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The word from Nashville is the only hotel that's still available is way out in Lebanon (Knights Inn), and they're charging $799/night.

17 hours ago, Hoosier said:

Too early?  

 

I wouldn't mind seeing a massive intense ridge in the area, as that would tend to be a high confidence low/no cloud pattern. Don't have it on that run though.

 

That's a decent setup also, as the area under the total eclipse would be in the subsidence region of that trough.

39 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

5 weeks from today.  

I hope we have weather like we're having around here today.  Not a cloud in the sky. 

People like us are going to have an advantage over others.  Not only will we be checking forecasts, but we can also dig into the models to get a sense of the pattern and how things can go wrong.  For example, a progged MCS regime that ends up farther south than thought.

Worst case, it then becomes a storm-chasing trip. 

5 hours ago, Hoosier said:

I was poking around just for the heck of it, and it looks like hotels are filling up fast in the path of totality in MO/IL/KY, and what is left seems to be charging higher rates compared to what they typically do.  Areas on the fringe or outside (say St. Louis) have more openings, at least for now.

I managed to reserve a room in downtown Nashville in case I do decide to make the trip, and they're all charging no less than $300/night. Even then, I pretty much lucked up as every other hotel in the downtown and midtown area is just about completely booked.

In fact, I heard the schools in Sumner County (in Metro Nashville) will shut down for the day, in anticipation of all of the traffic.

13 hours ago, Hoosier said:

Yeah, that's a good spot if you want the experience of viewing in a big city.  They are the biggest city that is fully within the total eclipse zone.

The only thing about Nashville is that their downtown area has a severe shortage of hotel rooms (especially with it being a tourist destination). There will be about 10+ more high-rise hotels that are coming on line within the next couple of years, but they're still in the construction / development phase. 

8/21/17 is a Monday too.

What the heck, might as well make it a long weekend.

I guess it's time to plan a trip to Nashville...

With insane parameters like that is just out of this world. I mean 9000-10000J/Kg, 1000m2/s2, LCL's 200m, 80-90kts, temperatures mid 80s, dews in the low to mid 70s, EHI's of 15, LI's of -12, followed by a powerful cold front or dryline, and addtional other insane parameters. I am afraid that some of our states would not be existing anymore. There would be multiple PDS tornado watches with all probabilities >95%. They would state numerous violent tornadoes, numerous wind gusts in excess of 180 mph, and numerous hail stones to the size of bowling balls/basketballs. You may also have flooding torential rains of one feet/hour. I would thin k something would be out of this world scary.

That's "The Day After Tomorrow" stuff there..

The Summer from hell.

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And for those who are just starting college or plan on attending college, you should REALLY consider getting more than one degree. Not only will it be cheaper getting 2 at once than 2 seperately, but the competition between people with bachelor or even master degrees is getting too fierce for one to stand out with just one degree.

Welcome to the new America!!!