FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Re: Saturday Forecast for Marathon

[AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxx>]

Tom, thanks for the weather update.  It looks much better now than about 4 
hours ago.  I'm going to leave the house in about 30 minutes for the site.  
Hope to see you and others there.

Clear skies,
aj
---- Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> If you look outside now (noon), the obvious feature is thick, high clouds 
> coming in from the south.  But here's where the transparency forecast on 
> Clear Sky Clock actually looks encouraging for tonight.
> 
> The forecast model appears to be initialized very well, matching the current 
> satellite image.  It shows the band of clouds about 200 miles wide moving 
> rapidly to the north and east, and (hopefully) away from the Farnsworth Ranch 
> site by 10 p.m.  Of course, there are several hours of uncertainty, so it 
> will be interesting to see when it actually clears tonight.
> 
> For people at the site doing a two-nighter, the clouds are presently offering 
> relief, keeping the daytime temperatures down in the chilly low-90's.
> 
> Tom
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