As Storm Team 4 continues to fine tune the forecast for the total solar eclipse on Monday, we continue to see an overall trend to clearing skies during the afternoon. Skies will have to clear quickly after rain showers move over central Ohio tonight.
A few areas across central Ohio will see clouds clearing as the day goes on. Cities under the path of totality can expect clearing skies during the eclipse and through totality. Columbus, on the other hand, will see more clouds than sunshine later in the afternoon. Viewing the eclipse in the city will require dodging a few clouds.
With the moon covering the sun one things that central Ohioans will experience is a drop in air temperatures as totality occurs. Once the moon moves and the sunshine returns, we will continue our normal daytime heating.
The amount of clouds that we are tracking would be typical for this time of year. Historically speaking in an El Niño year, central Ohio would see anywhere from 60%-80% cloud cover between the hours of 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. in early April.
Storm Team 4 will continue to update the most accurate forecast for April 8.