Hank Scorpio

Got massively lucky where I am in Texas. A big blobby low cloud moved in 10 minutes from totality but got out of the way with 1 minute to spare. Stole this from my brother, so cool to see the activity shooting up off the surface of the sun. Incredible stuff.

I've never rooted harder for Canada haha. Is it the strength of the low or the position that's causing such a drastic difference in cloud cover forecast from the RGEM?

Same. Glanced outside, happened to see a flash of lightning, and had to check radar to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. Sure does seem like we've had a lot more lightning and thunder so far this year as compared to a typical spring.

This map will let you click anywhere and the little popup will tell you exactly how long totality will last in your location: https://nso.edu/for-public/eclipse-map-2024/ I'm taking my family to Texas for the same reason as many others...seemed like the best chance for sunny weather. We should be looking at about 3.5 minutes of totality in our location which will be a lot of fun. I was in upstate SC for the 2017 eclipse and traffic afterwards was a nightmare. I learned my lesson though and booked a spot right in the path this time, so no travel the day of will be required. Can't wait

There's a little spot on the side of Sycolin Rd between leesburg and broadlands that was situated perfectly to build a massive drift after the second January snow. I've been keeping my eye on it and looks like it'll finally disappear today. 3 weeks of snow on the ground in that one spot...impressive. Also, I don't know if I've already started to adjust to warmer temps but the breeze today made 42° feel so cold.

Got the whole family out sledding before the sun went down. Great way to wrap up the outside portion of a snowy day

Streamer band was fun as it came through leesburg! Shoveled the driveway right before and it looks like that band added a quick 1/4"

For no particular reason, I think I'll post this picture I took over the summer of the giant gas flare off tower they installed in Georgetown. Sure was a surprise they allowed it to be built there

Shreve mill Rd just south of leesburg is closed due to flooding. Not too surprising, since that spot probably floods 5 times a year. Just down the road, goose creek was just about at the top of its banks. Guessing that'll overflow soon, but as far as I know it won't threaten any roads in the area. Still impressive to see how far it's come up in a relatively short amount of time today.

Always nice to see the first frost of the season. Interestingly, no frost in people's yards in my neighborhood, but pretty heavy frost in the open areas. It was also cool to see frost in the lower spots around the neighborhood...really makes all the little tiny microclimates clear

A little something is popping up right now just west of town, right where the two outflows collided. Not showing up that well on radar, but I can see rain falling

Yo! I can see that cell in eastern Loudoun, and it's plenty noisy. But it looks like it'll slide to my east while the cells to my west also just miss. Good lightning show at least!

I chased the Leesburg QLCS notch on foot... Couldn't tell if the lowering in the back was rotating, and I didn't wanna stand around for long to figure it out

Looks like it's still growing, too

The cell crossing from WV into MD, just south of Hagerstown, is looking pretty healthy from my vantage point.