Only a few wispy clouds will partially obscure Denver viewing of the solar eclipse that will be at its peak between 11:45 and 11:55 a.m., weather forecasters say.
“Eclipse 2017 will be brought in this morning with mainly thin high level cloudiness, so outside of a couple narrow bands of clouds viewing should be relatively unobstructed,” according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
No precipitation is expected through the noon hour, forecasters say.
Forecasters warn that anyone looking up at the skies should wear proper eye protection.
“Patchy fog on the northeastern plains around Sterling, Julesburg, and Haxtun is expected to dissipate” well before the eclipse, NWS says.
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Only a few storms will develop Monday afternoon, mostly over the mountains and foothills. There is a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m., according to the weather forecast.
The high temperature will be around 88 degrees. Southwest winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
The highs will fluctuate between the lower to mid-80s, according to the forecast.
The best chance for afternoon storms is on Thursday, the NWS says.
DISPATCHES FROM THE PATH OF TOTALITY
Beth Stade, who traveled to Kearney, Neb., from from Lafayette early Saturday woke up Monday with planner’s remorse. Clouds covered the sky over the central Nebraska town, where where totality is expected to last about 1 minute and 54 seconds, though the sky began to clear around 7:30 a.m. By the time she reached a spot on U.S. 183 north of Miller, Neb., where totality is expected to last 2 minutes and 20 seconds, the sky was clear with only a few wispy clouds.
Denver Post staff writer Joella Baumann reported clouds over Scottsbluff, Neb. which is inside the path of totality. But in Gehring, just to the south, reporter Danika Worthington reported not a cloud in the sky. Totality is expected to last about 1 minute, 28 seconds in Gering.
In Guernsey State Park, off of U.S. 26 in east central Wyoming, the sky is totally clear with some minor haze low on the eastern horizon. Totality will last for 2 minutes and 15 seconds there.
Further east in Wyoming, in the tiny town of Jay Em, people were flooding in along U.S. 85 to escape the clouds in Nebraska and finding blue sky. Totality there will be in the 2 minute range.
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