"Best Places to View April 8 Solar Eclipse and Safety Precautions"

Eclipse chasers are hoping for clear skies on April 8 within the 115-mile-wide path of totality stretching from northwest Mexico to southeast Canada, with southwestern areas having a higher chance of clear skies. However, no place in the path has a guarantee of clear weather, and historical cloud-coverage data suggests a 50% chance of "mostly clear or better" skies from Mazatlán, Mexico, to Little Rock, Arkansas. Eclipse chasers are advised to start seriously looking at weather forecasts five days out and make plans three days before, with the possibility of eclipse cooling causing clouds to dissipate during the partial phases.