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See you at the game!

Caps clinch the last playoff spot!

Huge win by the Caps. Win tomorrow and we’re in the playoffs.

whoa, quarter sized hail here.

I’ve always wanted to visit AUS/NZ so we circled July 2028 as the trip to go there and see the eclipse. Going to stop in LA first to see a few Olympic events.

We need to start the thread for the next eclipse already. This was fun to track along with everyone!

My car is green!

Of course they’re going to keep us slightly hopeful and probably blow a 4-0 lead in the last game of the season to miss out.

We got back last night from NH. It was an amazing experience and worth all the driving the last few days. It took us almost 4 hours to drive 90 minutes back to the rental from Colebrook on Monday. But it took family members from Manchester, NH over 12 hours to get from Colebrook to Manchester. Ironically enough while eating lunch in Colebrook on Monday (a very small, rural town), we were moving tables on the patio to make room for a family to be able to sit. We got chatting and they were visiting from Alexandria, VA too. Small world!

About 20 minutes from first contact!

We’re in Colebrook, NH to watch the eclipse. 52/sunny.

Good morning from New Hampshire! Beautiful (but chilly) morning here. The snowy peak in the distance is Mt Washington (I think ha)

I watched 2017 from a Rite Aid parking lot in SW NC, which allowed me to hop on the highway quickly. It worked out well!

We’re north of Jackson, NH now and are heading to Dixville Notch in the morning. I’m sure the roads will be packed.

I’m glad you decided to chase the event!

The state is hosting a pretty big event in Colebrook, NH but I think we’re going to head to Dixville Notch. I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a zoo tomorrow.

I’m hoping everyone that is traveling is able to see the total eclipse and clouds are better than forecast. Have fun down there! From the deck, we can see a (very snowy) peak of Mt. Washington in the distance, which is pretty cool.

Just got to our rental north of Jackson, NH. Solid snow cover on the ground - currently in the mid 50s and sunny.

We’re in southern NH en route to our rental in northern NH. Lots of volume heading north on the roads already.

We had a rental in Niagara Falls Canada but just booked a place north of Jackson tomorrow through Tuesday. Trying to figure out which town to drive to Monday.

I think that’s a good idea, and there seems to be some decent availability. I highly recommend going to see it…it’s really freaking cool.

We just made the call to abandon NY. Got a place in NH 20 mins outside the path of totality and will drive to see it. We are in Long Island for a family thing and will head up in the morning.

The roads aren’t able to handle the crowds either IMO.

I’m just going to start focusing on the meso models and the Euro. GFS and GEPS seems to hate NY. NWS Buffalo discussion isn’t all terrible. Ridging slides off to the east Monday as warm frontal boundary pushes into the region from the southwest. There continues to be model support of at least a narrow line of weakening showers that will graze southwestern portion of the area during the morning hours. The weakening trend is likely to continue into the afternoon with most if not all of the light shower activity falling apart as isentropic lift/forcing associated with the warm front wanes. Cloud forecast during the Monday afternoon eclipse remains uncertain at this junction and may not even be fully known until just a few hours before the event starts. Confidence remains high that high level cloud cover will be over nearly the entire area, with an expected band of mid level cloud traversing at least a portion of western New York. Model mid and upper level moisture fields during the afternoon do show a favorable decreasing trend which would suggest the idea that some of this cloud cover will thin. Temperatures look mild with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.

This is so much more exciting than tracking snow.