Total Solar Eclipse in Austin Texas, Apr 8, 2024 at 1:37 pm

[Delusional]

The Annular Eclipse is in sixteen days. Saturday late morning out west, and Saturday early afternoon in the east. Austin is just a few miles north of the best line to be on. Seems like a good time to roll out some CT's. What do you think? Will they surprise us during the Eclipse?

Will be visible in all 50 states, except Hawaii.
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2023/oct-14-annular/where-when/

 

[Coolbreeze704]

Sounds delusional to me>

 

[Delusional]

Three Weeks To Go! Don't Miss it!
Monday April 8, time will be between noon and 2PM depending on your location.
The next chance to view a total eclipse in the continental US is 2044, in Montana. But in 2045 there's a big one that goes California to Florida, and that one has an extra-long duration, over six minutes.
Wear ONLY glasses certified ISO 123.12 or welding glasses #14 or darker. NO substitutes are acceptable.
You MUST wear the glasses during ALL phases of the eclipse except totality.
The closer you are to the center of the PATH OF TOTALITY, the longer the eclipse lasts. If you are on the edge of the path, it lasts only a few seconds. If you are outside the path of totality, you did it wrong.
During the eclipse, don't focus solely on the sun. Animals and insects can behave weirdly, temperatures can drop up to 20 degrees, with accompanying wind. It can seem like twilight in a 360 degree circle around you. In the minutes just before and after totality, try looking at the ground under a tree, you will see thousands of tiny crescent shadows.

Here's the pertinent links again.
To find the exact path and time of totality near you. Click on this map. You want to be as close to the center of the path, as possible.
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleMaps.html
Xavier M. Jubier is a French eclipse chaser who maintains this site, all by himself, and during an eclipse it becomes one of the busiest sites on the internet. Please slip him a few dollars, if you can.

Clouds are your enemy. On the last day, if cloud prospects don't look favorable where you are, be prepared to travel if you really want to see the eclipse. As a general rule, the farther south you are, the lower your chance of your eclipse viewing being spoiled by clouds.

NASA infrared. the 10.3 frequency is the best for these purposes, in my opinion.
https://weather-radar-live.com/cloud-cover-map/

I recently found this, which even has cloud cover predictions! This is extremely helpful!
https://weather-radar-live.com/cloud-cover-map/