4 p.m. ET: Perhaps most notable from the Total Solar Eclipse was the quick plunge to darkness and then return to daylight, as documented here in a video from Outer Harbor State Park in Buffalo.
3:20 p.m. ET: WBEN's Brayton Wilson was among the reporters capturing the highly anticipated Total Solar Eclipse in the Buffalo-Niagara region.
3:18 p.m. ET: WBEN's Susan Rose and other eclipse viewers at Knox Farm State Park get a quick glimpse of the eclipse during totality with a break in the clouds in East Aurora.
3 p.m. ET: As the solar eclipse was beginning, a miraculous break in the clouds allowed from some local viewing at about 10%.
1:30 p.m. ET: Crowds are gathering at numerous key locations across the Buffalo-Niagara region, including Outer Harbor State Park, Niagara Falls State Park and as Sahlen Field in Downtown Buffalo.
1 p.m. ET: The latest cloud cover forecast from NOAA Buffalo shows clearing to the West. But, will it make it in time?
12 p.m. ET: Anticipation of the Total Solar Eclipse across the Buffalo-Niagara region has been muted Monday in the hours leading up to the eclipse due to heavy cloud cover preventing a clear view.
Meteorologists had been hoping some thinning of the clouds would occur before totality arrives at 3:18 p.m. ET, however Andy Parker tells WBEN the 'clearing' is not moving quickly enough for significant clearing.
Listen LIVE throughout the afternoon as WBEN hosts and reporters are spread across the region to cover the celestial event.
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