Hi Steve, The past year in fact, my observing log shows far less activity in either observatory I have, something for sure is unusual. Did get some sucker hole observing in this week on Holmes, and mars. Looks like some better weather is here, take advantage of it! Chris --- Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, it would seem that we won't be chatting about > using telescopes for = > the > next several days...so, I would like to start a > weather discussion, = > because > I think it deserves it. > > I have lived in Arizona for 31 years now and have > been paying attention = > to > the weather for all that time. =20 > > I have never seen such a consistent squall line of > dark clouds, rain, > drizzle, snow in the high country and generally > "Seattle-like" = > conditions as > the past ten days to two weeks. It is utterly > fascinating to get up and = > see > dark clouds overhead AGAIN. Or, wake up in the > middle of the night and = > hear > the rain on my roof. If I had only known, I would > have turned off the > sprinkler system. > > I do hope that it stops in time to allow us to > observe, Saturday night. = > It > needs to quit by Thursday so that a couple of sunny > days can dry out the > ground and stop the dew from forming at 8 PM. We > shall see. > > It would be nice to get another set of photos of > Comet Holmes. > > Here's hoping, clear skies to us all; > Steve Coe > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or > unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.