2024 Solar Eclipse - never too early to get ready

[Mittens 8750]

I know.  Can't imagine what they're telling people it is.

[Dbeasy 15599]

6 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

 

Made myself a cheat sheet ... these values are for my location specifically (Dripping Springs).

Hoping for a continued thinning of that damned coastal flow.

 

 

Web site?

[BillyGoatHill 4421]

4 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

 

Made myself a cheat sheet ... these values are for my location specifically (Dripping Springs).

Hoping for a continued thinning of that damned coastal flow.

 

 

Now I need to set my watch with the atomic clock....

 

[Dbeasy 15599]

I went ahead and put on my protection classes at 6 am. Since then I’ve been running with scissors, bunge jumping, and running in traffic. It’s awesome to be able to do things with no fear of injury.  

[RamjetFDO 10655]

2 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Web site?

Me site.

Used the "Solar Eclipse Timer" app and created this myself so that I didn't have to keep looking things up.

Edited April 8 by RamjetFDO

[0xdeadbeef 1699]

39 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Now my actual question:  in Austin, how long is the "slightly dark -> dark -> slightly dark" cycle expected to last?

Useful site that lets you click anywhere to see details:

https://nso.edu/for-public/eclipse-map-2024/

 

For the Memorial Stadium:   1 minute 49 sec of darkness

[Hagbard Celine 11263]

1 minute ago, RamjetFDO said:

Me site.

https://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/SolarEclipses

[Herbie Hancock 7491]

We're shutting down the pharmacy for an hour around the eclipse and taking bets on how many missed calls we get around totality. I'm betting we get at least 2 or 3. Believe it or not there are people in DFW who have no idea a total solar eclipse is happening today 

There are a lot more than just don’t give a shit about it either. I would know

[Aqua Buddha 14807]

Sometimes you get a little lucky….

[UTGrad98 2343]

Just got sunny in Flower Mound after an hour or so of thick cloud cover. 2.5 hours left for the clouds to hold out.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13629]

I see a little bit of blue peeking through the clouds in Blanco.

[0xdeadbeef 1699]

 

Latest Satellite cloud layer from wunderground.com 

Folks out in Marble Falls might get lucky and catch part of the 50-mile-wide gap in the clouds that is near Fredericksburg right now, but everyone else in Cen Tex looks out of luck.

 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3648]

Dense low cloud deck building in from the south is about to fuck up a lot in the Hill Country unfortunately.

[jimmyjazz 47221]

So ~ 2 hours 40 minutes for the total event, maybe 2-3 minutes in totality.

[Hagbard Celine 11263]

the coastal flow looks to be stalling out if not slightly retreating from SA

[freyguy 4368]

One thing is for certain, I will be cracking a few beers here shortly out in the backyard.  Whether I see the sun or not, who knows.  But I will certainly be at peace.

[Jiggy-Z 3509]

51 minutes ago, miguelito said:

It would be ironic - or something - if the sun burned off the clouds, but then the eclipse cooled things off, allowing clouds to form again, only to have the sun burn the clouds off again after the eclipse.

I'll neg myself.

To quote Wally Cleaver: "You are more  complicated than a girl's purse."

[hornbri 1511]

Just now, freyguy said:

One thing is for certain, I will be cracking a few beers here shortly out in the backyard.  Whether I see the sun or not, who knows.  But I will certainly be at peace.

High!

11 minutes ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

 

Latest Satellite cloud layer from wunderground.com 

Folks out in Marble Falls might get lucky and catch part of the 50-mile-wide gap in the clouds that is near Fredericksburg right now, but everyone else in Cen Tex looks out of luck.

 

Hoping for this. We can see the sun through the clouds now in patches. Hopefully we catch a break. 

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13629]

14 minutes ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

I see a little bit of blue peeking through the clouds in Blanco.

Now it's gone.

 

[Pato del Muerto 53528]

Just checked the site posted above, it looks like my mother will be getting over 4 minutes of totality. 

[gofuckyourself 9088]

3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Just checked the site posted above, it looks like my mother will be getting over 4 minutes of totality. 

I mean, c'mon.

[Steel Shank 9556]

I have the strangest "anticipation" boner! lol!!!

[Blotto 24025]

5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Just checked the site posted above, it looks like my mother will be getting over 4 minutes of totality. 

A two-fer?

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3648]

Lampasas Co looks like it's gonna be prime time viewing

[Pato del Muerto 53528]

3 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

I mean, c'mon.

I’m not unaware of how I phrased it

[RamjetFDO 10655]

 

[jeevsie 3789]

[YGIFS 19458]

So wait, is the eclipse happening because I touch myself at night?  Or are the clouds somewhat fading because I didn't touch myself this morning?  I need answers! 

[LonghornJones 838]

cloud cover:

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G16&sector=sp&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24

[MontereyMX 954]

55 minutes ago, Mittens said:

 

This is Burnet

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3648]

^^^Woodstock '99 vibes

[C-Man 27787]

At a doc appt at Presby Dallas and seeing a little blue in the skies! C’mon, baby!

[RPM 26643]

24 minutes ago, MontereyMX said:

This is Burnet

Motherfucker! Warn a guy to put on his eclipse glasses first. It's common courtesy.

Edited April 8 by RPM

[SubliminalHorn 7009]

Clouds broke up down here in S. Austin, can see the sun clearly. We’ll see if it holds up 

[Eastwood 4394]

Clouds came back with a vengeance for me south of Austin. T minus 1.5 hours to main event. Bummer. 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3648]

3 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Clouds broke up down here in S. Austin, can see the sun clearly. We’ll see if it holds up 

Narrator: it won't.

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-Texas-02-24-1-100-1&checked=counties-map&colorbar=undefined

[Dbeasy 15599]

On 4/6/2024 at 12:55 PM, Francisco 2.0 said:

Took some test photos at noon today.  Used a 10 stop ND filter on a 70-200 and 100-500 lens.  Couple taken with a tripod, couple without.  Shutter speeds varied.  Now, let's hope the cloud cover isn't a thing on Monday:

 

 

did you just burn my retinas because I looked at these photos?

[LonghornSean 4104]

Can use the slider on the live satellite imagery to see the movement of the cloud cover. Not looking good, just hope we get lucky

 

https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2024/?m=goes16&p=cloudcover_lmh&r=us_state_tx_ne

[freyguy 4368]

14 minutes ago, MontereyMX said:

This is Burnet

That is most certainly Burnet...with a sprinkling of Lake Victor thrown in too....

[gofuckyourself 9088]

21 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I’m not unaware of how I phrased it

I figured. I'll give you a 5% royalty on rep.

[Pato del Muerto 53528]

And now we know why they’ve asked everyone to leave 

[RPM 26643]

Pretty clear here in Wise County. Not in the Path of Totality, but we're supposed to be 99%. Does this make me Surly 1%? Can I speak to a manager?

[WithoutAClue 16150]

[Orange&White 5573]

7 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

did you just burn my retinas because I looked at these photos?

You say this, but I can tell you that my MIL asked me last night, in all seriousness, if she needed to get some eclipse glasses to watch the event on TV?

 

[F250 29201]

I just took a look outside. Nothing to see but a big blanket of clouds. No visible blue sky.

Thanks Obama.

[gofuckyourself 9088]

1 minute ago, Orange&White said:

You say this, but I can tell you that my MIL asked me last night, in all seriousness, if she needed to get some eclipse glasses to watch the event on TV?

 

Proving an MIL is/was someone's wife.

[LonghornSean 4104]

I flipped on that NASA youtube stream of eclipse coverage, and the host goes, about all the large gatherings of people, "it's kind of like a sporting event. So let me ask you, who's the GOAT today, the moon or the sun?"...

 

 

I now hate eclipses.

[RPM 26643]

Unlocked the gun safe and staged the food buckets. And you fuckers laughed...

[0xdeadbeef 1699]

6 minutes ago, RPM said:

Pretty clear here in Wise County. Not in the Path of Totality, but we're supposed to be 99%. Does this make me Surly 1%? Can I speak to a manager?

https://xkcd.com/2914/

 

[BillyGoatHill 4421]

31 minutes ago, MontereyMX said:

This is Burnet

Now we know why they cancelled.....