Question. How will the total eclipse effect the weather in Columbia
SC? Being summer time...let's say it is a sunny day. With it gradually then quickly becoming dark. Then quickly the opposite happens. You will have air rising as the heat escapes upward and becoming dark outside...then the sun quickly returning. Would this cause rapid cloud development?
Or will it just all depend on over all weather conditions that day...like a high pressure over head sinking the air...so it will not matter?
Last Edit: Jul 21, 2017 12:25:28 GMT -5 by beffreywx
If anyone would be so kind as to take me along on a trip south for the eclipse I'd gladly contribute to expenses. (I don't own a car.)
I'm getting off nightshift that morning and my wife goes in to work nightshift the 21st. We thought about making the trip down but we woukd both miss work and she is part time so no vacation or sick time to get paid. Looks like we are gonna just have to hope we see something worth while from home.
Question. How will the total eclipse effect the weather in Columbia
SC? Being summer time...let's say it is a sunny day. With it gradually then quickly becoming dark. Then quickly the opposite happens. You will have air rising as the heat escapes upward and becoming dark outside...then the sun quickly returning. Would this cause rapid cloud development?
Or will it just all depend on over all weather conditions that day...like a high pressure over head sinking the air...so it will not matter?
Interesting thought process. But being only a couple minutes of total eclipse it just simply won't have time to cool more than a couple degrees. Obviously it will feel much cooler because of the shade by the overall temperature will change very little.
I am under the impression that the only really cool show is for the areas with 100% eclipse. PGV is like a 91-92% eclipse and 8-9% of sunlight is still plenty to cause pain to look at. For us it'll be more like if u throw some shades on u might be able to see someone biting a large chunk of the sun out. But other than that it won't be extremely drastic.
The eclipse here in Greenville will be 91% which is something I've seen before (in Maryland back in the 1990s.) The daylight will dim noticeably but it won't be anywhere near dark. Even with only 9% sunlight, and remember that's early afternoon sunlight and that only at eclipse maximum, it will be plenty bright enough to go about one's outdoor business unimpeded.
The most noticeable dimming doesn't last very long, and you can even stare at the sun for a second or two and you'll see the darkened area. A 91% partial is remarkable because it's so out of the ordinary but alas it's only a minor side show compared to totality; you may be amazed at how powerful even 9% of the afternoon sun is.
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