As the nation's eyes turn toward the sky in anticipation of the total solar eclipse, Miamians, though not in the path of totality, surely wonder whether that particular area of the sky in our corner of the Sunshine State will live up to its name this afternoon.
With only a few hours left until the Big Event the likes of which won't be seen from the continental USA till August of 2044 (when you'll have to travel to Montana, North Dakota, or South Dakota to glimpse it around sunset), the answer is...maybe!
Today's National Weather Service (NWS) hourly forecast reads like this: "Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph."
But that doesn't tell us much about the hours between 1 and 4 p.m. And that's where the clouds might begin to gather. Below is the hour-by-hour forecast beginning at 10 a.m. Pay close attention to the blue line — the one labeled "Sky Cover %" — at hours 13 through 16 (1-4 p.m.), which range from 40 to 45 percent:
Drilliing down on the hourly National Weather Service forecast for 1-4 p.m. on Monday, April 8, 2024.
National Weather Service screenshot
And the Weather Channel sees 40 percent at 2 p.m.
All of which is to say: See for yourself! (With appropriate eye protection, of course!)
