@Eclipse_Chaser is talking about the real Durango in Mexico, not the latterday copycat in Texas.
For everybody…
This NOAA GOES-E is the magic NOAA satellite watching us all. From the menu you can select closeups of your region (including Mexico & Canada) and watch the clouds moving, forming, and dissipating in near real time.
Unless you’re a skilled weather geek, just stick to the “GeoColor” images; the rest are just confusing.
Anyone trying to chase clear air tomorrow will find this invaluable.
Thanks for the NOAA sat link. I’m seeing a big mess’o’clouds just west of us, and thd forecast remains “mainly cloudy”, which is far from ideal but I suppose better than “overcast with occasional tornadoes”.
Stuck in traffic on I-35 north of Austin. Multiple accidents in Austin and north. People, the event is Monday, take off your eclipse glasses!
Makes sense! I saw Durango TX on the map and thought, WTH is he doing there?
DUH
In 2017 in the news they actually had to tell people not to drive with their eclipse glasses on. I’m a little concerned about the future of the human race.
I went ro Walmart after we left urgent care (where the doctor was kind of a jerk, and they charged us a LOT, more because we’re not NY residents, but at least he wrote the scrips.). I was hoping we’d find eclipse-themed t-shirts but did not see them; I did get some perishable groceries for meals, and a couple of cheap camp chairs.
The driveway here is quite clear now, and I think the walkway may be clear by tomorrow. We’ll check the outdoor part of the house in the morning to clear out anything, if needed.
It faces west. Totality Is after 3 PM - we should be able to get a good view facing west, right? Or do we need to go somewhere we can look in all directions?
I’m living in Pflugerville, a suburb of Austin. If I’m reading the map correctly, it might not actually be total where I live and I should drive 10-15 minutes west to get into totality. Literally on the edge of it right now.
With the eclipse 24 hours away conditions in Central Texas are perfect. How much difference can a day make in the weather?
Well, conditions are perfect here, too, but the weather turns to shit overnight. I think I predicted months ago that this is just what would happen. Mother Nature loves to mock me.
Leaving today at 1700 MDT after a family obligation. Figuring 14 hours to Morrilton, AR via Google maps: 31:00 MDT or April 8th 8:00 CDT. This will leave 4:33 for crowded roads, chasing clear skies and a nap before first contact
Do not tempt Mother Nature. For she art a Bitch and you art as nothing unto her.
I think I’ll be watching NASA’s livestream. We’re getting something like 35% totality in Sacramento, CA, and even if money permitted us to travel to better viewing we both rather dislike travel.
In furthermost upstate NY in preparation for the eclipse. I feel like our 12 hour drive was also a journey back in time; there are eight inches of snow on the ground!
Getting three middle-aged ladies and our luggage down the long, steeply sloping driveway and into the cabin was an extreme sports endeavor. But all is well today, the sun is shining, the lake is shimmering, and all of our knees and behinds are healing nicely from their various introductions to the walkway.
In my case, Mother Nature, not content with bringing cloud cover, has conspired with Fate to also disable my car. And my son has just canceled his visit because of some last-minute thing that came up. It’s a trifecta of sadness. I’m debating whether to rent a car or just forget the whole damn thing.
You should rent the car (if you can this late). You really shouldn’t miss this if able.
The clouds this afternoon arrived a few hours early, so maybe they’ll skedaddle a few hours early tomorrow. [same ones bedeviling wolfpup I believe]
We are 140 miles south of our eclipse viewing destination, which is in the southern Adirondacks of NY, and will set out on our drive there early tomorrow morning.
Weather there is usually not too different from weather here, just more intense cold–the ski mountain 5 miles from here had 7 inches of snow on Thursday, but the one 100 miles north had 16 inches. Today started out cloudy but by midmorning was gorgeous, a cloudless bluebird day on the ski slopes. Hoping for clouds not to come back tomorrow!!
We made it here to Angola NY, right on Lake Erie, and it’s absolutely beautiful. Almost makes me have hope that the cloudy forecast for tomorrow might clear up!
It’s so beautiful today here in San Antonio. Hard to believe it’s going to change so drastically overnight.