Surprisingly pricy though.

Yeah but to be fair it’s a cool place in a tourist area. Anyways, here are my photos from west of Fremont, Ohio at the family farm.

[OHweather]

Was sweating the cirrus here in Cleveland but it was thin enough that you could see through them enough to see all the cool stuff. Had the 360 degree sunset effect on the horizons with the cirrus adding some color. Briefly saw a couple of planets. Bats came out, streetlights came on. It was about as dark as it is immediately when the sun sets I would say. Seeing the corona and some solar flares was awesome. The difference in the amount of light between a 99% eclipse and totality was impressive. As soon as even the smallest bit of the sun came out from behind the moon the light noticeably increased. Overall I'd say it exceeded my expectations. 

[bowtie`]

Had some cirrus in Indianapolis also. Best I could do...