Thanks for the update AJ. I will not venture up to FM by myself, and it looks like the north country is out for the season. However, weather.com has Hovatter Rd as clear tomorrow night, and partly cloudy for Friday and Saturday nights. It really depends on how hurricane Hilary (why does it have to be THAT name?) tracks - whether it trails off to the West as the NHC has it, or heads inland as Accuweather and another (BAMM) forecast predicts. Yes, it will be 100 in the afternoons, but sometimes you just gotta say WTF.
The short of it folks, is that I am free to go wherever I want for the next three nights. I am desperate for a dose of ancient light, and will deal with a little heat at Hovatter if someone, anyone is willing to join me. Particularly if you have a comfy motor home (Steve) . . .
Matt On 9/28/2011 5:48 PM, AJ Crayon wrote:
Here's an update to Mitch's message. I was there with Steve Coe and Bill Anderson. I came back today as planned, Bill was going to leave tomorrow but also decided to leave today. Steve, after checking the weather and seeing it will deteriorate left - some time after me. As far as the weather was concerned, Monday night it was quite mushy. I didn't try to rate the evening but Steve gave it a 6/10. Tuesday night was very cloudy for the first several hours so we gave up and watch the D-backs win. I had a troubles with my system - Sky Commander wasn't able to find anything with consistency. After much fiddling around I determined the equatorial platform wasn't good enough polar aligned. Once that was done it found a number of objects before the clouds shut us down. I was hoping to do an all night Friday at Cherry Rd. but it appears the weather will have us shut down pretty soon and for several days.Yuk!! AJ Crayon Phoenix, AZ ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Prause, Mitchell F. (Specialty Casualty UW Support) <mailto:mitch.prause@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2011 6:52 AM *Subject:* [sac-forum] Re: Fredericksen's Meadow - 9/30 to 10/2... For what it's worth, we just got back from FM last night. Forecast for last weekend was same as for this, but improved as it came closer but still was not the best. Actual was that it was cloudy during the day, never got any rain, and about 9pm each night the clouds disappeared and it was beautiful each night. Only negatives were waiting for it to clear and dew was higher than usual but no great problem. So if by Thursday the forecast improves, I recommend. Steve Coe and Bob Anderson and AJ are up there and at least Steve plans to stay through the weekend. Mitch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Matt *Sent:* Monday, September 26, 2011 8:46 PM *To:* sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [sac-forum] Re: Fredericksen's Meadow - 9/30 to 10/2... Chris, For now, I plan to head north to FM Thurs to Sun. BUT I hope the forecast improves! I'm actually considering Hovatter as an alternative if the temps dip below 100 . . . Matt On 9/26/2011 6:40 PM, Chris Hanrahan wrote:All,Anyone still planning on heading up to FM this coming weekend? Weather forecasts do not sound all that promising.I was going to do a Thursday to Sunday outing but have to head back to WI for a funeral. Saturday night is still on the table, if the weather holds. Chris************************************************************ This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this communication and destroy all copies.************************************************************