Splashed out on your super-safe solar eclipse glasses? Got your vantage point sorted and an alibi for sneaking out of the office?

Bad news. The clouds tomorrow morning may just block your once in a decade moment.

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Tomorrow's Met Office weather forecast for south London and north Surrey is grimly predicting thick clouds - not a good sign for wannabe astronomers.

But tomorrow is International Happiness Day, and every cloud has a silver lining.

Peter Hutton, chairman of the Croydon Astronomical Society, said he was still holding out hope.
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"I looked at the weather forecast this morning it seeems to be better weather because it gets pretty sunny," he said.

"Although it doesn't look to be bright sunshine, it looks like there will be gaps in order to [see] something.

"But, British weather, it could well change overnight."

Croydon astronomers plan to gather at an observatory in Kenley.

And Wallace Fields Primary school in Epsom has bought more than 250 solar glasses to give its children the best view.

If it is cloudy, the good news is you won't be blinded by using shoddy makepiece eye protectors. The British economy will not grind to a halt for two hours. Your futile attempts to track down a copy of the Sky at Night magazine for the free glasses were a waste of time.

And there will still be the chance to see another "near total eclipse" in the UK in 2026. The next total eclipse visible from the UK was a bit further off - on September 23, 2090.

One final word. If the clouds do melt away and the solar eclipse is viewable in all its beauty - DON'T TAKE A SELFIE. You may go blind.

Where are you planning to watch tomorrow's eclipse and how? Do you have a NASA sized observatory in your back garden?

Let us know the most weird and wonderful places in south London and north Surrey by emailing dlindsell@london.newsquest.co.uk