It’s complicated…
4-3-24 6pm. This eclipse-future rain update is brought to you by Dietz-McLean Optical. www.dmoptical.com
OK…now that we are getting closer to eclipse day, I have a better understanding of what the heck is going on! Saturday night, a cold front will push through south-central and most of south Texas. Sunday will be perfect weather for viewing the eclipse, with blue skies and low humidity…the only problem is that the eclipse is happening on Monday! Here’s where it gets tricky. Most of the models are sending the cold front back north as a warm front on Monday morning, then keeping it stationary just to our NW. If this happens, look for a thick layer of clouds and humidity to move in along with a slight chance for rain. If the warm front stalls for just 12 hours, we will keep the lower humidity, only a few clouds and no chance for rain during the eclipse. It all boils down to whether the front stays to our south on Monday at least until 2pm. Best odds for less clouds will be in the NW section of the eclipse zone…roughly the Hill Country.
I have included a graphic for the best glasses for viewing the eclipse if it turns out to be cloudy!
Rain odds ramp up ahead of another cool front that will move through on Tuesday and an upper-level disturbance that will slowly move into Texas from Wednesday through Thursday.
This eclipse-future rain update is brought to you by Dietz-McLean Optical. www.dmoptical.com
A cool front will move through south-central Texas and parts of south Texas early on Sunday morning, clearing our skies and lowering our humidity.
On Monday, the cool front will retreat NW, then go stationary. That will bring in the clouds, humidity and a chance for rain. If the cool front pushes further south on Sunday, or delays moving NW by 12 hours, our odds for seeing the eclipse will rise dramatically!
The latest Canadian model run keeps the cool front just to the north of San Antonio. This would mean a much better chance for seeing the eclipse. The lower dewpoints show where the front is.
The latest GFS model sends the front into central Texas on Monday, giving south-central Texas clouds, humidity and a chance for rain. The lower dewpoints show where the front is.
Below are the latest model runs for clouds during the eclipse.
Below are the latest model runs for rainfall totals from Tuesday-Thursday of next week.
If the models are correct about the clouds on eclipse day, these will be the best glasses to use!
