By Wednesday, we’ll turn the sunshine back up. Expect a brighter, warmer afternoon with highs climbing into the mid to upper 80s. Humidity will ease just a bit, so while it will be warm, the air won’t feel quite as heavy.
Charlotte may not have seen a total eclipse Monday afternoon, but came really close.
Take a look at these shots of the total solar eclipse that we captured Monday afternoon in South Carolina.
The stars came out in the middle of the day, zoo animals ran in agitated circles, crickets chirped, birds fell silent and a chilly darkness fell upon the land Monday as the U.S. witnessed its first full-blown, coast-to-coast solar eclipse since World War I.
A total solar eclipse occurs Aug. 21 in the United States, starting in Oregon and sweeping across the country to South Carolina.
Wilson is excited for today's total solar eclipse. So he headed to Columbia, S.C. where he was getting a front row seat outside of Williams-Brice Stadium to get us ready for a once in a lifetime event. He won't be wearing the Gamecocks' helmet!
We're just hours from a once in a lifetime event. Eyes across the nation will be on the sky, for a coast to coast total solar eclipse that will turn day into night.
We're just days away from a once in a lifetime event in the sky!
The looming solar eclipse could cause traffic headaches across the Charlotte area Monday. More than two million people are expected to pass through our area on their way to the total eclipse zone.
