“Sometimes the weather gods are smiling at you,” Mr. Anderson said. Jay Anderson at his first total solar eclipse, in 1979, outside Winnipeg, Canada. He has traveled to see every total solar ...

A total solar eclipse will happen over a large swath of the U.S. this April, but cloud cover could spoil the views for millions if the weather doesn't cooperate. That's where historical weather ...

First things first: You’re not going to get anything here resembling a confident cloud forecast for a few-minute window 12 days from now. But if you’ve got plans to watch the April 8 total ...

If we had zero cloud cover, the sun would be 60-70% covered, giving us a crescent-sun shape to witness in Kansas City. If you live northwest of KC, the eclipse would show you a 50-60% covered sun.

While it's too early to forecast the weather for April 8, our weather team has taken a look back at the cloud cover on April 8 since 2006. Not one time did we have completely clear skies.