Brian was right, by Wednesday night it was incredibly foggy and wet at TSP. We gave up and came home on Thursday morning. I couldn't believe how many people left their gear out on the field despite the soggy air and rain. Numerous mounts sitting in puddles, scope coats that sure looked to me like they were soaked through, warping wooden tables, etc. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the normally dry air here in AZ but I get worried about equipment damage when it's that wet. Keith Schlottman -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Skiff Sent: 05162007 12:04 AM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Weather Could Be Worse The Wyoming upper-air soundings site shows the following values for the total precipitable water-vapor working south and east from Flagstaff for the 0h UT balloon soundings this evening: Flagstaff 2.6mm (pretty dry) Tucson 11.5mm El Paso 21.4mm Midland/Odessa 31.3mm (north of TSP) Del Rio TX 36.0mm Key West 45.5mm San Juan 48.8mm ...so west Texas is about 3/4 the way to "tropical" tonight. Could be worse, even from there: the midnight sounding in Douala, Cameroon showed surface temperature of 26C with total water-vapor of 67mm. (When it gets to about 17-18mm in summer in Flagstaff, it means it's raining.) Further numbers for the curious are at: http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html \Brian -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.