Total Eclipse 2017 In Tennessee: Hour-By-Hour Weather Forecast

NASHVILLE, TN — As the coast-to-coast total solar eclipse of August 21 draws ever nearer, the weather forecast is coming into focus.

An hour-by-hour forecast for the midday Monday event is starting to come into focus and National Weather Service meteorologists are getting a better idea of what the skies will look like when the moon cuts off the light of the sun.

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As of 7 a.m. Monday, things are looking pretty good. The NWS says cloud coverage during the duration of the eclipse and those clouds that are present will be "high level scattered translucent cirrus clouds."

• Noon: 22 percent cloud coverage, temperature of 90
• 1 p.m.: 27 percent cloud coverage, temperature of 90
• 2 p.m.: 31 percent cloud coverage, temperature of 85

Check back throughout the day as Patch updates the forecast.

Image via National Weather Service