[TriLUG] Total Solar Eclipse - Expeditions to SC??

[norwoodm via TriLUG]

I personally am not trusting predictions of whether or not a particular 
area will be cloudy or not a month and 1/2 in advance. I don't even trust 
the second half of a 7 day forecast.

Mike

On Tue, 6 Jun 2017, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Jun 2017, Peter Neilson via TriLUG wrote:
>
>> The afternoon of Monday 21 August 2017 will provide a total solar eclipse 
>> in South Carolina.
>
> Here's the map of the eclipse path
>
> http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html
>
> Here's the page showing cloud in August for part of the eclipse path in SC. 
> You 
> can hop to anywhere in the US from this page.
>
> https://weatherspark.com/averages/29851/8/West-Columbia-South-Carolina-United-States
>
> It's expected to be relatively cloudy in SC. Do you want to go to SC and take 
> what you get, or do you want to see the eclipse?
>
> I really want to see the eclipse. I've been waiting for this for 20yrs. For 
> this 
> year's event, I'm going to St Jo. MO. There's a 5% chance of cloud cover.
>
> I saw the one in GA in the '80s. It was annular. I was about 50' from the 
> center 
> line. A line of amateur astronomers were running TV cameras through scopes, 
> spread about 100' across a parking lot. It was perfect blue sky.
>
> All the best with your planning
>
> Joe
>
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