LibertyBell

wow I didn't remember we had mid 80s temps in March in 2021.... another nearly snowless winter?

wow I have to get used to these maps lol, when I see so much plain white my immediate thought is clear skies. Did this one actually get cloudier than the previous run?

why would hot and dry be brutal? that would be amazing actually. Let's go 1983/2010 redux!

large scale features like fronts should be in that general area though right? it's probably easier to predict the general location of a front as opposed to a rain/snow line I would think... a lot of outlets like TWC, Accuweather, etc, are putting out maps like this now.

Thanks, Hopefully we can get a run that's closer to 3 PM on that day....?

another thing, this forecast is for 1 PM local time, totality is at around 3:20 to 3:30 PM is it possible that clear area will move further east in that time to reach at least NE PA up to Syracuse?

I've never seen a map of this type before-- thanks so much! Am I reading this correctly though-- the closer to white, the more chances of clouds? Does this mean that upstate NY has more and more clouds the further north you go and so does eastern Long Island? 97% cloud cover for Scranton? 75% for Binghamton and 87% for Syracuse? 88% cloud cover for western Long Island but only 27% cloud cover for Williamsport, PA? And I see when you go up the Hudson Valley there is a sweet spot but that doesn't seem to be in the zone of totality? Is that 57% at Saratoga Springs? Best bet is north central and western PA north of Pittsburgh and eastern Ohio near the PA border?

early forecast for the eclipse Tony?

I swear these people who love rain so much probably had ancestors who were crossbred with ducks....

I mean, I saw other people talking about doing the same thing on the local news, so it should be fun. I've been to Albany several times, but that's about as far north as I've gone. I thought Syracuse was more like Central New York, I didn't realize it was so far north!

on the positive side a ridge this strong will bring down arctic high pressure and keep us clear for the eclipse maybe?

it's party sunny and nice today, looks like the only day with rain is Thursday.

it's actually nice today with partly sunny skies, looks like the rainy forecasts are getting less rainy with time less clouds too.

The good thing is you dont need a room to see an eclipse. I plan on just getting there and coming back, no nights spent anywhere.

Smart-- see my previous post, the further east the better.

wow talk about good planning..... based on the maps I saw today it looks like a front could be hung up across the middle of the country with rain from Dallas to Cleveland and Pittsburgh.... the further east the better! Even Maine could be better than Dallas or Cleveland!

It looks like rain there on the flip side it could be better in Syracuse. Support New York!

and even in Central NY. I was wondering how an ice free Lake Erie and Lake Ontario would impact things.... and I believe that would actually increase the chances of cloudiness and rainfall/snowfall.

I wish this was the path of totality for the eclipse.... and that we had clear skies that day. Today would actually have been perfect for the eclipse.

negative nao are more likely in spring than winter

that's when his weekend begins.

Dont go by climate data from previous years, it's basically a coin flip what the weather will be like that day.

so glad it doesn't go out to April 8th lol

How much was the storm total at JFK, Chris? Was it right behind March 2010 there too? March 2010 was much windier though...

come on man, we'd all rather see the eclipse