2024 Eclipse - no Bonnie Tyler videos please

[Peruvian]

The local chatter is really picking up around here.
I'm getting prepped on the photography side and despite living in the path of totality, plan to head closer to the middle of the path via a very early morning back roads drive.

Practice using my new solar filter with cobbled together homemade mounting system.
Sun_filtered- by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

While I'll be able to see it from the comforts of my kegerator (but might walk downtown if the crowds are crazy fun, not crazy crazy), I'm looking forward to your photos of this event.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Pivotal weather cloud cover forecast page:

https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclip...ob0005&r=conus

[t-the-east]

We’re right in the middle of the path too, about 50 feet from my beer fridge. Think I’ll call it a day around noon and stay home for the day.

I’m not sure I fully believe the hype and the news articles. The local news is saying 3-12 hour traffic jams, gas pumps drying out, state police handing out MRE’s.

If I pass 10 cars on my 5 mile drive to work, that’s traffic. An influx of 100,000+ people for a day seems so far fetched to me.

Whiteface is closing the lifts at 2 and sweeping the mountain, i thought that might be kinda cool to be skiing, but not an option. At least I won’t be in a 12 hour traffic jam heading to my house 20 minutes from the mountain…

[zion zig zag]

We’re right in the middle of the path too, about 50 feet from my beer fridge. Think I’ll call it a day around noon and stay home for the day.

I’m not sure I fully believe the hype and the news articles. The local news is saying 3-12 hour traffic jams, gas pumps drying out, state police handing out MRE’s.

If I pass 10 cars on my 5 mile drive to work, that’s traffic. An influx of 100,000+ people for a day seems so far fetched to me.

Whiteface is closing the lifts at 2 and sweeping the mountain, i thought that might be kinda cool to be skiing, but not an option. At least I won’t be in a 12 hour traffic jam heading to my house 20 minutes from the mountain…

It took me 10 hours to do a 4 hour drive in very rural Idaho after the eclipse there. I’d be willing to bet that population in that area is less dense than anywhere on the east coast.

[Rideski]

My gf is trying to get me to drive her 24 hours round trip (no traffic jams included) for it. I'm into astronomy and have seen a few partials. If it were closer and good weather likely I'd be a lot more excited. Looking like 35% chance of rain in North Texas predicted as of now.

[skaredshtles]

<snip>have seen a few partials.

The difference between partials and a full is so vast that they may as well be considered completely different events, IMO.

[From_the_NEK]

As of right now, Northeastern NY (that's above Upstate), northern VT, N NH, and Maine look to be the most cloud free outside a small area around southern IL. There could be a HUGE number of people trying to get in here. I'm starting to doubt my plan to go closer to the center of totality. There could be a big bottleneck in Coventry that there really isn't a good way around.

[Peruvian]

Wow, just wow.

That full eclipse was amazing. It was so much more than the hype leading up to it could have ever foretold. The crowds were much more relaxed and the numbers were way lower than I anticipated making viewing from downtown a breeze.

I can’t wait to hear other reports from mags in the path of totality today.

[Rideski]

The difference between partials and a full is so vast that they may as well be considered completely different events, IMO.

Yeah but, 24 hours (possibly 30) in eastern CO and west TX...

[skaredshtles]

Yeah but, 24 hours (possibly 30) in eastern CO and west TX...

I hear yah. And as you pointed out, the weather is looking kinda fickle (although the forecast is still pretty far out).

We're still planning to head to mid-west Texas from the Front Range unless it *really* looks like it's gonna be a bust.

[Rideski]

Cool, what part? Whole fam or just the wife? Making a party out of it might make it a bit more entertaining. She got us a room in fort worth. From there I was thinking head NE out of the city but didn't really have any spot in mind to watch.

[skaredshtles]

Cool, what part? Whole fam or just the wife? Making a party out of it might make it a bit more entertaining. She got us a room in fort worth. From there I was thinking head NE out of the city but didn't really have any spot in mind to watch.

We're staying in Stephenville and viewing in Gatesville. Currently wife & youngest (19) are heading down there. Eldest may join us, but sounds like it might be a game-day decision for him.

I've got an old roommate/ski-mate in Fort Worth, so we're heading down a day early to party with him a bit on Saturday evening.

[From_the_NEK]

Even if it is clear here in N VT, I'm worried about the quick drop in temperature as the sun heating decreases thereby creating low level cloudiness. When I was in HS in the early '90s we had an annular eclipse, also in the early spring. It was a mostly sunny day up until about 10-15 minutes before max eclipse. Then the clouds just materialized as the atmosphere hit the dew point.

[From_the_NEK]

Cool link:
https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEgmap...r08Tgmapx.html

[riser4]

Even if it is clear here in N VT, I'm worried about the quick drop in temperature as the sun heating decreases thereby creating low level cloudiness. When I was in HS in the early '90s we had an annular eclipse, also in the early spring. It was a mostly sunny day up until about 10-15 minutes before max eclipse. Then the clouds just materialized as the atmosphere hit the dew point.

Ya, that was wild.

[Tri-Ungulate]

My old housemate Dave is trying to decide between Ellicottville NY (where he lives, he's a 'troller at Holiday Valley) and Waitsfield VT (where he has his Mad River condo), both within the totality. May be a gametime decision based on weather. I'm flying out to Philly to meet another buddy to road trip to whichever locale Dave decides. Worried about the traffic either way.

[leroy jenkins]

Even if it is clear here in N VT, I'm worried about the quick drop in temperature as the sun heating decreases thereby creating low level cloudiness. When I was in HS in the early '90s we had an annular eclipse, also in the early spring. It was a mostly sunny day up until about 10-15 minutes before max eclipse. Then the clouds just materialized as the atmosphere hit the dew point.

Sounds a bit disappointing but also kind of cool in its own right.

[MakersTeleMark]

My gf is trying to get me to drive her 24 hours round trip (no traffic jams included) for it. I'm into astronomy and have seen a few partials. If it were closer and good weather likely I'd be a lot more excited. Looking like 35% chance of rain in North Texas predicted as of now.

0.35% chance of getting laid.

[Tele 'til You're Smelly]

My old housemate Dave is trying to decide between Ellicottville NY (where he lives, he's a 'troller at Holiday Valley) and Waitsfield VT (where he has his Mad River condo), both within the totality. May be a gametime decision based on weather. I'm flying out to Philly to meet another buddy to road trip to whichever locale Dave decides. Worried about the traffic either way.

I like this NYT eclipse weather forecast page- ever-changing of course- may need to get a free account to view: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ecast-map.html

I'll be somewhere in the Austin-Dallas vicinity- sounds like it'll be pretty cool regardless of weather as long as you're in the path (I've seen plenty of partials, including the total annular one last fall, so I'm going mostly for the darkness effect anyway)

[EWG]

Just bailed on the flight into Upstate. 40% clouds killed the plans of my lovely wife’s relatives that had a long drive that were meeting us - they didn’t want to risk those odds. So we cancelled. No eclipse for me.

And I’m fine with that.

No greens, chicken wings or riggies. That’s harder to accept.

[billyk]

Yeah, the forecast looks pretty bleak for where I’m at, a little north of Austin. 58% chance of rain on the 8th. Although the weather forecasts have been pretty unreliable so far this spring, so we’ll have to see. I held off playing golf a couple days because it was predicted to rain over 60%, but it didn’t both times. However it was solid overcast both days, so there’s that.

The chance of rain on the 8th has dropped from 58% to 39% where I’m at according to the Weather Channel app. A step in the right direction, although not much of a step…

[Rideski]

Using this link from bandini above, the chance of clouds increased from 35% yesterday to 50% today in North Texas...

https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclip...ob0005&r=conus

[garyfromterrace]

My old housemate Dave is trying to decide between Ellicottville NY (where he lives, he's a 'troller at Holiday Valley) and Waitsfield VT (where he has his Mad River condo), both within the totality. May be a gametime decision based on weather. I'm flying out to Philly to meet another buddy to road trip to whichever locale Dave decides. Worried about the traffic either way.

Awesome! Caught one in MT in '79 and OR in '17. May try for Spain in '26. They're so damn cool.

[billyk]

The weather forecasters around here are trying to be optimistic. They’re saying that the rain may come from thunderstorms that build in the afternoon as it gets hotter, and the morning and early afternoon could be clear or partly cloudy. Not sure how much they’re getting paid to say that.

[skaredshtles]

I'm keeping an eye on the weather.gov forecast, as they have no ulterior motives, presumably.