Partial solar eclipse 4th January

[OhYouSnowySnowyKitten]

Not strictly weather but it does depend on clear skies. If you can see it should be pretty cool. Very easy to work out the timings - its at sunrise :) Will be best (weather permitting in SE) with around a 75% coverage.

[cornsilkcornedbeefhash]

how exciting!

[OhYouSnowySnowyKitten]

I've had a quick look at the charts and we might be able to see it. Sadly no really dominant high pressure sat over us but at least none that I can see are showing atlantic lows.

[cornsilkcornedbeefhash]

[Chaotica]

Oooh. Exciting. Thanks for mentioning it OYSSK.

[OhYouSnowySnowyKitten]

:) you are welcome. I'll have a look tomorrow at the forecast again. Would be very cool to see it.

[moondog]

Oh thanks.
We saw a total one in SE Asia last year.

Amazing experience.

[OhYouSnowySnowyKitten]

you lucky lucky person! would love to hear what it was like!

[moondog]

It was wonderful.
Far north of Bangladesh (my dh working there) on the roof of a guesthouse.

Surprised me how slowly it went dark, like a speeded up dusk. The birds twittering and going to roost en masse was amazing as was the roar of thousands of people who had gathered in a nearby stadium and who erupted when eclipse reached 100%.

Feel very privileged to have experiences it.

[OhYouSnowySnowyKitten]

:) that sounds utterly awe inspiring!

[OhYouSnowySnowyKitten]

At the moment GFS shows much rain about tuesday am! once again a case of the models not agreeing with each other as the ECM model shows much colder temps.

[OhYouSnowySnowyKitten]

Not looking so hopeful for clear skies.

[OhYouSnowySnowyKitten]

bumpy

[winterpetunia]

Noooooo! I wanted to be able to see this!

[OhYouSnowySnowyKitten]

Just possible there may be some clear skies parts of the SE!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Don't forget to watch out at dawn tomorrow!

if your skies are cloudy you may get a chance to see it at this live feed

looks like for many of us it will be a bust I'm afraid :(

[winterpetunia]

My Dad e-mailed me a reminder about this earlier. He thought that even if it was cloudy it might get, "a bit like Eeyore's Gloomy Place!" (a bit of a Winnie-the-Pooh fan, is my Dad!)
I'll try and remember this tomorrow. Is there an exact time when it's happening?

[winterpetunia]

And I've just looked at that link you've given and it says 8.00-9.45. I really should pay attention, shouldn't I?

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

this is a pretty good link for timings and info too

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Miles too cloudy here but don't forget to check where you are!

[abdnhiker]

No sun here yet (north east Scotland and inthe hills) but I'm going to keep an eye out for it.

[Blatherskite]

Hope everyone is remembering that you should never look at the sun without eye protection!! You're going to need proper solar glasses if you want to get any more than a glance and don't use a telescope or binoculars.

If you missed it (as we have - we've got no glasses ) Stargazing live will be showing it on their program tonight. BBC2 8pm.

[FlorenceAndTheMachine]

Lots of cloud here. And snow on the ground

[winterpetunia]

Sky was a lovely colour about 1/2 an hour ago but it's now dull and cloudy. It's also snowing!