[pasmembers] Re: Washington school Friday Mar 2 Winds
- From: Tim Jones <timj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:25:13 -0700
Skippy Sky says 12 G 25 'til 11PM.
Tim
On Mar 2, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Eric Steinberg wrote:
> NWS – 14 G24 at 4PM dropping to 11 G15 by 7 pm; Intellicast is about the
> same…
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> Accuweather – holds at 14 G24 through the evening
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> [mailto:pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terri
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:07 PM
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> Subject: [pasmembers] Re: Washington school Friday Mar 2 Winds
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> Is it possible for the winds to die down by tonight, enough to have a
> successful event? What does your forecasts say?
> Terri
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> From: Tim Jones <timj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 11:00 AM
> Subject: [pasmembers] Re: Washington school Friday Mar 2 Winds
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> We're seeing gusts over 30MPH at my place right now (working from home).
> They knocked over my patio table.
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> Tim
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> On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Bob Christ wrote:
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> The winds will seriously degrade the seeing - so expect bright objects to
> look like celestial kaleidoscopes given the scope remains upright.
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> Bob Christ
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> On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:14 AM, insanas@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> Terri, NOAA indicated 16 mph winds with gusts to 24 mph until 8 pm, then only
> 13 mph winds. It may be possible to set up just south of the school buildings
> since the winds are to be out of the north. That may give us somewhat of a
> wind break. The main objects we will be looking at are the moon, jupiter,
> venus and orion nebula, so a blocked Northern view won't hurt. We will have
> problems polar aligning, but with 500 people, we will probably only have one
> object per scope and they will be easy to find. If you decide to go ahead, we
> need to make sure all our scopes that rsvp'd will show. I don't want another
> year like last year when Frank and I were the only scopes with 500 people, it
> was very stressful. I am willing to try it tonight, but everyone needs to
> commit. If there is swirling dust, we just won't unload the cars. Anyway,
> let everyone know if it is cancelled or not. Take care, Sam
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