WELL, IN JUST HOURS FROM NOW, THE SKY WILL GO DARK IN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE PREPARING TO WITNESS THE GREAT SOLAR ECLIPSE AT 756. I'M KYLIE WALKER AND I'M ALEJANDRA BRIONES. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN CONDER LIVE FROM THE PATH OF TOTALITY THIS MORNING AND JONATHAN. IT'S LOOKING PRETTY CLEAR RIGHT NOW. IT IS LOOKING CLEAR RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY, JUST SOME HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS BACK TO OUR WEST. THERE ARE SOME THICKER CLOUDS, BUT I FEEL LIKE LOOKING AT SATELLITE IMAGERY, THOSE WILL STAY TO OUR NORTH. I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING TOTALITY HERE IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT PATH. IF YOU ARE OVER NEAR ATOKA, MCALESTER ADA, YOU ARE NOT IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY. YOU CAN SEE THAT YELLOW ORANGE LINE. IT IS NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE.
IF YOU'RE PARTIAL, THE SKY WILL NOT BECOME DARK. IF YOU'RE IN TOTALITY, IT IS LITERALLY LIKE THE SUN IS GOING TO SET BECAUSE THE MOON IS GOING TO COMPLETELY COVER UP THE DISC OF THE SUN. IF YOU'RE IN THE PARTIAL ECLIPSE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SUN, YOU NEED ECLIPSE GLASSES. IT'S ONLY IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE YOUR GLASSES OFF FOR ABOUT FOUR MINUTES. SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OKC AND IDABEL IS LITERALLY NIGHT AND DAY OVER OKC WON'T HAVE THE DIMMING SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. IT WILL BE SO DARK YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE PLANETS AND