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Total solar eclipse forecast: Will your city have clear skies Monday?

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows clouds over North America on Thursday, April 4, 2024. (NOAA via AP)
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows clouds over North America on Thursday, April 4, 2024. (NOAA via AP) This satellite image provided by NOAA shows clouds over North America on Thursday, April 4, 2024. (NOAA via AP)

DALLAS (AP) — Some who hope to witness Monday’s total solar eclipse may see the sun obscured by clouds instead of by the moon.

There’s still plenty of time for forecasts to change, but meteorologists predict that eclipse day storms could blanket parts of the path, which stretches from Mexico and Texas through Maine and parts of Canada.

If clouds don’t get in the way, viewers in the path wearing eclipse glasses will see the moon begin to slowly cover the sun until it is completely blocked, a period of darkness called “totality” during which temperatures drop and the sun’s corona will be visible.

What’s the forecast along the eclipse’s path?

Clouds are expected in much of the eclipse’s path Monday thanks to storms that are moving across the central U.S.