Visibility will be best in Estrie, Beauce and New Brunswick to observe the total solar eclipse on Monday afternoon, according to Météomédia.
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The channel expects “excellent” visibility in these regions. She adds that the “majority of southern Quebec” should be spared “despite the presence of a cloud system south of the border.”
Montérégie, on the other hand, could have cloud cover.
Visibility should be “good” in the Montreal region, where Météomédia predicts a “sky veiled with a few clouds”. However, these will be “very thin high-level clouds which will not completely block the visibility of the sun”.
These clouds could, on the other hand, “bring a very special touch to the eclipse”, says the channel, since “cirrus or cirrostratus clouds would enhance the observation by acting as a projection screen, modifying the colors diffused by the eclipse”.
Météomédia anticipates “partial visibility” in southeastern Ontario and Montérégie.
The partial eclipse will begin around 2:15 p.m. across Quebec and maximum totality will be reached around 3:30 p.m. The partial eclipse will end between 4:30 p.m. and 4:40 p.m., depending on the region.
In Fredericton, the phenomenon begins at 3:23 p.m. and peaks at 4:36 p.m.