The latest SC eclipse weather forecast, town-by-town viewing times
The wait is almost over, but the peeking at Monday’s eclipse weather forecast continues.
The solar eclipse starts shortly after 2:30 p.m. Monday and lasts anywhere from 90 seconds to 2 minutes and 30 seconds in South Carolina for areas in the “path of totality.” That includes such cities as Greenville, Columbia and Charleston.
According to information released Sunday by the National Weather Service, Columbia will have drier air and a smaller chance of rain on Monday. And the Weather Service says “good visibility is the prevailing forecast across the state within the path of totality.”
But there’s a “higher confidence in more cloud coverage in the eastern Midlands.”
Columbia skies are forecast to have 56 percent cloud cover at 2 p.m. Greenville’s cloud outlook is 38 percent, while Charleston is at 65 percent.
“With our sky cover graphics, 56 percent means that we’re expecting about 56 percent of the sky will have clouds, or between five and six tenths of the sky will be covered during the eclipse period,” said Al Moore, hydro-meteorological technician with the National Weather Service’s Columbia office. “The clouds that are expected to develop will be of the cumulus variety; that is, low- to mid-level in height like are typically seen on summer afternoons with the sun’s heating.”
It will be hot no matter what, with temperatures across the state at or above 90.
Here is the latest sky cover forecast for #Eclipse2017 . Blue colors represent sky coverage less than 50% pic.twitter.com/AkYYZOYs6J
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Town-by-town eclipse times in SC
Here are the exact forecast times for the eclipse in the Palmetto State. Don’t see your city below? Click here for more times in South Carolina.
Clemson
▪ Partial eclipse: starts 1:08 p.m., ends 4:03 p.m.
▪ Totality: starts 2:37 p.m., ends 2:39 p.m.
▪ Duration: 2 minutes, 35 seconds
Greenville
▪ Partial eclipse: starts 1:09 p.m., ends 4:03 p.m.
▪ Totality: starts 2:38 p.m., ends 2:40 p.m.
▪ Duration of totality: 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Greenwood
▪ Partial eclipse: starts 1:10 p.m., ends 4:04 p.m.
▪ Totality: starts 2:39 p.m., ends 2:42 p.m.
▪ Duration of totality: 2 minutes, 28 seconds
Newberry
▪ Partial eclipse: starts 1:11 p.m., ends 4:05 p.m.
▪ Totality: starts 2:40 p.m., ends 2:43 p.m.
▪ Duration of totality: 2 minutes, 32 seconds
Columbia
▪ Partial eclipse: starts 1:13 p.m., ends 4:06 p.m.
▪ Totality: starts 2:41 p.m., ends 2:44 p.m.
▪ Duration of totality: 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Orangeburg
▪ Partial eclipse: starts 1:14 p.m., ends 4:07 p.m.
▪ Totality: starts 2:43 p.m., ends 2:45 p.m.
▪ Duration of totality: 2 minutes, 22 seconds
Cape Romain
▪ Partial eclipse: starts 1:17 p.m., ends 4:10 p.m.
▪ Totality: starts 2:46 p.m., ends 2:49 p.m.
▪ Duration of totality: 2 minutes, 34 seconds
Charleston
▪ Partial eclipse: starts 1:17 p.m., ends 4:10 p.m.
▪ Totality: starts 2:46 p.m., ends 2:48 p.m.
▪ Duration of totality: 1 minute, 36 seconds
This story was originally published August 19, 2017 at 10:48 AM with the headline "The latest SC eclipse weather forecast, town-by-town viewing times."