Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane explains how it will look outside if it's cloudy during the solar eclipse. There's only one that that could ruin the solar eclipse...clouds. Now that we are on final approach to the eclipse, the fear of clouds is becoming a real possibility. April is a cloudy time of the year for America, so the chance for clouds is always a possibility. But, let's say there are clouds during the eclipse, then what? If you are outside of the path of totality then you will hardly tell that there is an eclipse going on in the first place as the sky will be cloudy and gray. Thus, the daylight will already be dim.If you are in the path of totality and you experience an overcast sky, then the only time you will know the eclipse is happening is the moment right before, during and after, the eclipse reaches 100% totality. At that point, it'll get dark, like the sun just set in the evening, but you won't see the magic in the sky. Such as, the dark sky and light in the distance, the stars, the corona and planets and all the wonderful things that you see during a total solar eclipse. So, let's hope that we have clear skies on April 8th during the 11am-2pm hour. Otherwise, we will have to wait until 2045 to witness this again.