The 2024 Total Eclipse vs Clouds

The video at the bottom of the post looks at historical cloud cover trends for April 8th and some sources for cloud forecast data.

LINKS:

-NASA eclipse site: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/

-Eclipse map: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5123/

-National Weather Service: https://www.weather.gov

-Tropical Tidbits: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com

GEAR

-Solar Filter for DSLR: https://amzn.to/3PIlLnD

-Eclipse Glasses: https://amzn.to/49ic0DH

-Solar Binoculars: https://amzn.to/43zHkMZ (these are awesome!)

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Here is a map of the total eclipse track across the US. Go here for higher-resolution versions: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5123/

This plot shows the average cloud cover since 1995 for April 8th, with gray areas indicating clouds are more likely and yellow/red areas indicating clear conditions are more likely.

Watch the full video below: