. >> mason: joaning us is lonnie quinn. lonnie, the eclipse it monday, what can people expect to see? >> it's going to be a big event. it will depend, really, on where you live. we have set up our model solar system, and we know the earth revostles around the sun, the moon revostles around the earth but occasionally they fall into alignment. most you are going to see a very large pennumbra. it's a little sliver of the sun you are going to see but some of you are going to see the smaller umbra when the moon totally blocks out the sun. it's called totality. on monday is stretches from oregon to south carolina. if you're in that path, you will literally see daytime turn into night time. the temperatures are going to drop, and stars will even be viblg dewar the daytime. that's the only time you don't need the protective glasses. in the medium-gray shade areas about 90% of the sun will be covered. you will see the skies dim a bit including places like seattle, denver, atlanta. in this lighter gray-shaded area, at least three-quar

. >> mason: joining us is lonnie >> mason: joining us now is lonnie quinn, chief weathercaster for our flagship station here in new york, wcbs. lonnie, the eclipse is monday, what can people around the country expect to see? >> it's going to be a big event. it will depend, really, on where you live. now, we have set up our old model solar system, and we know the earth revolves around the sun, the moon revolves around the earth, but occasionally they fall into alignment. and when the sun hits the moon and casts its shadow on the earth. you get a couple of things. most of you arg penuma. it's a partial shadow. it's a little sliver of the sun you are going to see, but some of you are going to see the smaller umbra, and that's when the moon totally blocks out the sun. it's called totality. and the area that that umbra hits is called the path of totality. and on monday, is stretches from oregon to south carolina. and if you're in that path, you will literally see daytime turn into night time. the temperatures are going to drop, and stars will even be visible during the daytime. that's the o

back to you guys in new york. >> chief weather cast center lonnie quinn of wcbs is here with a timeline> good morning to you as well. let's break it down for you. it's all going to begin about 90 minutes prior to the total eclipse. that's when the moon is going to start to cross the face of the sun. this is the partial ese going to see this in some semblance. as the moon covers 90% of the sky, the sky will dim a little bit. it's two minutes before the total eclipse that 99% of the sun will be blocked. you'll get the colors of a nice looking sunset. although you only see this little sliver of the sun, you've still got to wear protective lenses. this little sliver is still about 10,000 times brighter than a full moon. again, it's looking pretty cool out there. keep the glasses on. as you make your way closer and closer to totality, if you're in the path, you're going to see just before the moon covers the sun, something called baily's beads. these are the last spots of light peeking through. totality will last two minutes and 38 seconds. you'll be able to see is the corona of the sun. her

it did give lonnie quinn said for him it's like christmas morning.ng in on his day off because he's excited. you said it's on your bucket list. so for those of us who may not be as excited, what should we be looking for? how do we wrap our brains about what's happening here? >> we're wit financing a cosmic coincidence. it's 400 miles bigger and the moon going in front of the sun. it's a cosmic coincidence. h here you are to witnesset in your own backyard. >> what have scientists learned? >> they worked it out 2,000 years ago wu the beginning of astronomy, that's where astronomy began to understan why we have eclipses. now we want to know about the atmosphere. the corona. it is too hot for its own good. it's about a million degree, the atmosphere of the sun, but the surface of the sun is only 10,000 degrees. there's a nobel prize waiting for someone who can figure out why the atmosphere is much hotter than the surface of the sun which was responsible for solar flairs, gigantic solar flairs could knock out satellites and power systems. this is very pow

lonnie quinn explains how the eclipse comes to pass. >> reporter: this is going to be one of the greatvents. as we get closer to the eclipse we have set up our own model solar system here in studio 57 to explain what a solar eclipse is and what you can expect to see where you live. the earth revolves around the sun. the moon revolves around the earth. but twice a year, they fall into alignment. and you are going to get some kind of eclipse when this happens. be it lunar or solar eclipse. total solar eclipse. the big show. that's where this little tiny moon is able to completely block out the light from the sun. and it is only possible, because even though the sun is 400 times larger than the moon. the moon is 400 times closer to the earth. as a result the sun and moon, look like they're about the same size when you look up at the sky. when the sun hits the moon, and it casts its shadow on the earth, you get, two different types of shadows. most everybody in the country is going to be the penumbra, partial shadow. part of the sun visible through the eclipse. the select few will get the

lonnie quinn tells us where the best spots are here. lonnie? >> good morning everybody.oday is the big day. everybody in the country will see some semblance of this eclipse. most of us will catch the penumbra, the shadow of the moon. a select view catch the umbra, where the moon totally blocks out the sun. day will turn to night. that line stretches from just outside portland, oregon, like salem, to charleston, south carolina. the line of totality is about 70 miles wide. the gray shaded area, 90% of the sun covered by the moon for atlanta, denver, seattle. outside of that area, the light gray shaded area in places like philadelphia, san francisco, 75% of your sun is going to be covered by the moon. but as far as the weather, it looks pretty darn good for this eclipse. i think the two trouble spots will be places around kansas city, missouri, too much cloud cover for you. i think charleston, south carolina, you've got the cloud cover issue as well. keep your eyes to the skies. this could be a great show. over to you. >> lonnie, thanks. cbs news will bring you a two-hour s

. >> lonnie quinn is chief weather caster, here to show us where tropical storm harvey is headed and how bad it could get for the rest of southeast texas. >> good morning to you. you and i were talking a memant ago. you said when is this thing going to be over? that's the big question. i have to tell you, it's not moving anywhere quickly. i'd say thursday, friday at some point, i think thursday it will get pushed out by a trough coming in from the west, but this is your picture. harvey, still a tropical storm. a storm that made landfall late friday night, still a tropical storm as we speak. the center of circulation right here, around port lavaca, texas. counterclockwise spin around a low pressure system. because of the counterclockwise spin, think about the available moisture it has. if it's spinning from right here, this is a paddle wheel pulling in all the moisture from the gulf of mexico, and the numbers have been staggering. biggest number i can find to the east of houston has been 32.9 inches of rain. houston alone yesterday, houston in 24 hours yesterday, picked up 16 inches o

. >>> lonnie quinn of our new york station wvshgs wcbs is tracking harvey. you said all the factors of harvey, none of them good. >> flat town, 48, 50 feet above sea level. so much concrete has been put down you've lost a lot of the absorption of the earth. heavy ys bands east of houston houston into louisiana spinning back around texas. this storm between corpus christi and houston is going back into the gulf, going to do another loop-d-loop, come back onshore for another landfall in texas. look at how much more rain is to fall from this point forward. watch for this yellow number to e emergency. that is going to be the number of 24 inches or more of rain. look for it, look for it, here we go. starts to e emergency northeast of houston, texas. you put another 24 inches of rain on top of big totals. i of added it up. these are the actual amount of rain that's fallen combined with some of these numbers. take a look at this. downtown houston, you'll probably end up with somewhere around 45.5 inches, that's 25.5 already falling, maybe 20 inches more. look at le

chief weather caster lonnie quinn is here with a unique look at how it's all going to go down. >> an idea of what you're going to experience and where you live. we have set up this system in studio 57. we all know that the earth revolves around the sun and the moon revolves around the earth but at least twice a year they fall into alignment and you get some kind of eclipse, be it a lunar eclipse or solar eclipse. the total solar eclipse, that's the big show and that's where the moon completely blocks out the sun. it's only possible because even though sun is 400 times larger than this little moon, the moon is 400 times closer to the earth. as a result from our perspective when we look at the die skye, the sun and the moon look like they're about the same size. when that sun hits the moon and casts its shadow on the earth, you get a couple of different types of shadows. number one mos of you are going to see a large partial shadow you see a portion of the sun but a select few are going to get to see the umbra, and that's nature's big event, where the moon xleeptly blocks out the sun,

for look how the eclipse will unfold exactly how likely you are to see it we turn to lonny quinn, chief wester caster in new york wcbs-tv. >> here we go. only minutes away from this whole thing getting underway. we all know that the earth revolves around the sun. we know to the moon revolves around the earth. what you may not know twice a year they fall into alignment. when this happens you get some kind of an eclipse, either lunar eclipse or solar eclipse. the big show is the total solar eclipse. that's what we're going to see in portions of the country this little tiny moon can block out all the light from this enormous sun. the sun is 400 times larger than the moon. only possible because the moon is 400 times closer to the earth. from our perspective when we look up at the sky the sun and moon they look like they're about the same size. when that sun cast shadow on the earth you get two types of shadows. most of our country will see the partial shadow where you're only going to see some portion visible, if you are on that little line, some of you get to see the umbra where the moon b

. >> to look at what the eclipse will look like for millions of americans, we turn to lonnie quinn from to be one of the great mother nature events. as we get closer to the eclipse, we have set up our own little model solar system right here in studio 57 to explain what a solar eclipse is. we know that the earth revolves around the sun and the moon revolves around th but twice a year they fall into alignment and you're going to get some kinds of eclipse when this happens, be it a lunar eclipse or solar eclipse. but the solar eclipse is the big show. this little moon will block out the light from the sun. even though the sun is 400 times larger to the moon, the moon is 400 times closer to the earth. as a result, the sun and the moon look like they're about the same size when you look up at the sky. now, when the sun hits the moon and casts its shadow on the earth, you get two different types of shadows. most will see the penumbra where a portion of the sun will still be visible, but a select few of you will get the umbra and that's where the moon completely blocks out the light from the