How to find out if you might miss the solar eclipse because of bad weather
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But there is one thing that could put a damper on the event: clouds.
Esri, an international supplier of geographic information system (GIS) software, has created a cloud-cover prediction map for the time of the eclipse in every state. Michael Zeiler, a geographer at Esri, is producing new maps every day leading up to the eclipse.
As you can see in the map below, clouds could obscure the eclipse in most states in its path of totality, including Wyoming, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Idaho and Oregon are the only states where the sky could be mostly clear in the zone of totality.
We'll continue to update this map as it gets closer to the eclipse.
Solar eclipses look different depending on the location. On August 21, the total solar eclipse will only cut through a 70-mile-wide band of the country, stretching from the northwest to the southeast US. Everyone in the US - from Maine to Alaska - will be able to experience at least a partial eclipse, weather permitting.
For most of the US, the eclipse will happen around lunchtime.
"This is the subject of intense interest for millions of people interested in going to see the eclipse," Cameron Lowe, a spokesperson for Esri, told Business Insider in an email. "Weather will be a huge factor."
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