Tonight, we're looking at another quiet and comfortable evening across the area. Temperatures will gradually cool after another gorgeous afternoon in the 70s. If you've been loving this stretch of sunshine and warmer weather, the good news is that we have one more day to enjoy it before some big changes arrive.
Regardless of where you were this afternoon, you probably stopped for a moment and looked towards the sky to see a once in a lifetime phenomenon.
Hundreds of thousands who traveled to the Carolinas to watch the eclipse are now back on the road and heading home.
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.
