Various data from the eclipse | It Ain't All About the Weather

Some of my favorite photos are in a previous post. Here, some quasi-random data posts that I saw out there, that I wanted to archive.

Temperature and radiation time series in Terre Haute.

I measured several weather variables at 10-second frequency during the total solar eclipse. The temperature impact (around 5 degrees C) lags the solar radiation minimum (0!) by about 10 minutes. pic.twitter.com/stLx1QMlYb
— Justin Schoof (@justinschoof) April 8, 2024

Disruption of afternoon cumulus development in southern Indiana thanks to the eclipse.

One of the questions I got asked often in the last couple weeks was “Can the eclipse actually reduce cloud cover?”
And for *daytime cumulus* the answer is yes!! Check out the white flecks in far southern Indiana dissipate but then redevelop when the sun comes back out. pic.twitter.com/qGTjQ8tTXW
— Cody Kirkpatrick (@codykirkpatrick) April 8, 2024

A nearly 9 degree drop in Arkansas:

We observed a temperature drop of around 9 degrees, and the low temp was observed at 2:13pm, even though the maximum eclipse was around 1:53pm. About a 20 minute lag. Totality shaded in black. pic.twitter.com/yPkqAIfo6Y
— Isaiah Montgomery (@GumryWX) April 9, 2024

We had an 8.0 F temperature drop in Bloomington on campus.

Final temperature swing in Bloomington is going to be 74.1 to 66.1 F. We are 17 minutes after totality and still only back to 66.9, too. pic.twitter.com/zTRf1XrtZ3
— Cody Kirkpatrick (@codykirkpatrick) April 8, 2024

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