10:15 a.m.

Downtown Evansville has set up a board inviting visitors to list how far they traveled to see the eclipse along the riverfront. Visitors have flocked in from as far away as San Francisco, Alabama and Puerto Rico. Officials hope to get all 50 states before the day is up.

Traffic is still moving smoothly, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation.

9:45 a.m.

With dense fog hampering visibility in Evansville Monday morning, traffic safety is certainly a concern for area law enforcement — and for the out-of-town eclipse chasers making their way to the city.

Vanderburgh County Sheriff Noah Robinson told the Courier & Press that nearly all of the VCSO's deputies were patrolling local roads and were ready for traffic snarls ahead of the eclipse.

Likewise, the Evansville Police Department are out in full force within city limits, and the Indiana State Police are issuing updated traffic guidance throughout Monday.

But just how bad traffic slowdowns could get remains to be seen, according to Robinson.

"I've had reports of 80,000 on the high end," Robinson said of estimates regarding the number of potential visitors. "But I don't know yet if that's going to materialize."

If traffic backs up on major thoroughfares, Robinson said deputies would begin directing traffic to "secondary roads." He warned drivers to be careful, especially given the reduced visibility Monday morning.

Planning for an event like the eclipse, and estimating how many visitors could potentially jam up local highways, is difficult, Robinson added.

He joked that the VCSO would have a great plan for a sheriff "100 years from now," but by that point, "we'll probably have flying cars."

9:15 a.m.

Terry and Sandy Boggs from Lexington, Kentucky came into town Sunday and don't plan to leave Evansville until Tuesday.

"We dealt with Hopkinsville in 2017," Sandy said. "Getting out of Hopkinsville was fine, but it took almost 12 hours to get to Lexington."

It normally takes a couple hours, but construction on the highway and traffic slowed them down.

9 a.m.

Charity and Norris Clark came all the way from New Jersey for the solar eclipse, but as they stood on the Evansville riverfront Monday morning they were prepping to make another jaunt for a little more time in the dark.

The brother and sister have a tradition of finding totality, Norris said. In 2017, they made the trip to South Carolina.

Now, it looks like they might spend 2024 about an hour away in Mount Carmel, Illinois.

They came into Evansville on Sunday, ate some local food at Hickory Pit Stop and have enjoyed the people they've met, but with totality in Mount Carmel set to last longer, they've made the decision to head there.

"We're going to eclipse chase," Charity said.

8:30 a.m.

Keep an eye on road closures and slowdowns.

In its morning briefing, the weather service says there will be "mainly thin high clouds for eclipse time in the afternoon."

The high temperature for the day in Evansville and Henderson will be between 73 and 77 degrees as the totality of the eclipse starts.

"Temperatures will be several degrees cooler during the eclipse," forecasters at the National Weather Service wrote.

More on the forecast: Here's the morning forecast update for eclipse day in Evansville and Henderson

8:20 a.m.

Evansville Vanderburgh County Emergency Management Agency shares a fog advisory from the National Weather Service that will last until 9 a.m.

Visibility reduced to 1/4 mile in parts of western Kentucky, southern Illinois and southwest Indiana.

7:50 a.m.

Indiana State Police Todd Ringle posted to Twitter that there are no traffic issues on I-64, I-69, US50 or US41 in the Evansville district.

7:40 a.m.

The last time Evansville fell in the path of totality for a solar eclipse was Aug. 7, 1869 – just four years after the Civil War ended.

Just like they will today, hordes of residents and visitors alike took in an spectacle that a verbose over-writer for the Evansville Journal described as proof of the “ineffable wisdom of God.” Instead of using glasses approved by the International Organization for Standardization, they peered through smoked glass fogged by the flame of a candle: something that likely left several of them with permanent eye damage.

According to another Evansville journalist at the time, the boiling late-summer temperature plummeted to a chill as the moon and sun crossed paths. Tricked into thinking it was night, cows headed to their barns and chickens to their roosts.

And apparently residents weren’t bombarded with eclipse PR like they are today, because the event seemed to take some by surprise. “Children playing in the streets ran home afrightened,” the Evansville Journal wrote.

The paper even took the time to mock a local doctor who made a 52-mile carriage trek to Vincennes – all to see the eclipse for 13 seconds longer.

“The party claim, however, that they were fully satisfied with the exhibition, which may have been good, but we are not prepared to admit the claims of any other point over our city,” a reporter said.

6 a.m.

It's eclipse day in Evansville.

Well, it's technically eclipse day in a lot of places, but Evansville is in the "path of totality" for the event, so it's a bigger deal here than in a lot of places.

The Courier & Press will be keeping an eye on everything related to the day, from crowd sizes and traffic issues to the actual celestial event itself.

Here are a few things to get you started today.

The procrastinator's guide to the eclipse in Evansville

Need to know where to find glasses? Interested in attending an eclipse-related celebration somewhere?

Check out our procrastinator's guide to the solar eclipse in Evansville.

What is an eclipse?

Where is the 'path of totality?'

What's the weather forecast for Evansville and Henderson on Monday?

In short, it's looking good so far.

How do I take photos of the eclipse?

This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: Total solar eclipse is today. Here's what's happening around Evansville