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Definitely some extra traffic on I-70. Not painful, but on and off slowdowns.
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Mansfield is a good spot. Surprised you got a room!?
Part of what spurred it - found a room at a decent looking Red Roof Inn for only $180. Figured it was a sign.-
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Screw it - made a reservation for middle of the eclipse in Mansfield, OH. Very first city I started looking at. Can pivot a bit day of as needed.
Let’s get it.-
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Pretty sure clouds will still exist in 2027. Get in the car and go to central Ohio. Enjoy!
Is that your official recommendation? I’ll hold you to that
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This is where I'm at right now, attitude-wise. I planned "to the hilt" in 2017, for a mere PARTIAL eclipse, to set up my tripod and cameras in the backyard to do time lapse pics of that event...only to have a thunderhead form LITERALLY 5 minutes ahead of the partial eclipse, and obscure most of the "festivities" that day. I'll probably be way too old to care, let alone know, that the next major eclipse is happening (in the 2070's, right?)...so I've got my solar filter for my phone for whatever happens Monday, and I'm happy to take pics of that.
2045! Perks of being young is that I can always try that one (fingers crossed) if I bail out of this one.-
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Pretty grim thread. It’ll work out somewhere in a reasonably drivable range, but starting to lean towards skip.
https://x.com/burgwx/status/1776717735252443230?s=46&t=YRAxGyE8QLsoshMtJniktg-
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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.
Yeah, I’ve been noticing places just outside the path of totality have higher prices but the gouging isn’t crazy bad. Considering getting a place 80% of the way there, stay overnight Sunday, and finish the drive Monday so it’s not too painful.
As you can probably tell I’ve had a lot of ideas lol but hardly a fleshed out plan. Not a good sign -
Looks increasingly poor for Niagara Falls unfortunately. Might try Monday morning to drive from our rental to the Syracuse area if it looks better.
My litmus test has been, do I have a better than 50/50 shot anywhere within 6 hours or so?
Gonna rely on Tomer’s tool for cities (linked below) tomorrow and make a final call around this time. Increasingly likely my chase partner (girlfriend) ditches me tomorrow lol so I kinda don’t want to solo if it’s a tough call.
http://arctic.som.ou.edu/tburg/products/realtime/eclipse/ -
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The roads aren’t able to handle the crowds either IMO.
Another valid concern. Saw a funny tweet about people (likely) getting stuck in the mud in Maine with the recent snow as they try and go off-road to get where they need to be. Seems probable enough haha. -
Apologies for the spelling error. I was saying you should just go to Maine.
If I got the energy I think I could make it to Burlington, VT, or the area surrounding Lake Champlain in general. It’s not that much further. Maine is too far and honestly too rural in the totality path. -
Just got to Maine.
I’m unwilling to make the drive that far… which may be dumb. But that’s the smart place to be! Take some cool photos. -
I still can’t tell what makes sense between a range of Columbus, OH, and around Rochester, NY. Guess I’ll wait another day before deciding!
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Ok, here's the 12z Euro for NY. Yellow is good, dark is bad.
First up, no low clouds as we've been talking about. Splotchy mid-level clouds, and then an exiting deck of high-level clouds.
So we’re saying forum meetup in Geneva, NY?-
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Anyone feel the earthquake that just happened?
Was just coming to check. Didn’t feel anything a few floors up in DC. -
I’m shifting my attention to the Syracuse area. Realizing it’s really not much further than SWNY and the forecast seems slightly brighter there. Here’s hoping.
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18z ticked the middle clouds further SW, low clouds still not a factor... just super aggressive with the high clouds, despite being a bit drier at 18z. I'm fully onboard the "GFS overdoes clouds, especially thin high ones" hopium train at this point... Here's the GEFS cloud thickness, if it was just the 18z and not time lagged it would probably be a few points higher in most places. Worse for WNY but not as much as the op verbatim clouds would suggest. Hopefully that projected thinness comes through.
It’s better than nothing, but can you see the corona through high clouds? Or is it just easier to see it go dark? -
April 8th Eclipse- Least Easy One To See In My Lifetime
If this one doesn’t pan out I may buy my tickets to Spain 2026 pretty quickly. Australia 2028 also isn’t bad.-
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Things have gotten a bit better for western NY over the last day. We were up in the 60s for cloud cover on NBM and it’s back down into the upper 40s/low 50s as it oscillates back and forth. I’d gamble with that.
Almost more fun than snow tracking. Also fun to keep perusing random PA/NY towns to figure out which small town I’d camp in for day.
Dewittville? Sure why not-
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I’m still rooting for western PA or NY, but it’s looking worse. Don’t think I can stomach a one day trip all the way into the far northeast - we’ll see!
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HRRR has persistently had a solid cell tracking through Central VA this afternoon. Tough to believe while we’re sitting here stuck in the #wedge
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Euro and GFS ops now both have precip for Erie/Cleveland. That was gonna be my target. I'd hate to drive hours out there with 2 young kids and have clouds. I'm hoping for either a clear cut sunny day forecast or clear clouds. 50/50 is gonna be a tough call.
Not looking forward to making the call on Sunday. Room for things to change back but things looked much better a few days ago. Karma for rooting for Texas’ downfall lol. -
https://x.com/nwswpc/status/1774862804463538444?s=46&t=YRAxGyE8QLsoshMtJniktg
Not ideal for anyone… unless you are in Missouri, Arkansas, or really in the NE. We’ll see!-
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ah my young friend - even though that happened, you can NEVER root for Dook (unless they are playing an SEC team).
I’m okay with NC State beating Duke. They can go no further though.
as a UVA grad of my generation, our rivalry is
VT > Duke > UNC > everyone else
and you’d make a compelling argument to stick JMU in the mix if we could play them more… think it would be good to get them in the commonwealth clash mix somehow.
April 8th Eclipse- Last Easy One To See In My Lifetime
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76 and 80 have been solid. Just south of Pittsburgh now.
Also - f Breezewood. Worst part of the trip.