Tuesday's rare eclipse will be visible to all of North America, at leastpotentially. After all, viewing the moon would be weather dependent.The prospects of watching the show are far from ideal in much of the midsectionand the West, where respective storms will spread clouds far and wide.
Some of the clearest skies, however, for watching the heavens will span theSoutheast, including Florida through eastern Virginia and the Carolinas. Butclouds should be few enough to afford good glimpses of the show in areasspanning Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York, even much of eastern NewYork state, Long Island and southwestern New England.
The broadest stretch likely to have weather favorable for viewing will span thesouthern and central Plains eastward to about Kansas City through Dallas. Skieshere will vary from clear to partly cloudy with temperatures mostly above thenormal seasonal lows.
Parts of eastern Montana will have at least some peeks at the moon, althoughthe near-zero chill will be a factor out-of-doors.
Where fair skies do prevail, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist and Astronomy ExpertLisa Beightol stated, "The moon won't be hard to find before the eclipse sinceit's full as of 3:13 a.m. that morning."As an added treat to star-gazers, Beightol issued a reminder that the Ursidmeteor shower follows Wednesday morning.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologists Jim Andrews and KristinaPydynowski
