After deciding against flying to friend's homes in Texas in favor of a road trip to Ohio from NC, largely due to other recent trips' consecutive airline hassles such as weather delays and equipment problems, it's looking more and more like we'll cancel the 3 day out-and-back to the closest point in the path of totality in northwestern Ohio. The long range forecast for that area at this point is consistently calling for clouds and/or showers. Sealing the deal is several days of S and SW winds prior to and on the April 8 date which I believe supports cloudy/rainy forecasts. I'm still working full time during tax season and I'm unwilling to be gone for 3 days unless it's a very sure thing we'll see it. We were spoiled in 2017 when we watched from a small marina in rural South Carolina, just a mile from the centerline of totality, just 160 miles from home.
The farther upstream I track generic forecasts, the better it looks, with TX and AR looking pretty nice. But that doubles the driving distance, so that's a no-go for us.
Wondering if any WTW'ers homebased in the Texas/Arkansas area or in the Midwest are going to give it a go, and especially wondering what general weather and especially cloud cover forecasts you're using.
Foy
Edited by Foy, 27 March 2024 - 02:55 PM.
