Pretty pessimistic forecasts for Saturday are surfacing. Tomorrow afternoon I can cancel the portapotty cuz if people are scared off by the drizzles on Saturday, there will be no one to use it but a few who can always find other means. So renting one would be a waste. The T-shirts for a Sentinel thing we can put on hold for a new date and we can start on a Messier Marathon one. Thursday data should "clear" things up a bit. :-) (sorry) Jack Jones Saguaro Astronomy Club Public Events Lunar List Awards and Messier Marathon Co-coordinator Phoenix AZ spicastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Today was the day that Jack was planning to make the descision on whether > to make the shirts or not. The following is from the 9 AM forecast > discussion: > > [discussion up through Thursday's storm deleted] THE NEXT WEATHER > SYSTEM...PROGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...LOOKS TO > BE MORE OF AN ISSUE THAN PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED. PREVIOUS RUNS HAD MORE OF > A LAND TRAJECTORY...WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIP. HOWEVER...A QUICK GLANCE AT > THE GFS THIS MORNING SHOWS LOW NOW SWINGING FURTHER WESTWARD BEFORE MOVING > INTO ARIZONA...THUS PICKING UP MORE MOISTURE AND INCREASING QPFS OVER THE > AREA. MIDNIGHT SHIFT ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR POPS OVER SOUTHWEST AND > SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA (THEY WERE ALREADY IN THE FORECAST FOR ZONE 24) AND > THIS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD DECISION. MAY SPREAD POPS EVEN FURTHER WEST IN THIS > AFTERNOON'S PACKAGE AFTER WE WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT ALL THE DATA. > > -Paul > > > >