Climate Changed

The Eclipse Will Briefly Send Temperatures Tumbling

  • Path of totality crosses three distinct weather zones
  • Chill in air will peak about 5-20 minutes after shadow passes

The solar eclipse crossing the U.S. on August 21 threatens to sideline solar panels. Here's how. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Getting ready to watch the solar eclipseBloomberg Terminal? Bring a sweater along with those special glasses because the mercury could dip as the moon’s shadow crosses the land.

Millions of Americans across a 70-mile-wide (113-kilometer) corridor from Oregon to South Carolina will see the sky darken as the sun disappears from view, albeit for only a few minutes at a time.