That is a very good point Don
You are planning to attend this event.
Do we call it on or off, based on the cloud cover?
Terri
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Don Boyd <azphotog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Actually Skippy sky does give details of the altitude of clouds and high
clouds are generally thinner than low clouds. Satruday;s clouds are
forecast to be the high thin clouds, however inn my experience even thru
high thin clouds the sun is difficult to see.
Don
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Alex Vrenios <axv@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I don’t know of any websites that tell you how thick the clouds will be,
but when it says 72%, you can pretty much expect the Sun to be only barely
visible through them, if at all. It will certainly not clear enough to see
any surface detail.
As to rain, one morning TV forecaster said there was a 30% chance of rain
for Saturday. They didn’t say what part of the day, though.
I’ll add the chance of precipitation to my next forecasts.
Alex
On Feb 10, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Terri <starstuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Who invited the clouds to our event?
If the clouds aren't going to be very thick, I say we do the event,
becuase i also saw - in reference to Don's email just now- rain chances
could be in the afternoon on Saturday and not mess up the morning time.
However, it is rain forecast, according to the TV this morning, for Sat,
Sun and Monday,
so if we are monitoring Saturday for the morning hours of (with set up
time) 9 to (and pack up time) 1:30-1:45pm... and no rain, but clouds? We
need to know how thick the clouds are predicted to be, can we see the Sun?
And then Sunday, if rain is falling, and i don't mean a drizzle, then we
may wish to cancel the telescope workshop if the equipment being brought
into Bookmans will be getting wet. A drizzle, clouds, that's ok, we can
have the event.
I'm limited on attendance for both of these events, for PAS Members who
usually help at this type of event, but we have plenty of public attending
both events, so the more I know about what we are doing, weather wise, the
better. Please keep me updated. Thanks so very much Alex and Don and anyone
else helping with the weather updates for Sat Feb 11 and Sunday Feb 12.
Feb 11 from about 9 am to 1:45pm
Feb 12 from about 3:30 to 5:45pm
Thanks again
Terri, Event Manager
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 6:16 AM, Alex Vrenios <axv@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Forecast for Phoenix for the 10am solar viewing at Burton Barr Library:
Intellicast 72% Clouds 4 mph Winds
NOAA/NWS 82% 3 mph
W Undergnd 72% 4 mph
DSTM,
Alex
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