MNTonka

Almost guaranteed to be cloud free as well!

Glad you got to see it! I was lucky as well at my viewing spot in Clifton/Valley mills area. The morning was completely socked in with thick clouds and we were expecting to not see anything. As the morning went on the clouds quickly began to burn off and break up. About a 1/2 hour from totality a large clearing took place and passed over us during the entirety of totality, we had zero clouds! It was incredible! The prominences were much more pronounced this time vs. 2017. Other neat occurrences were nearby roosters crowing, crickets, noticeable drop in temp, and even a barred owl started to hoot shortly after totality. The reactions from the first-timers is always special too Great trip! And the ranch we stayed at was absolutely spectacular, but that’s a different story. We are considering Egypt for the 2027 eclipse

MO is where we were!

High clouds or haze could still be pretty great. In 2017 we had similar conditions and once it started to get close to totality, it actually cleared up. It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever experienced! I’m hoping for a similar scenario this year. Don’t give up hope! Good luck!

Thanks!

Any chance I could get you to post the euro?

I’ve never been cheering harder for the euro!

I’d invite all my fellow weatherforum folks if I could! We have literally never met the people we are staying with. It’s a friend of a friend of a friend that is apparently quite wealthy and has a guest house on his ranch . It should be quite the experience for sure!

I’m going to be in Clifton Any suggestions for other things to do in the area? Or places to eat? We are going to be there for a few days

Where do I find this? I’m not seeing it when I click on cloud cover. edit: nevemind, it’s showing up for me now. Nice find!

Are you in the path of totality? I would highly recommend finding a spot in the path of totality. It’s so worth it!

MSP ended up with 6.9” with a 17:1 ratio. Pretty crazy ratio considering earlier in the day it was 41 degrees.

Quite a bit of good info in this link for those planning a trip. https://eclipsophile.com/2024tse/

The LOW temp for MSP was 45, which is 1 degree shy of the previous record HIGH temp for the day (46). Got up to 55 this afternoon. Crazy!

Thanks!