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the last total solar eclipse in NYC

Paragon

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_January_24,_1925

https://ny.curbed.com/2017/8/14/16143672/solar-eclipse-new-york-city-history

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A partially blind 64-year-old man inHackensack, New Jersey, claimed that after looking directly at the eclipse, his sight was miraculously restored.

B&W video of the event!

 

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the last notable solar eclipse around here of note was the 90% eclipse on May 10, 1994

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1994-may-10

I saw that one through 10x50 binos and through mostly cloudy skies (the sun peaked through at just the right time after most of the day had been overcast.)

This is very close to what it looked like near maximum eclipse at 1:36 PM in Brooklyn

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/brooklyn?iso=19940510

 

The March 7, 1970 one was more intriguing though- it followed a benchmark track!

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/1970-march-7

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/brooklyn?iso=19700307

Not quite total in Brooklyn but very close at 1:41 PM.  Wasn't alive for that one.

 

 

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This upcoming solar eclipse will be my first, and I'm glad it's in the summer. I froze to death during that lunar eclipse we had like a year or two ago, which was also a first for me.

I would've loved to travel to the path of totality for this eclipse, but there's always 2024 (hopefully).

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9 minutes ago, Cfa said:

This upcoming solar eclipse will be my first, and I'm glad it's in the summer. I froze to death during that lunar eclipse we had like a year or two ago, which was also a first for me.

I would've loved to travel to the path of totality for this eclipse, but there's always 2024 (hopefully).

Yeah, I'm making plans to go up I-81 to Watertown for that one.  I hope the weather up there is clear in early April :P

The lunar eclipse we had a couple years ago, you mean the one in September?  That was a really good one around here, I actually took pictures from my window without going outside at all (being upstairs gave me a clear view over the trees in that direction.) That was the "Supermoon eclipse."

 

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1 minute ago, bluewave said:

Looks like the HRRRX will be the only model that will forecast the eclipse cooling. It will be interesting to track the temperature falls especially where totality occurs.

 

https://eclipse2017.noaa.gov/

Yes, I'm wondering about that too.  Another thing I saw somewhere is some sort of solar event occurring around that time?  A spaceweather site I look at mentioned it and said if it happens to look for a halo around the sun at totality.

 

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Yes, I'm wondering about that too.  Another thing I saw somewhere is some sort of solar event occurring around that time?  A spaceweather site I look at mentioned it and said if it happens to look for a halo around the sun at totality.

 

This was in the link:

Up to 900 W m-2 reduction in downward shortwave radiation at the surface may occur on 21 August. The actual cloud cover on that day may determine the maximum reduction, rather than being caused by the eclipse. Reductions of 2m temperature can reach the range of 5-7 C (9-12 F) in clear-sky regions.

The 80m wind speeds had a lagged effect, having large changes (> ± 2 m s-1) two hours after the umbra passed over. Some of these changes were likely due to the interruption of the boundary layer development, but others may be due to a change in low-level pressure-driven flows in complex terrain.

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1 minute ago, bluewave said:

This was in the link:

Up to 900 W m-2 reduction in downward shortwave radiation at the surface may occur on 21 August. The actual cloud cover on that day may determine the maximum reduction, rather than being caused by the eclipse. Reductions of 2m temperature can reach the range of 5-7 C (9-12 F) in clear-sky regions.

The 80m wind speeds had a lagged effect, having large changes (> ± 2 m s-1) two hours after the umbra passed over. Some of these changes were likely due to the interruption of the boundary layer development, but others may be due to a change in low-level pressure-driven flows in complex terrain.

So the temperature change can also result in higher wind speeds- interesting!  But up to a 2 hr lag, so if it happens it would be after the skies had already brightened back up!

 

 

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7 hours ago, uncle W said:

I hope the eclipse comes when I'm ready for my nap...It will get a little darker and make it easier to fall asleep...:P

that 1925 eclipse was intriguing- north of 96th street they had a total eclipse and south of 96th they didn't?  Talk about your cosmic rain/snow line lol.  And I suppose areas north of totality were smoking cirrus ;-)

In the article they said people on 97th street saw totality and those on 95th were complaining because they didn't- they should have walked north a couple of blocks :P

 

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8 hours ago, Paragon said:

The March 7, 1970 one was more intriguing though- it followed a benchmark track!

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/1970-march-7

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/brooklyn?iso=19700307

Not quite total in Brooklyn but very close at 1:41 PM.  Wasn't alive for that one.

 

 

I vaguely remember that. We sat out on my porch and watched through our fingers and squinted. I also remember another one in the mid 70's but it's possible my memory is faulty :wacko:

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19 minutes ago, doncat said:

I have a faint memory of the 1970 eclipse, being 10 years old, my friend and I were afraid so we stayed in his basement during it...stupid kids :yikes:

I remember being scared that a satellite was going to crash and hit us when I was a kid haha.  I guess I didn't know back then that 70% of the planet is ocean-covered!

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22 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

You can put in your zip code to see what it will look like at any given time on Monday

http://amp.timeinc.net/time/4882923/total-solar-eclipse-map-places-view/?source=dam

 

Thanks for the link.

Its amazing how many people I've had to warn not to look at the eclipse.  Some said they would try sunglasses, which will do absolutely nothing and lead to eye damage.  I think I would only trust a welding helmet/goggles with a shade 14 (very very dark tint), but I'll most likely either project the sun, or simply go out and see the sky darken.  I have to say though, people are going nuts for those eclipse glasses around here lol.

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Thanks for the link.

Its amazing how many people I've had to warn not to look at the eclipse.  Some said they would try sunglasses, which will do absolutely nothing and lead to eye damage.  I think I would only trust a welding helmet/goggles with a shade 14 (very very dark tint), but I'll most likely either project the sun, or simply go out and see the sky darken.  I have to say though, people are going nuts for those eclipse glasses around here lol.

I'm more interested in seeing just how dark it gets. If I recall during the last partial eclipse you couldn't notice much of a change

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https://www.space.com/37807-solar-eclipse-2017-in-new-york-city.html

By 2:44 p.m., the moon will block about 72 percent of the sun's surface as the partial eclipse reaches its maximum. Then, the cusps of the crescent-shaped sun will appear to be pointing downward, Joe Rao, FiOS1 meteorologist and Space.com columnist, said during the briefing. After the maximum eclipse, the moon will slowly begin to slide off the sun's face, and the eclipse will end at 4 p.m.

Although the skies won't darken beneath a partial eclipse in the same way that total solar eclipses briefly turn day into night, those who are paying attention may still notice some environmental changes during the partial eclipse, Rao said. He quoted American astronomer Leslie Peltier, who described his experience while watching a 75 percent partial eclipse in Delphos, Ohio, in 1918:

"At mid-eclipse, I turned away and looked about. Everything I saw — the nearby fields, the distant vistas — all seemed wrapped in some strange, unearthly early twilight. The sky seemed darker, shadows sharp and distinct. A cool wind — almost chilly — had sprung up from the West."

The partial eclipse over New York on Aug. 21 will have about the same magnitude as Peltier's partial eclipse and should bring a similar experience, Rao said. "If we're lucky enough to have clear weather here in New York at 2:44 next Monday afternoon, I have a feeling that's pretty much what we're going to see in the New York metropolitan area."

Rao equated a partial solar eclipse to a flashlight with low batteries. While the light still shines, it's not as bright as a flashlight with full batteries, and the light looks "almost yellowish" in color. "That's kind of like what it will be like next week at the midpoint of the eclipse," he said. "There's going to be a certain amount of yellowness in the air along with that dimming or diminishing twilight for a few minutes around the peak."

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18 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

I'm more interested in seeing just how dark it gets. If I recall during the last partial eclipse you couldn't notice much of a change

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Not very.  Didn't we have one here in the summer of 93 or 94?  I think it was only about 30-40% but it wasn't really noticeable at all 

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