latest cfn has the entire east of Australia covered. i am now despondent and realise will not get a single shot of this eclipse
Buy a plane ticket to Adelaide or Alice Springs, return Thursday. Probably cheaper and quicker than attempting to drive that far and the best part is you can sleep on the way back. Could be done for under $1k including a hire car there and meals.
From the CFN forecast for Wed evening, Thurs morning that I've looked at this evening , it is saying that for west of the mountains, in the Parkes , Cowra region it will only be high cloud. Maybe the cover will be thin enough to see lunar through it. So all is not lost yet, trying to be optimistic that a drive a few hours west may be worth it.
When the night of the eclipse comes within range of the 36h we will add a link to a high resolution total cloud coverage PDF download for the various states eclipse pages so you can view a high resolution forecast with hourly intervals and better plan your trip. The eclipse pages will also display ACCESS-C maps instead of ACCESS-R where available.
Just checked again and maybe around the Snowy Mtns region could be clear.
The CFN team, thanks for giving an more accurate forecast update as we get closer to Wednesday, much appreciated.
Luckily strictly speaking it is late in the evening, and at its peak after midnight (Thursday, when the weather is supposed to improve), so maybe I will catch a glimpse of it.
Hmmm. Weather cleared up here but only because a sea breeze finally kicked in. But it also means the humid soggy stuff has been pushed inland and should return overnight.
Will be interesting to watch... usually the clouds roll back after sunset and clear again at dawn.
High resolution ACCESS-C maps are now starting to become available on the various eclipse pages.
As the event draws closer we'll post the whole range covering the period for each state so you can better plan your imaging/viewing session.
There is now a LUNAR ECLIPSE button on CFN in the map side menu available to anyone. Select your region then click on the button. This will take you to a page displaying a small list of maps centered on the approximate time of the beginning of the event. The maps will switch to ACCESS-C the next update when the date enters the 36h range provided the model is available for your region. They will then automatically follow the current time and date until the end of the event.
Short term forecast
