Canada’s solar eclipse cloud forecast: lifetime memories or dreary darkness?

A low-pressure system over the northern United States will spill some clouds over southern Ontario to start the day, so you’ll wake up to plenty of clouds.

However, in the final countdown to the eclipse, those clouds will begin breaking up across extreme southwestern Ontario. Folks down here—including Leamington and just south of Chatham—may wind up with a fine view anyway.

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While Toronto proper may have clouds obscure the 99+ percent coverage of the afternoon sun, locations expecting totality around Hamilton and Niagara may start seeing peeks of clearing through the clouds. Here’s hoping for the perfect timing for the tremendous number of folks camping out across the region for totality.

Eastern Ontario: Eclipse may filter through high clouds

The moon’s shadow will sweep over Lake Ontario and cross over Cobourg, Belleville, Kingston, Brockville, and eventually Cornwall.

high clouds is allow stream over the region from that pesky low – pressure system in the northern U.S. will allow filter sunshine to bathe the region on Monday afternoon . There ’s also a chance we ’ll see break emerge around totality .

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This deck of cirrus clouds won’t make for ideal viewing during the eclipse, but it’s not a complete deal breaker. While onlookers may not see a perfect disk in the sky with all the celestial trimmings, the eclipsed sun should still be visible through high-level clouds, and the moon’s shadow will have a unique appearance in the sky as it passes overhead.