LibertyBell

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

But a month earlier than May means more chances of accumulation here?

it's looking bad for the eclipse isn't it?

for how long?

last april was really nice though, dry and warm and two days in the 90s

well that would be bad since there's a total solar eclipse on the 8th lol whats the 8th looking like up near Syracuse?

The next two nights may be our last freezing or below temperatures until next fall looking at the forecasts.