Solar Eclipse Coronal Detail - Jeff Buell

Eclipse Over The Silk Road
August 1, 2008
Weather Preview

Conditions were excellent at our viewing site in Gansu Province on August 1, 2007, one year to the day before the eclipse. Below is a satellite weather photo for China on August 1, 2007, showing the weather over northern China exactly one year before the eclipse, courtesy Air Force Weather. The shot was made at about local midday. The location of our intended viewing site is indicated. At the time of the photograph the weather throughout the Chinese portion of the eclipse path was good. The light streaks just below our site are the mountains south of Wuwei. Only a few small cumulus clouds are visible over the higher areas south of the path. According to Weather Underground, the local weather in Minqin, very close to our viewing site, was clear and sunny on August 1, 2007, with a high of 92 and a low of 59, average humidity of 22% and light winds from the northeast. While no guarantee can be made that the same will be true next year, the odds are in our favor!

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