Eclipse Day 0!

And so we are finally here at the eclipse observing site! Unfortunately it looks like the event will be completely clouded out 😦 In fact, most of the eclipse path will be adversely affected by inclement weather.

Probably the only guaranteed viewing spot is way up in the Northeast US and Canada! The worst case scenario. But the positive spin on this is that there is absolutely no way we were going to drive across country to chase it.

The other plus is that we did choose a nice vacation spot which is the “Hill Country” in Southeast Texas. We are in a town called Ingram which is in Kerrville County. Scenic rolling hills abound with the Guadalupe River running through it.

We are staying at a riverfront cabin. In this pano image the cabins are on the right and the river is actually about 30 yards from the fence on your left.

And as I mentioned in the last post there is fishing here! Trout is the most abundant, but there is also bass, which I think the fish above is, and perch.

Now stranger things have happened. The Kerrville clear sky clock above shows the time just before the start of the eclipse as clear (blue squares) but then at totality the cloud coverage increases to around 60-70% (white circle). If that shifts slightly we could be in luck! But as of 5am local time it’s not looking particularly encouraging.

In the event of overcast skies we might consider watching the umbral shadow approaching. Or we can always just watch the NASA webcast!

Thanks for reading!

DrDave