It would be interesting to know if the these NLCs have the same effect, and if so, whether they occur sufficiently often to be significant .

THE POLAR VORTEX IS SPINNING BACKWARD:

A sudden stratospheric warming event is underway, and this has caused the polar vortex to spin backward. As a result, ozone is piling up over the North Pole, setting a 45-year record for the month of March.

https://spaceweather.com/ 

I've seen a lot of docs about this but this is the most comprehensive with interviews with all the main players behind the scenes and family members of the dead.

https://spaceweather.com/ 

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

See AuroraWatch Red Alert:

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

See:

https://spaceweather.com/ 

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

"Amateur astronomers are reporting naked-eye sightings of "devil comet" 12P/Pons-Brooks in the evening sky. The 4th magnitude comet is brightening as it approaches the sun for a close encounter later this month. It will be an easy target for night-sky cameras this week, and maybe even during the total solar eclipse on April 8."

https://spaceweather.com/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJY_ptQW1o 

Solar eclipse 2024: Millions in North America will view what promises to be a blockbuster

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68597945 

Where to watch in Britain and for how long:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68731785 

CP may get half-an-hour's worth but the forecast is for cloud and rain. The English can ignore it anyway.

Total solar eclipse: The 4-minute window into the Sun's secrets

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68742516 

The eclipse is about to begin. Totality will arrive at Mexico’s west coast around 11.07am local time, moving east until it leaves Newfoundland, Canada, around 5.16pm there

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425343-eclipse-2024-live-watch-the-full-nasa-broadcast-latest/ 

As totality moves across each location which then temporarily becomes quite dark as a result, it has been interesting to notice the effect on that area's weather, especially as regards to the temperature.

In one such location, the temperature dropped from around 32°C to around 25°C as they were going into totality and I would then expect the temperature to just as quickly go back up again once totality ended with the Sun then re-appearing.

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/lyrid-meteor-shower-when-where-see-it-uk 

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/astronomy/night-sky-highlights-april-2024 

I remember back on the 11th August 1999, when there was a 97% eclipse here (and total in Cornwall), it became very still, all the birds stopped their chirping and there was just a slight "nip in the air" feeling as the maximum was reached... the light started to fade, too, but it was oh so brief.

(I found out then that it takes at least 95% of the sun to vanish before you start to think "oh, it's getting dark"... shows just how bright it is!)

EDIT: Coincidentally, there's a 91% eclipse on the 12th August 2026. And unlike the 1999 one, it'll be around 90% or more over Scotland too! SW Ireland will see the greatest cover nearby, at 98% - you'll have to go to northern Spain or Portugal if you want to see totality. And if you want to go there, you'll probably need to book this summer!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_in_Moominland 

When I was much younger, my dad produced a very musty set of books called "World of the Children ", dating form 1948 - I think they were his when he was a child. It was an encyclopedia but written as a long story rather than a series of articles, and one of the stories covered an eclipse - the children were amazed to see that the dappled spots of sunlight under a tree became little crescents during the eclipse.

Remembering this, I made sure to check during the 1999 eclipse - and, of course, it was spot on. I just wish I'd had a digital camera to capture it, but there'll be a good opportunity in just over 2 years' time.

(I also suggested years later, when I was working in the school and a partial eclipse was due, that the science teachers might want to take the kids outside to see the effect for themselves. To my surprise, they actually did (I don't think they'd thought of it, but realised it would be a good lesson!)

Pretty much experienced all that has already been described by others here.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/MaoLtNErCCWzyU5H/ 

"There once was a girl from Detroit

Who at kissing was very adroit,

She could pucker her lips

Into total eclipse,

Or open them out like a quoit!

😲

I was on the roof of the tax office (where I worked at the time) for the 1999 eclipse.

I most remember the light turning 'odd'.

There's a couple good ones over the next few years. From next year until 2030, the UK sees a partial eclipse every year, the biggest being the 90% eclipse on 12 August 2026 which plunges down the Atlantic and into Spain late in the day.

Interestingly, Spain also gets another eclipse on 2 August 2027, which crosses Cadiz and Malaga before dipping into Africa. That's one I've been eyeing up to go and see. I was just speaking it about it to my girlfriend, so hopefully! I want to see a total eclipse at least once in my life.