Brick Tamland Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 A very important eclipse warning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfan98 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Ryan MaueVerified account @RyanMaue NE Georgia and South Carolina lucked out w/very dry air aloft, rare to be cloud-free in middle-August. Hot -- 90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovingGulfLows Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Yeah looks like everything set up perfectly for GA/SC. Now if only winter storms could do the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfan98 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Clear and hot here in Easley, SC. Some mod CU north over the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKY_WX Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Sunny and pretty clear here in raleigh. Looking like good weather. Supposed to be roughly 94% here, so should be fun to watch. I've never seen one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Already seeing some towering cumulus off in the distance! I'm guessing up in the mountains. T storms won't be far behind ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Serious question folks, my daughter has a telescope that she has asked to use and just put her glasses over the eye piece. It also has a moon filter on it. Would this be safe for viewing? My gut says yes because the light isnt amplified, only reflected. Would love your feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovingGulfLows Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 minute ago, kvegas-wx said: Serious question folks, my daughter has a telescope that she has asked to use and just put her glasses over the eye piece. It also has a moon filter on it. Would this be safe for viewing? My gut says yes because the light isnt amplified, only reflected. Would love your feedback! The rule is thumb is if you can see normal lights in your household through your filtered glasses, it's not safe enough for the eclipse so you should ask her to test it out with the lights in your home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Getting awful milky outside. see the cumulus building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 7 minutes ago, LovingGulfLows said: The rule is thumb is if you can see normal lights in your household through your filtered glasses, it's not safe enough for the eclipse so you should ask her to test it out with the lights in your home. Sorry, should have been more clear. She wants to put her "eclipse" glasses on and then look through the eyepiece. Goal being to see the beads a little clearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, kvegas-wx said: Sorry, should have been more clear. She wants to put her "eclipse" glasses on and then look through the eyepiece. Goal being to see the beads a little clearer. No!!! Not safe!!! Only if the filter is over the front of the telescope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovingGulfLows Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 4 minutes ago, kvegas-wx said: Sorry, should have been more clear. She wants to put her "eclipse" glasses on and then look through the eyepiece. Goal being to see the beads a little clearer. Not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovingGulfLows Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: No!!! Not safe!!! Only if the filter is over the front of the telescope. Yeah I'd imagine the telescope or eyepiece would amplify the sunlight and UV rays coming through your eyes so that would be more unsafe...you would have to first filter the eyepiece or telescope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovingGulfLows Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Looks like for my area, the clouds are beginning to build up. I think that dry air band aloft is starting to erode from the south. Hopefully it doesn't screw those in totality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Still have perfectly clear skies sitting at 76 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 23 minutes ago, kvegas-wx said: Serious question folks, my daughter has a telescope that she has asked to use and just put her glasses over the eye piece. It also has a moon filter on it. Would this be safe for viewing? My gut says yes because the light isnt amplified, only reflected. Would love your feedback! Better idea... Just get the telescope pointed at the sun (by using your hand behind the eye piece so you know when your on the sun) and then hold a piece of white paper or art board out behind the eyepiece. It will project a large image of the sun onto the paper and you can focus it. This is what I'm going to do and the sun will be about the size of a basketball on my piece of paper. Works like a champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Mostly clear with a few puffy cumulus developing at the hotel in Laurens. I am thinking of going to a place nearby in Waterloo which basically sits right on the center line of totality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Few small CU popping now overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Mostly cloudy here in Salter Path, NC. I'll have some eclipse glasses to sell in a few hours if anyone needs them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Some TCU off to the east aways. Bastards better stay there. 45 mins to first contact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Mostly clear here in Raleigh. Good luck to you folks in GA and SC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 cloudy in greensboro now, beyond Mostly cloudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 In Greenwood, SC Worried about the clouds popping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Partly cloudy here with high clouds all around. Sun is out for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I am in Williamston SC. There is a Cu field but it could be worse. Expecting around 2:36 of totality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, jrips27 said: In Greenwood, SC Worried about the clouds popping up. In Greenville proper, I'd say it's 60-75% cloud cover! Getting sketchy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 17 minutes ago, Cold Rain said: Mostly clear here in Raleigh. Good luck to you folks in GA and SC! What's your DP and wet bulb!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Thanks for the feedback on the telescope idea. Found the online manual and sun viewing without a separately purchased filter will damage the scope. So thats out! May not matter anyway as the cloud deck moving west from GSO is proving to be thick. Big cumulus coming in. Plan B is to head north at the last minute up to the farm in stuart va to see if we can salvage anything. Otherwise this is just a youtube event. Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Raining. Lord this is comical I swear. Money says at 5:00 today itll be clear as a bell lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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