[sac-forum] Re: 5MM or Antennas?
- From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>
- To: <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:17:28 -0700
As Dick Harshaw indicated, he and I have discussed the possibility of a
Thursday and Friday night observing run. We haven't decided on where that will
be because it depends on weather and temperature. To that end I've copied the
forecasts from the Flagstaff Office of the National Weather Service and have
posted their predictions.
For Happy Jack -
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 72 TO 80. LOWS 39 TO 49.
For Antenna I've used Parker -
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...CLEAR AND HOT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER
70S. HIGHS 102 TO 107.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...CLEAR AND COOLER. LOWS IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S.
HIGHS 96 TO 101.
Seems the tempreatures are nice for Happy Jack but don't like the partly cloudy
routine. For the Antenna site we have nice clear skies but the day time
temperature for Friday isn't so appetizing.
We'll wait another day or so and monitor weather developments.
AJ Crayon
Phoenix, AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Harshaw
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: 5MM or Antennas?
Dear Fearless Observer,
Don't be intimidated. Rick Tejera, Jimmy Ray, Chris Hanrahan, Andrew Goodwin
and I all got socked out at the Girls Scout encampment at Prescott over the
weekend too. A few sucker holes, but nothing worth singing songs over.
There's always THIS weekend. I'm planning on a Thursday/Friday night trip .
Don't know where to yet. It all depends on the weather forecast.
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ
From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Spencer, Darrell
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:24 AM
To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: 5MM or Antennas?
Yeah, well, Antennas didn't work out very well.
After arriving around 5:30 having driven through a wild dust storm, the
clouds were building quickly from the NE. They continued to move in up to and
after dark. We got in about 20 minutes observing with the 15x70 binocs in
Sagittarius before the lightening, dust and wind drove us back into the truck.
What a tease.
Then it got bad.
We drove home. Besides me, a friend and my son, there was Tim and Bob,
Charlie Whiting, Steve McAllister, and several others I did not get a chance to
meet. Six or seven vehicles total. We never even got set up. It was that bad.
Do you think I was bummed? Heck, I'm still bummed.
Dare I ask about Saturday the 4th? I refuse to be intimidated.
/Darrell
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