# USA TSE, total solar eclipse: April 2024 (was "three years away for USA" when started) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873 "2021-03-27T21:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 43
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/841 "2024-04-08T12:13:06Z")
Today is THE day!! Good morning from central Texas. We’re on our way to pick up **FloatyGimpy** and we’ll be searching for clear skies. Good luck to everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/842 "2024-04-08T12:24:10Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > And I saw an article that said to wear red or green because of some kind of color phenomenon that can be observed with those 2 colors. Unfortunately I can’t find the link for it and I’m not sure what the color phenomenon is. Does anyone know anything about it? I read something about this, too. Something about how our eyes switch to using the rods vs. cones (or vice-versa?) when there’s less light, and because an eclipse happens so much faster than normal sunset, our eyes don’t adjust in time and reds and greens look gray/silver. From what I read, hundreds of people together would have to be wearing red/green for it to be noticible. Total cloud cover in Dripping Springs, TX (by Austin) right now, but optimism is high and plans to have a fabulous day with or without a visible eclipse are good to go. We’re in totality, so changes in the light/wildlife/temperature should still be remarkable. We’re leaving for a street party in a few hours - Dripping Springs closed its main street and will have vendors, food trucks, live music, etc. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/843 "2024-04-08T12:26:17Z")
Oh interesting! I packed a green sweater so I’m going to put it on for the eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![Eclipse\_Chaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/844 "2024-04-08T12:55:46Z")
SHE was on the way to Torreon! In Torreon this morning it’s a mix of high cloud with some clear patches. Forecast for later looks much the same. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/845 "2024-04-08T13:11:06Z")
Most current satellite pic shows the western half of the state [OH] already clearing as a high apparently moves over us as the day goes on. Feel for those in the northeast… ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/846 "2024-04-08T13:14:53Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Feel for those in the northeast… That would be me, but I’m still cautiously optimistic that we’ll get at least partial clearing. Right now there’s light rain at my best reasonable site but that’s supposed to clear up by afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/847 "2024-04-08T13:15:25Z")
In Waco, TX, the Sun is already fully eclipsed by the 100% cloud cover. I feel sorry for those people who only get 4 minutes of totality! ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/848 "2024-04-08T13:18:07Z")
Pretty clear skies this morning in Vincennes, IN. Got here super early but secured free public parking. Time to wander the town for the next six hours. William Henry Harrison’s house is here! ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/849 "2024-04-08T13:20:49Z")
So far the heavy traffic in Arkansas has not materialized. I guess that is sad for the vendors who stocked up, but it’s good news for the visitors who want to move closer to the centerline of totality. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/850 "2024-04-08T13:38:39Z")
Usually it’s the aftermath where traffic is really bad. It’s like going to a concert or a sporting event. Some people get there early, some get there at the last minute, etc. But when it’s over, everybody wants to leave at the same time. So, it’ll be this afternoon when we should see if the traffic has materialized or not. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/851 "2024-04-08T13:46:54Z")
Sandusky, OH. Forecast calls for ~50% cloud cover - but with nearly four minutes of totality, I’m hoping we’ll have at least a brief opportunity for a clear view within that time frame. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/852 "2024-04-08T14:09:25Z")
Nice!! I’ve only seen the full semicircle like that once (last year, along US 11 in southwestern VA). Looks perfect here, so far; very faint wisps here and there. Our cabin faces west overlooking a lake, so we should just be able to stand outside on the deck. Just looked at the hourly, and it’s supposedto be a, bit cloudier by eclipse time, boo. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/853 "2024-04-08T14:16:15Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Sandusky, OH. Forecast calls for ~50% cloud cover - but with nearly four minutes of totality, I’m hoping we’ll have at least a brief opportunity for a clear view within that time frame. Satellite already show you in the clear (all the way to the Mississippi), and I should follow suit within the hour. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/854 "2024-04-08T14:22:28Z")
> [@Eclipse\_Chaser](#): > > SHE was on the way to Torreon! > In Torreon this morning it’s a mix of high cloud with some clear patches. Forecast for later looks much the same. Here in Mazatlán we had a 90% clear afternoon yesterday and when I went to bed at midnight it was the same, with plenty of stars. This morning I awake to a mix of cirrus, cirrostrstus, and even some streeting altocumulus trying to get going. Uggh. Total coverage of fully obscuring clouds is maybe 20%, with thin stuff covering another ~50%. There are patches of clear sharp blue but they’re the exception, not the rule. It’s now T-4 hours and the clouds could go either way: building or dissipating, and/or clarity blowing in from out over the ocean, or even more clouds. The GOES satellite view is just now bringing the offshore area of interest into daylight, so it’s tough to see what’s coming, at least for another 30 minutes or so until it updates with more sunlight over the ocean. Accuweather is not optimistic. The hourly forecast just gets worse, with “mostly cloudy” at 10am (start of partial) and “cloudy” at 11am for totality and continuing that way until midnight. Uggh. We shall see. Our glass here is definitely more partly full than many of y’all. Best of luck to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/855 "2024-04-08T14:43:07Z")
Current weather where I am is mostly sun with high hazy clouds. Forecast for where I’m going to has switched to cloudy. Will hope, anyway. Maybe the eclipse cloud effect will work. Currently waiting for my friend to get here; she needs to get through a traffic chokepoint we hope is not too choked. If that one’s not too bad the rest of our trip north isn’t likely to be too bad either – there are a couple of other potential chokepoints to get through but they shouldn’t be as bad as that one. Will probably not be back on the boards till it’s all over. Have fun, everybody! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/856 "2024-04-08T14:45:00Z")
Sitting in our friends’ home in the vicinity of Archbold, OH. My math professor friend’s last class of the day at Defiance College ends at 1:50pm, so we’ll be down there to pick him up, and then head a bit SE on the road to Ottowa, OH to get a bit further into the zone of totality. Right now, the skies are clear, but they’re supposed to get a bit more cloudy later on. We’ll see how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/857 "2024-04-08T14:47:38Z")
Halfway to Syracuse. Sky is pretty clear, but not consistent. We live in hope! Good weather to everyone watching. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/858 "2024-04-08T14:49:00Z")
Just some high thin clouds at Mt Magazine. Plenty of volunteers. Moved from lodge to hang gliding lot. Bathroom nearby and great view to the south, may see shadow. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/859 "2024-04-08T14:49:47Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > We live in hope! Good weather to everyone watching. For those whose hopes are dashed, I have a link to the eclipse that we’re using here in our district. > **[2024 Total Eclipse](https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/)** > > On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. The sky will... ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/860 "2024-04-08T14:55:03Z")
I woke up to 100% cloud cover but now it’s sunny and bright between Cleveland & Akron, OH. I’m taking off work at 2 and my mom is coming over. I have to get the patio furniture out and we’ll sit on the deck and watch the show. Hopefully I properly calculated the position of the sun in relation to my deck and I’ll be able to see it over the house. If not, to the front yard we’ll go! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873.md?page=44)