Wayuphere

A budding astronomer.

Well all I can say is WOW. I’ve spent a lot of time with my eye to my reflector telescope but this blew those images away. We were overlooking Moosehead Lake in Greenville Maine. The color changes were mind blowing. My 6 y/o grandson was amazed that Jupiter and Venus appeared. IMG_4841.mov

NOAA Caribou latest discussion: “Eclipse Day! Starting the day generally full sunshine with sunrise expected just before 6AM. There may be a few clouds across the north but very few and far between. 500mb ridge washes out over the area tomorrow with ridging to our west and surface high moving into Central Quebec. Dry air is in place with full sunshine expecting temperatures to warm rapidly given the warmer airmass overhead. Modeled soundings are doing a great job showing a well mixed atmosphere up to 875-850mb tomorrow so expecting N-NW winds 10-15mph. Dew points will rapidly fall as temperatures warm into the afternoon expecting relative humidities to drop to 30-35% with some lower values possible. It is a downslope wind off the Longfellow Mtns tomorrow so expected the warmest temperatures in the Greater Bangor area, Interior Downeast and the coast. That being said expected highs in the mid 50s across the north with upper 50s to low 60s across the Highlands and Downeast coast. Right along the shore and on the islands expecting low to mid 50s with the colder Gulf of Maine waters nearby. Warm temperatures will result in significant snowpack melting as the pack is very ripe which in turn will make dirt roads extremely difficult to travel and eclipse viewers should avoid them. Eclipse Time! 2:20PM-4:40PM. We are looking at a backdoor cold front in the weakness of the ridge to our west. This will work into northeast Aroostook County around the time of the eclipse. Models continue to poorly handle this scenario which is very typical with backdoor fronts in April. Timing differences between before the eclipse to during to after the eclipse. The blend of the guidance suggests it arrives in the afternoon near eclipse time. Expecting an uptick in puffy diurnally driven cu to develop. These will mainly be across the sky of Aroostook County potentially extending down to Northern Penobscot County near Patten. Will the sky become overcast? Not likely at this point since this is a very dry cold front but at the same time not expecting perfect clear skies either. That being said much if not all of the CWA will have incredible views of this Total Solar Eclipse. As we approach totality do not be surprised if temperatures fall 10-15F before rebounding some after totality. Lastly, the next Total Eclipse to pass over Maine wont be till 2079...so we hope you enjoy it to those that can! “

Another one of my favorite scenic overlooks is the Attean Lakes pullout on 201, between The Forks and Jackman. Faces west, but imagine it may be either snowpacked or if not, crowded. Might be worth a check out as it’s just up the road. Another amazing place.👍 I would think the DOT would run a plow through these scenic turnouts tomorrow.🤷🏼‍♂️ We are headed to Moosehead Lake, Greenville area.

I was considering this as an alternative but wonder if DOT will open the gate or if it needs plowing, doubtful it will need it as it’s paved.

I’ve always said it’s the nor’easters that start off windy before the snow arrives that cause the most havoc. It’s too damn windy already, pre storm…

At this time, based on this map, it sure looks like Caribou doesn’t believe it will take the usual run along the coast. I would think there will be some amazing (destructive) storm snow totals but just a few miles to the east, slop. Edited to add, in southern/western Maine.

This vantage point is only open May to Oct and is not plowed, but what an awesome spot to view the eclipse. I’m hoping the DOT opens the gates and runs a plow through there. It looks west toward Mt Katahdin from I95 northbound side, just north of Millinocket at the scenic turnout. Fellow Mainers would know this spot, especially those from the County. Its elevated with many miles of unobstructed views to the west. I wonder if spots like this could see the oncoming full shadow? It’s a 3 minute totality zone.

The coming Nor’easter type storm deciding to do the slow craw/stall near Maine until Saturday bodes well for us in the NE. Once that high pressure arrives later this weekend it will be sticking around for several days.👍

I’m 20 miles NW of Bangor, nearer to Dover Foxcroft.

I’ll leave it to the better model readers but to me it looks like that low might curl in over you instead of riding the coast? For me it just might cut down on the tree damage.

I imagine they’ll be pulling eclipse visitors out of the mud who decided to venture onto our secluded dirt roads to escape the crowds. Better know your road less traveled…😁

I was in the middle of the Phish traffic jam up north. We were golfing up there and sat for hours on Rt1 south of Presque Isle in the southbound departing mass. It became a party, literally. We decided to join in. Good times. Our plan is flexible for the eclipse. I’m 15 minutes away from totality, but am thinking that depending on that day’s satellite view, we can head either north or west, using the backroads to get to the 3 minute total zone which is 30 minutes away, using the back roads.

14” of crap out there. 2” of it is sleet. Shovelers delight….as in, chop chop, scoop, throw.

East facing windows still pinging from heavy sleet, but snow is mixing back in.