Crowd forming at Niagara Falls for solar eclipse viewing

People gather at Niagara Falls State Park ahead of a total solar eclipse across North America, in Niagara Falls, New York, on April 8. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

A crowd has started forming at Niagara Falls Monday ahead of the solar eclipse.

The western New York city is located along the path of totality with max eclipse viewing conditions around 3:18 p.m., according to NASA.

But the National Weather Service is forecasting around 80% cloud cover for the area at that time.