CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
Partial Eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024
Our local timeline for the partial eclipse:
- Partial eclipse begins at 1:54:07 p.m.
- Maximum eclipse occurs at 3:11:56 p.m. (Our coverage is 80.2%! Remember, we are not in totality.)
- Partial eclipse ends at 4:26:30 p.m.
The Forecast
Even though the Carolinas will not have a total eclipse, there will be a cool view across the sky with the partial solar eclipse. It's important to manage expectations, though, with only 80% of the sun covered.
Unfortunately, models have been consistently showing increasing cloud cover as we've gotten closer to the event.
The newest update as of noon, April 8:
Clouds will be thicker north of I-40 with some scattered light rain. There will give some darker clouds and a more overcast sky for the Mountains and Northern Piedmont. But the further south you go, the less clouds there will be. So the afternoon during the partial eclipse for most of us will be partly cloudy to at times partly sunny. This means the sun will be blocked occasionally, but you will see those subtle changes as the sun is slowly covered and changed into a crescent sun.
Temperature wise... it will be great! Highs will reach the low-mid 70s. It won't be overcast (some breaks in the clouds) but the afternoon will be mostly cloudy. As a general rule of thumb: if you live west of I-77, you will have more clouds for the event. If you live east, you have more blue sky.
Clouds will overspread the sky Monday evening and rain chances increase west to east ahead of multiple rainy days.
