Monday Aug 21, 2017 12:21pm

Albion, IN

Will clouds and showers cause problems for eclipse viewers in the tri-state area?

Monday's forecast calls for both partly cloudy skies and a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service.

The scattered storms are expected to end early Monday morning, but possibly redevelop by afternoon. Cloud cover may obscure the eclipse this afternoon.

More widespread storms are expected to spread from northwest to southeast across the area late tonight and Tuesday as a cold front moves through.

Monday's weather forecast sounds pretty typical for the Midwest, but probably isn't what people want to hear on the day of the first solar eclipse in U.S. since 1979.

Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis said that the cloudy skies likely won't be enough to completely obstruct the nearly three-hour event of the eclipse.

The tri-state area will only see about 85% of the eclipse, its peak is expected to happen around 2:25 p.m. Although there is not a health risk by being outside, it's important to remember not to look directly at the sun during the peaking moment.