article_snippet: And the proportion of the sun covered will increase towards the north of the country, ranging from 84 per cent in London to 89 per cent in Manchester and 93 per cent in Edinburgh.
article_snippet: Northern Scotland is expected to have the best view, with the Isle of Lewis seeing around 98 per cent of the sun and Shetland around 97 per cent.
article_snippet: However, forecasters warn early predictions show there may be cloudier skies in the north of the UK – which could ruin the best view.
article_snippet: Glenn Spencer, forecaster at Meteogroup, said: ‘The South will get the best of the breaks between clouds and The South will get cloudier the further north you go.
article_snippet: The South will see about 60 to 70 per cent cloud cover – which is enough to be able to see the sun.
article_snippet: ‘In the north of the country the sky will be almost completely covered by cloud.
article_snippet: Depending on where you are, up to 90 per cent of the sun will be covered over.
article_snippet: You’d think everything would go virtually black, but it doesn’t, it’s about equal to a fair bit of high cloud in front of the sun.
article_snippet: But it has this eerie quality, especially on a clear day.
article_snippet: You think, hang on, itthe UK’s getting darker, but there are no clouds.
highlights_snippet: The view of the celestial show will be best in the far north of Scotland .
  
highlights_snippet: Forecasters fear it will be overcast in the north of the UK at time of eclipse .
  