[AZ-Observing] Seeing Conditions During Monsoon

I should probably mention this while it's happening, but the seeing on
both Thursday night and tonight have been very good in my backyard in
Tempe.  You may remember Thursday as the night when all of the Valley
was hit hard by lightning and rain.  While clouds slowly encroached from
the east and breezes swirled, I was enjoying excellent views of Jupiter
through my 10-inch at magnifications approaching 400x.  What amazed me
was that the seeing remained steady for a couple hours right up until
Jupiter was touched by the first debris clouds.
 
Tonight the seeing was not quite as good, but it was better than any
night on which set up this past June.  Again, there were light breezes
coming from varying directions, but they had very little effect on the
local seeing.  The lighting on both the Straight Wall and Plato was
about as good as it gets.
 
We're told that the Monsoon is a poor time for observing, but this past
couple sessions is changing my thinking on lunar and planetary viewing
in July and August.
 
Tom

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