The regional weather forecast posted Friday on the National Weather Service site for Monday was, “Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.”
On Saturday, the post was updated: “Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South southwest wind 7 to 10 mph.”
“That’s what we’re hoping,” Justin Gibbs, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Paducah, said about the sunny weather.
For anyone remotely interested in watching Monday’s total solar eclipse—the Great American Eclipse—the weather has been in the forefront of their minds for weeks.
Some in group chats online are contemplating cancelling travel plans to spots with cloudy or rainy weather forecasts along the line of totality and finding another place more suitable for viewing.
Local officials said that’s something to be aware of as eclipse chasers move through the area early Monday. They may pack up and leave a particular location and head off to another. That movement could add to what’s sure to be a day of heavy traffic, officials said.
For now, Henderson’s skies are forecasted to be clear.
Gibbs said the weather for Monday falls in-between two systems moving through the area. The first will pass on Sunday and the next should come Monday night, leaving Monday afternoon with clear skies.
“We feel like we’re in pretty good shape,” Gibbs said.
Fingers crossed.
Read more about the climatology for April 8 through the years. This page that the National Weather Service has created details climate normals and cloud cover for the date, among other data.
Click on this page to read an updated forecast from the National Weather Service.
