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8 hours from Plattsburgh to Point Pleasant Beach in a drive that usually takes 5. Worth every minute.

Totality in Plattsburgh. The few high clouds had zero effect of the eclipse comparing it to 2017 in South Carolina. Saw both diamond ring phases and we were treated to Baily's Beads throughout totality. It's tough to see here

Stayed the night in Lake George and visited several breweries! We are trying to decide if Plattsburgh is still good or try to navigate the northern tier of Vermont into the NE kingdom. roads will be jammed if we do that option but worried about high cirrus.

On the path to totality

I was in the middle of a serious interview on zoom from my office in Wall when it hit. It took a few seconds to register what was happening. Very loud in person although the laptop recording didn't pick up the noise that much.

I'm most worried about that band of high cirrus coming from the west. What we noticed in South Carolina back in 2017 once the eclipse started the cumulus clouds actually decreased as more of the sun became covered. Less heating perhaps.

Quarter sized hail at my sister's house in Howell from the 6 pm storm.

KDIX just popped on. Hopefully it stays!

The models show a narrow corridor of strong winds for a few hours basically from Barnegat Light to Raritan Bay for NJ and points northeast. Things get cranking around 12/1 p.m.

Thunderstorm woke me up here at the beach.

Plattsburgh/BVT still looking good.

Stormy day for Jersey especially south tomorrow on the nam.

Destination: Airborne Park Speedway Plattsburgh. Btw if anyone is on the fence of going, it's absolutely worth it. This is a video I made from our 2017 chase

hoping we thread the needle between the pulling out closed low and the system over the upper midwest. This could be really really good.

Major high tide bust (in the good direction) tonight along the beaches. It's coming in about a foot lower than modeled.