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WaPo has an initial Eclipse weather forecast - still very early (it will be updated every other day), but not looking great for parts of the country -- (link)

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Aug 9 '17, 11:24

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/09/total-solar-eclipse-weather-forecast-as-of-aug-9-2017/?utm_term=.e9e2274883d6 (www.washingtonpost.com)

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This may be the wrong board to say this, but - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:26 21
- Because science is cool. Last time anything close to this occurred I was in college and I'm not sure I've ever seen a full total eclipse -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 11:45
- Have you ever experienced even a partial one? It's kind of freaky. -- nm - mara Aug 9, 11:36 6
  - I remember seeing one as a kid on one of our summer road trips through California, if I'm remembering correctly. Probably the one on July 11, 1991 -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 11:45
  - Almost positive I saw a partial one when I was younger, down in FL. - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:42 2
    - Read my second description below. -- nm - mara Aug 9, 11:47
    - I'm about 40 miles from the beginning ot the totality zone, and I like the remote areas there. :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:44
  - Annie Dillard's essay is perhaps a bit overwraught, but she attempts to describe just how freaky totality is. -- (link) - mara Aug 9, 11:39 1
    - Here's a more prosaic description: "As the sliver thins, though, you get the very weird atmosphere that surrounds an eclipse, which is very difficult - mara Aug 9, 11:47
- Oh, you're one of those people who thought Breaking Dawn was sooo much better huh? -- nm - Qale Aug 9, 11:31 3
  - This post deserves a - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:33
  - this is so bad that I would not have posted that -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:32 1
    - I post so little these days, I have to make each of them count. -- nm - Qale Aug 9, 11:38
- the sun and the moon living together like polar bears and penguins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 9, 11:29 3
  - ~EXIT LIGHT, ENTER NIGHT!~ -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:30 2
    - ooh, good one - I'm going to play this on the road trip to my viewing site -- nm* - crash davis Aug 9, 11:30 1
      - ... BOOM! -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:31
- *blink* -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:28
- It's a once in a lifetime experience! - decline Aug 9, 11:28 3
  - I remember being disappointed as a kid when I didn't get to see Halley's Comet -- nm - znufrii Aug 9, 11:47
  - It's really like a "twice or three times in a lifetime!" event. But still... -- nm - Andie Aug 9, 11:41 1
    - the next one we will be able to see is in April of 2024 -- nm - decline Aug 9, 11:42
What about TN? - Will Hunting Aug 9, 11:26 4
- Around Nashville 'Looks Okay' right now. -- nm - decline Aug 9, 11:27 2
  - "... but still, Tennessee." -- nm - Spawn Aug 9, 11:29 1
    - "relatively okay" -- nm - Strongbad Aug 9, 11:29
- looks good for Nashville, possibly afternoon thunderstorms for Knoxville -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:27
thanks for linking this, so far it is looking awesome for me *knocks on wood* -- nm - crash davis Aug 9, 11:25

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