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Originally Posted by Superman

I have a question for which I may not get an answer or maybe there is no clear answer. What if the sky is cloudy or mostly cloudy at the time of totality? Would it still be worth seeing? I am considering driving 4400 miles (round trip) to see this eclipse in Texas, and the forecast is "mostly cloudy with 30% chance of rain."

Yep, the forecast from Dallas to San Antonio is "mostly cloudy" and I'm seriously bummed about it. My plan had been to drive to wherever the weather was best, but the wife insisted upon getting a place to arrive Sun, stay Mon, and then leave Tue. So now we've spent money and are likely to have a cloudy/rainy mini-vacation.

Last Oct, we drove to San Antonio and the clouds cleared for the annular eclipse. I think we drove ~1.5-2 hours for that.

I'm hoping that we get something similar next Mon. Otherwise, I assume it'll just get dark as if it was night, and then brighten back up, but nothing interesting to see.

No way in hell I'd make a huge drive for it. If you're driving that far, maybe drive to another location that isn't forecast for clouds?