Month: April 2024

Looks Like May Will Start Out Warmer Than Normal Over Most Of The Eastern United States

The current cool weather pattern has recently developed over the central and norther Plains. That cold air is expected to spread east over the next week. Frost and freezing temperatures are possible in northern and central sections over the next 7 days. Than, a warmer and wetter weather pattern is expected over most of the eastern and central CONUS.

Storm Summary for April 11-12th, 2024 heavy rain and gusty wind event.

One to two inches of rain fell over a good part of Lower Michigan during this time. A rapidly deepening surface low tracked north across Lake Huron Friday, April 12, 2024 deepening below 980MB by late in the morning. This resulted in winds gusting to 40 to 60 mph across most of the area.

Heavy Rain over Lower Michigan Thursday then Very Windy, with Showers Friday.

South of Michigan there is an enhanced risk for severe thunderstorms, including tornadoes over Ohio, western Pennsylvanian, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

Here is my final forecast update for the Eclipse on Monday afternoon.

I waited for the evening HREF to come in so I could use the very latest model data for this forecast. Based on the HREF , NAM 12k m, NAM 3Km and the HRRR, it seems likely there will be high clouds over the Eclipse track from Indiana into Ohio. Being high clouds, more than likely you’d see some of the Eclipse. The best viewing still seems to be in over New Hampshire and Maine.

Here Is My Updated Cloudiness Forecast For The Eclipse Monday

Today I used the NAM 3km forecast since that now goes out, hour by hour to 8 pm on Monday. I hope tomorrow evening to update with the HREF, which I still believe is most reliable for cloud cover forecasting.

As for the best location to see the Eclipse,for those in this area, I would say anywhere along the track form Evansville Indiana to near Cleveland. Most of the models continue to favor this area .

Where is the most likely location for you to go, based on the model cloud forecast so you can view the Total Solar Eclipse Monday?

I will update this forecast once the high resolution models get within 48 hours of the time of the Eclipse (2-3 pm Monday).

Note the times of Totality at various locations came from Astronomy as did slide #2.