COLUMBUS, Ohio — The clouds parted enough that many Ohioans were able to watch as the solar eclipse entered totality Monday afternoon.
Viewers in the path wearing eclipse glasses saw the moon slowly begin cover the sun until it was completely blocked, a period of darkness called “totality" during which temperatures drop and the sun's corona becomes visible.
Earlier forecast models brought some worry about whether spectators would see the eclipse because of cloudy skies. But, the weather cooperated and made for a nice day to view the phenomenon.
The skies were cloudy this morning but began to break up by 10 a.m. The solar eclipse started shortly after 2 p.m. and skies were partly cloudy.
Temperatures were in the mid-60s for the total solar eclipse, bringing comfortable weather for spectators in central Ohio.
The best weather was expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, as well as New Brunswick and Newfoundland in Canada.
