{"id":1151,"date":"2019-07-01T16:05:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T21:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2019-07-01T16:05:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T21:05:14","slug":"2024-is-right-around-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/2019\/07\/01\/2024-is-right-around-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 is right around the corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>and that means another total eclipse in North America.<\/p>\n<p>For the last one, in 2017, I <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/2016\/08\/22\/eclipse\/\">overlaid<\/a> the path of totality on data showing the average cloud cover at the time of year of the eclipse. Here&#8217;s the same thing for the eclipse that&#8217;s coming on 8 April 2024:<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/files\/2019\/07\/cloudmap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1152\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/files\/2019\/07\/cloudmap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a graph of the cloud cover along the part of the path that lies within the US:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/files\/2019\/07\/cloudgraph.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1153\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/files\/2019\/07\/cloudgraph.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used the same data sets and followed the same procedures as <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/2016\/08\/22\/eclipse\/\">last time<\/a>. (The only reason the styles of the pictures are different is that I switched programming languages in the intervening years.) The graph shows the states that the path of totality goes through, although as in 2017 I left off a couple of states (and provinces) that the path just barely touches.<\/p>\n<p>Last time, the cloud data varied dramatically, which is why I went to Oregon to see the eclipse. This time, there&#8217;s much less variation, at least within the US. Mexico looks quite a bit better.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t figured out what I want to do yet. Last time, my brother was supposed to join me, but he couldn&#8217;t make it. I&#8217;ll see if I can get him this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and that means another total eclipse in North America. For the last one, in 2017, I overlaid the path of totality on data showing the average cloud cover at the time of year of the eclipse. Here&#8217;s the same thing for the eclipse that&#8217;s coming on 8 April 2024: And here&#8217;s a graph of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/2019\/07\/01\/2024-is-right-around-the-corner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2024 is right around the corner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/physicsbunn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}