(SOUTHERN COLORADO) — Weather is not looking great to view the eclipse next week for a large portion of the country.

On Monday April 8, the next total solar eclipse will take a path over the Continental United States and block out the sun for 15 states. Unfortunately, this will not take a direct path over Colorado, but you will at least see 60 to 80% totality over Southern Colorado on that date.

A total solar eclipse is when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and completely blocks out the sun. This is the only time that you can see the sun’s outer atmosphere, which is called the corona. An annular solar eclipse is when the moon passes in between the Sun and Earth but it is either at or near its farthest point away from the Sun, so the moon does not completely block out the sun and it appears smaller. A partial solar eclipse is when the moon, Earth, and Sun do not completely line up so the sun is only partially blocked out.

This one will be special as it will be the last total eclipse for 20 years to take a direct path across the United States. To be clear, there are a lot of eclipses between now and 2044 but this will be the last total eclipse to take a path over the Contiguous United States. Several annular and partial eclipses will go over the United States between now and then.

There’s only one problem, the latest weather forecast shows most of the country will be covered by clouds, including the path of totality. As of Tuesday morning, forecast models show two storm systems, one to the north and one to the southwest of us that will cause clouds to build and for some spots to even see storms during the eclipse. The only place right now that looks in the clear is in New England.