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How good are the cloud cover maps anyway? Are they experimental? Are they shit even inside 2 or 3 days? Like the clown snowfall maps lol

Gonna need to see that wave speed up and get out of the way....

Ya was looking at this earlier......had to reel it in a bit with the 276 hr lead but if this stays on the models for another few days I'll be getting nervous for our Dallas plans......that would suck so bad......

We’ll hope it’s clear cuz the flight to Dallas is booked and it wasn’t cheap…..

You sure about that chief?

Mega lol......OK I'm not too worried yet for Dallas......

LOL.......is the eclipse modelled?

I did and they seem OK but TBH I'm not sure you can 100% be certain they're not fake unless you actually test them with expensive scanning equipment or whatever.......the ones I used in 2017 were good and the 3 I just bought are the same kind so IDK.......trying to take all the precautions as much as I can

Here we are folks.....we talked so much about whats happening in 2 weeks......dang..... This time I am chasing with the whole crew......the kids have to see this......April 8 is beginning of spring break for them so we are heading to Lake Tahoe for a week of snowboarding but on the way we will stop in Dallas to catch the eclipse......crazy schedule but who cares......if all goes well should be amazing.....leave LaGuardia at 6am Monday and land in Dallas Fort Worth at like 9:30am and we will chill out and eclipse watch before we board plane for Reno at 10pm......the rest is just a vacation......can't wait

Fella?

I use the 700 RH map as a guide for where clouds may be......thats my rookie move but if there is another map I should look at let me know please

This is 1pm CDT Monday 4/8 (2pm EDT) 336 hr 18z GFS 700 map for eclipse day......this still looks great for most of the path.......but we all know how 336 hour maps go......look at the weird clearing in northern NE.....lol

IDK my experience in 2017 wasn't so bad......I made it to Columbia MO and when it was over I had to get to Des Moines IA which involved a pretty rural road due north that wasn't that backed up......maybe 30 minutes right after the eclipse was over (I waited for the whole thing to be over).......after that initial back up it was 75 the whole way to Des Moines......probably had the advantage of not being on a major interstate like 91 or 89

I had glasses from 2017 but ordered more for the family so nobody would fight over them......I ordered them Friday and they came today......so you got time..... I got them from https://www.3dglassesonline.com/ Probably paid too much but whatever........I still had the ones I bought 7 years ago and ordered 3 more for the family this time......can't wait....

That honestly looks great for most of the path……except northern NE lol

Hopefully the huge fukin ridge idea stays intact…..

Ok 384 700 RH 0z GFS is awesome for Dallas on eclipse day….keep it up…..

Providence has more people than there…..

Also this one is twice as long as 2017 as the moon is way closer than back then…..the geometry of it is fascinating 4+ minutes of totality rather than about 2 minutes plus or minus in 2017…..it will be great as long as the clouds stay away

This seems like hype to me - my experience in Missouri in 2017 was not this.......far from it......but who knows And lol at cell service on 91 in VT........there already isn't any lol

IDK....in 2017 I drove from Omaha to Columbia MO to a town park right on the center line........it was weird - I don't recall mass chaos getting to it nor do I remember the traffic being all that bad after......I had booked a hotel room in Des Moines and the only traffic after was maybe 45 minutes of slow (not stopped) traffic until I was far enough north of the center line things dispersed......though I was on a decently rural road heading due north to Iowa......maybe it will be different on 91 in VT......we will be in Dallas this time and I'm taking the whole family this time - want the kids to see

Are you in Texas? Dallas area?

384 0z GFS 700 map is promising for Dallas......lol.....another 24 hours and we are inside model range.........

We plan to fly into DFW that morning lol.....on our way to Lake Tahoe for some riding and the kids spring break......the plan is dumb but could really work out....land before 9am and get ourselves outside somewhere to watch.....may or may not rent a car to get to the center but if we had to just stay near the airport I'd be fine with that too as totality is still 3.5 minutes at DFW......our hop to Reno leaves at like 10pm.......what a dumb plan lol....at least we won't be contending with stupid New England April meh........literally the worst time of year for a total solar eclipse here......

what a slay don't you say?