Was similar here in Austin - sky has been hazy/cloudy most of the day including the partial eclipse - and then conveniently cleared up for a few minutes exactly around the time of the totality
Yes and no. For the clouds that we did have, yes, the eclipse was enough to affect those.
However, for the clouds that we had earlier in the day, and that had been predicted that we might have, would have been far too heavy for eclipse to effect. Unfortunately my sister up in New York ended up in that situation, where it was far too heavy a cloud cover so they didn’t get to see anything. We had been predicted that we might have that, but that’s the manner in which we got lucky.
It wasn’t just luck, the eclipse itself has a tendency to clear out clouds:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/04/08/clouds-may-vanish-during-april-8s-total-solar-eclipse-say-scientists/?sh=5b9771f82ada
Was similar here in Austin - sky has been hazy/cloudy most of the day including the partial eclipse - and then conveniently cleared up for a few minutes exactly around the time of the totality
Yes and no. For the clouds that we did have, yes, the eclipse was enough to affect those.
However, for the clouds that we had earlier in the day, and that had been predicted that we might have, would have been far too heavy for eclipse to effect. Unfortunately my sister up in New York ended up in that situation, where it was far too heavy a cloud cover so they didn’t get to see anything. We had been predicted that we might have that, but that’s the manner in which we got lucky.