Hey all! One of the many hoping to catch the solar eclipse in the Northeast states/Canada on Monday. I have some experience tracking weather in Europe where from experience I have come to trust certain weather models more than others.

Checking one of the apps I use (Windy) it seems there are even more weather models in North America. In anyone’s opinion is there a particular model that is more accurate or trusted? HRRR seems to be using a metric of 3kms but not sure if that translates to accuracy as I’m not an expert.

Any help is super appreciated!

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Seriously..... it rolled ACROSS the United States, then whipped up the east coast, AROUND the Great lakes, and then BACK down through half the United States, except now with snow and sleet.

Dear weathery people, would someone explain to me frustrated Al Roker-less ass why the hell this shit is not done with yet?

Please and thank you.

I’m traveling to Del Rio with my family for the solar eclipse and just noticed this. What could have happened to cause this on the AQI?

I feel like this is probably a niave question and I feel like I might already have at least a very basic answer for it but as someone who lives in the north east I FEEL( I emphasize feel because I don't have any hard proof for this just merely personal observations) that the seasons end/start later than usual.
I.E. winter has been starting later and ending later than normally and as someone who works outdoors we used to start in march now it's pretty consistent we start early april and now even that with this most recent snow storm has been pushed back yet again.

Am I crazy or is this actually a thing? Is there a precedent for this already or will we eventually have to adjust our seasons to meet reality. Thanks to anyone in advance who has answers for my most likely stupid questions xD

Can anyone explain to me what this huge rotating mass is coming up on my radar in the North??

Is it ever gonna stop raining in NJ this month? (Seriously asking for a friend)

I found 2 links to KRLX Radar in Charleston, WV. The 2 Radar sites both start with http://radar.weather.gov But the next is different. one has /station/ and the other has /ridge/. The 2 sites look the same to me. I found a list for many radar stations at /ridge/standard/(link below). Does anyone know of a list for /station/ link? Am I looking at the same radar from 2 different web sites? Examples below...

1. https://radar.weather.gov/station/KRLX/standard
2. https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/KRLX_loop.gif
3. List of radar sites
4. https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/

Final Update - Thanks a ton to everyone that has provided positive and encouraging comments. I have decided to drop Dallas, TX from my plans, and instead, drive up-far-north to Massena, NY, strictly due to mobility. It's a culture thing, I just couldn't dump friends and their families on the day of the eclipse to chase the totality while clouds and thunder-storms hover over the Dallas, TX region. I am not particularly a camera-and-photography person. I only wish to experience the rarest event - apparently Earth is the only known planet in the entire Universe in-so-far that humankind has been able to detect a Total Solar Eclipse occurrence ever, as in, there's no other place / celestial objects experiencing a Total Solar Eclipse, like Earth. Here's wishing you all a clear-sky viewing experience of a universally rare celestial event of a lifetime.

TLDR :- Is there a website that can display an interactive / animated gif or a short-form video of weather forecast predictions in the upcoming hours ahead based of the satellite recorded patterns in the past few hours, over a specific region on a map, preferably with the option to also zoom-in and zoom-out ? Or at least a map of cloud coverage over a region ?

I am extremely excited to view the Total Solar eclipse, but I am in splits. Either I fly to Dallas, TX, or drive up-north to Upstate, NY.

I've already booked cheap flight tickets to Dallas, TX, to visit friends of course, and also view the Total solar eclipse, however, the weather prediction is that it's going to be mostly cloudy from the afternoon with PM thunder-showers on the day of the total solar eclipse. The time of the totality of the eclipse will be between 1:15 PM to 2:00 PM CDT. Also, I will most likely not have adequate mobiility to chase the total solar eclipse early in the day, along the path of totality, in order to avoid clouds possibly.

As an alternative, I could simply drive up-north to Upstate, NY where the time of the totality of the eclipse is between 3:15 PM and 4:00 PM EDT, nevertheless, there's a current winter-storm system that's passing through the region possibly subsiding completely by the day of the Total Solar eclipse, however, weather forecast predictions as of currently is that most towns in the region will still remain partly cloudy on the day of the eclipse. The only advantage that I might have is the mobility to possibly start driving early in the day and get to a town in the path of totality avoiding clouds altogether.

Or, I could call it quits completely, and just stay home, and hope for an at least 94% totality of the eclipse from my residence in central jersey, that is despite the weather forecast prediction that it will be partly cloudy near my residence.

Can't trust weather patterns, but need to decide sooner rather than later.

Hello all, I created a placefile for GRLevel3 to show the totality path of the upcoming Eclipse on April 8th. Feel free to add this to your placefiles list to cross reference weather with the Eclipse!

https://kc0vsn.org/2024Eclipse.txt

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