Serious Concerns Weather Could Ruin Solar Eclipse in Missouri

There's no question that the historic total solar eclipse that will cross Missouri on April 8 will be an unforgettable event, but there's one big problem that could ruin it. There are serious growing concerns that especially in Missouri, the weather may not cooperate.

There's an interesting look at weather models and history for April 8 in the past by Ryan Hall on YouTube. He first shares a historic map that was put together by the National Weather Service showing the probability of clouds on April 8 based on the past century.

Missouri over the past 83 years has just over a 50/50 chance of having cloud cover on April 8. But, that's history. What can we tell so far about April 8, 2024? Ryan thinks a weather system and specifically a low pressure system could cause problems especially over the northern half of Missouri.

The problem is that not all models extend far enough to show what might happen on April 8, 2024 so far. Ryan shared this projection map on what he thinks (as of this writing) the likelihood of Missouri having clouds ruin total solar eclipse viewing.

Here's the (somewhat) good news. The National Weather Service has not yet issued an official forecast for what is expected in Missouri for the total solar eclipse on April 8, but those forecasts are expected early next week. Ryan Hall is a very popular and knowledgeable forecaster and his video is more than worth a watch if you'd like to start consolidating your solar eclipse viewing plans for April 8 in Missouri (or elsewhere).