2024 Mexico – United States – Canada Total Solar Eclipse

Get ready for the total solar eclipse coming to North America on April 8th.

There are excellent resources for you to plan for a safe and successful way to experience the eclipse.

 

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Plan Your Experience

Weather Information and Forcasts:

Below are some useful websites to help predict if, when, and where clear skies may appear during the eclipse.  They may get slow closer to the time April 8th.

 

  • College of Dupage – https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/
    • Under “RGB Colour Products” select “True-Color”. You can also play around with any of the “ABI Bands” but the “02:Visible (red)” would be the best option after the True color.
    • You can also change how zoomed in it is from “Select a Sector category”. – You can choose the number of frames to go further back in time.
  • Colorado State – Go to Website
    • This link should already have the style of satellite selected.
    • This one allows you to zoom in and out like you would with google maps You can also change the “# of (I)mages
  • SatSquatch – https://satsquatch.com/map/
    • Under the layer option at the top right of the image select “Visible”, and then “Red Visible Band”.
    • This one allows you to zoom in and out like you would with google maps
    • If you happen to be heading to Newfoundland & the Bonvista, you can change the “sector” of the satellite under the “earth image” (below the layers), and select “Full Disk”.

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