THREE. TWO ONE. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON AS WE ARE HEADED TOWARDS APRIL 8TH, WHERE THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. BUT THERE’S ONE THING THAT COULD COMPLETELY RUIN THE ENTIRE EVENT FOR US. CLOUDS. AND SO WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THE CLIMATOLOGY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT APRIL 8TH OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF DECADES HERE WHERE WE HAD OVERCAST OR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, IF THERE’S ANYTHING WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE ON APRIL 8TH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE AN OVERCAST SKY OR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES HERE. SO, UM, FORTUNATELY, IN EARLY APRIL IT IS A STORMY TIME OF THE YEAR ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHERE WE GET A LOT OF STORMS IN HERE AND WE USUALLY HAVE A LOT MORE CLOUDS THAN WE SAY THAN WE HAVE, SAY, DURING THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST. SO FOR BROKEN BOW, THERE IS A 53% CHANCE THAT WE COULD HAVE EITHER OVERCAST SKIES OR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. FOR DALLAS, 53% CHANCE TYLER, TEXAS 53% CHANCE. LOOK AT THIS THOUGH FORT SMITH. THE ODDS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER. THE PERCENTAGES ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER. OKAY, SEE, WE HAVE A 55% CHANCE THAT WE COULD HAVE AN OVERCAST SKY OR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE FARTHER WEST YOU GO, THE SUNNIER THE SKIES ARE. BUT YOU’RE ALSO GETTING AWAY FROM THE PATH OF TOTALITY HERE. AND TRUST ME, YOU REALLY WANT TO BE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY. LOOKING AT THE UNITED STATES ON A WHOLE HERE, THOUGH, IT’S THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE NORTHEAST THAT IS USUALLY QUITE CLOUDY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. SO WHAT I DID, I LOOKED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AT BASICALLY WHAT THE CLOUDS WERE DOING RIGHT AROUND NOON. SO HERE WE ARE APRIL 8TH, 2021. LOOKING AT THE PAST, THERE WAS A BIG STORM SYSTEM THAT WAS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. AND THIS IS WHAT I’M AFRAID OF. AND SOMETHING THAT COULD JUST REALLY MESS THIS UP A STORM SYSTEM THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. THIS WHERE YOU HAVE A THICK DECK OF CLOUDS THAT RUNS ACROSS A COUPLE STATES. NOW, FORTUNATELY FOR OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS, WE WERE OKAY HERE. BUT STILL, THIS SAME STORM SYSTEM COULD BE RIGHT HERE. OR IT COULD BE OFF INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. NOW LET’S LOOK AT APRIL 8TH, 2022. VERY SIMILAR TO A LARGE STORM SYSTEM THAT LEFT A THICK DECK OF CLOUDS. THIS WOULD HAVE RUINED THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. AND THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IS A BIG STORM SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH, IN THIS SITUATION, APRIL IS A STORMY MONTH ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. YOU GET THESE STORMS COMING IN, WE BRING IN THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. AND THEN HOW ABOUT LAST YEAR? LET’S LOOK AT LAST YEAR APRIL 8TH, 2023. SO WE WOULD HAVE HAD CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS TEXAS AND A BIG STORM SYSTEM AND A BIG THICK DECK OF CLOUDS THAT BASICALLY RAN FROM TEXAS. ALL THE WAY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC. SO WE ARE HOPING WE ARE REALLY, REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN JUST JUST HAVE A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE RIGHT OVER THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE EAST HERE, WHERE IT’S A GUARANTEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CLEAR SKIES. BUT AGAIN, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CLOUD. SO REMEMBER, APRIL IS A STORMY MONTH. NOW THE SOUTH IS BETTER OFF BASED ON HISTORY COMPARED TO THE NORTHEAST. HERE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT’S NOT A GUARANTEE YET THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SUNNY SKIES HERE. SO IF YOU’RE THINKING WHERE DO I WANT TO WATCH THE SOLAR ECLIPSE? YOU CAN HAVE YOUR, YOUR YOUR, YOUR FIRST PLACE YOU WANT TO GO. BUT IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A BACKUP. JUST IN CASE. CLOUDY SKI