TellicoWx

Talked to my aunt a couple hours ago, she lives just west of Houston. Had heavy snow and lost power there.

I can loan you guys some of the cold air in exchange for some moisture. Hard watching moisture come up out of the gulf and be right on the edge here along the mountains in east TN lol.

Yabucoa Harbor starting to enter the eye. Peak gust was 97.3 kts, with surge of 4.3' so far.

Gusts approaching 100 knots at Yabucoa Harbor

90 knot gust recorded on north side of Vieques Island.

OEW starting to come ashore on St. Croix

Absolutely amazing here in Tellico Plains, SE TN. The 360 sunset with the lights from town and corona were breath taking.

Last estimate was over 1000 vehicles have lined the Cheohala Skyway at the TN/NC line

I live in Tellico Plains just south of Sweetwater, it's a shame ppls greed that is on full display. I honestly hope no one park's in these spots. My neighbors have roped their yards off hoping to make a buck. My driveway is small, but there is no way with a clear conscious I could charge ppl to view this great event.

Alot of unhappy merchants and ppl in Tellico who thought they would get rich this weekend, comparing it to the Y2K hype. Traffic and visitors have been light for an August weekend. I honestly think the media did a poor job with this event, scaring alot of ppl with "traffic apocalypse" stories, and not focusing enough time to inform ppl of the difference about a partial and total. A lot of ppl today are still confused with the 99% is good enough mentality.

81 gets bad around Harrisonburg

A friend in Richmond said traffic is already horrible, took them 4hrs to go 5 miles...looks like the "Great Migration" has begun lol

Biggest question I heard from ppl in town today was, "Wheres the crowd". A lot of skeptics here, totals have been from a 1k to 10k, with everyone wanting an answer. Water I believe could be an issue, but I hope the planners have got that in control...past events doesn't have a good track record on that subject lol. Regardless of where people "see" the eclipse, I believe the skyway will be full this weekend. Thanks for your updates.

Microclimates will play a big role Monday...just got the post set in the field for the pws, close to centerline so it will update the temp, humidity, and winds during totality, should be interesting data.

That's one of the good things about Tellico Plains here in southeast TN...town is surrounded by ridges and downsloping tends to help as far as cloud cover. Models had cloud cover today but ended clear skies over town surrounded by clouds. Microclimates will play a big part here in the southeast

Lol...kinda like following models during winter....I'll take the 60hr Nam for the win

I'm located in Tellico Plains, SE TN, on the center line. A lot of people here think this is being over hyped. Going to be interesting to see how it plays out.

I live in Tellico and been watching the models closely, Typical summer pattern looks likely to me and on those days normally areas along Athens to Madisonville, along with the mountains form clouds quicker. As long as I've studied the micro climates here locally, I believe it's due to a ridge (Starrs Mt) that runs through these areas aiding in the formation of clouds from upsloping due to south/southwest winds. Tellico sits in a bowl so the downsloping tends to slow the formation. The park service has will close some areas to vehicle traffic, but allow foot traffic. Also, glasses can't be found anywhere in the county.

They are saying due to the high volume of traffic, that cars will get stuck due to not being able to turn around. The Astronomical Society is going to setup in town instead of up on the mountain.

I live in Tellico Plains and member of the fire dept...we have been having meetings with EMA and Forest Service. For anyone planning on going up the Skyway, the Forest Service as of right will close most of the areas mentioned (Buck Bald, Stratton Meadows, Wauchessi, so on) on Eclipse day, also no parking will be allowed anywhere up the mountain. My advice is stay away from that area.