I tend to agree with you Dwight, but it seems that the national weather service has a problem with areas that are close to each other. Here is the forecast for Dewey, where I live. My house is about 3-4 miles west of the town center from which the forecast is anchored, I think. The Cherry rd site is about 10 miles east of Dewey. I view the Cherry Rd site as having the same weather as my place. Stan Today: Sunny, with a high near 94. South southwest wind between 11 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Stan Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Southwest wind between 13 and 16 mph becoming calm. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Friday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 100. Southwest wind at 8 mph becoming north. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. Southwest wind between 3 and 9 mph. Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 101. Calm wind becoming southwest between 6 and 9 mph. Saturday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 99. Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Independence Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. > I was looking at the Clear Sky Clock and the extended forcast for Prescott > Valley Az through this weekend. > Its beginning to look as though we have Thursday night and Firday night > only. I'm still holden out for Sat though. One can hope. > > Dwight > > > In a message dated 6/29/2011 8:56:57 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > rharshaw2@xxxxxxx writes: > > > I donâ??t see it like that, Dwight. Hereâ??s the NWS site data: > > > > Sky cover Thursday looks like 24% or so, a little thicker Friday, worse > Saturday. > This is looking more and more like general sky haziness, so I donâ??t > know > if it will be good for observing or not. Iâ??m holding off on a decision > until tomorrow afternoon. > > Richard Harshaw > Cave Creek, Arizona > Brilliant Sky Observatory > > > From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DBogan3220@xxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 8:08 PM > To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Late Week Observing > > > Its looking really good for Cherry Rd on Thursday night. Looks Like I'm > going to give it a try. Friday night as well. Sat night well if the > weather > holds yes. Sunday and Monday nights don't look so good. > > > > Dwight > > > > > In a message dated 6/25/2011 11:49:59 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > rharshaw2@xxxxxxx writes: > > > HI, All. > I have some commitments that will keep me in Phoenix Monday-Wednesday, so > I canâ??t get to Fredâ??s Meadow to join Goss, Crayon, et al early in the > week. I am thinking about a trip to either Cherry Road or Fredâ??s Meadow > for Wed > night, Thur night, and maybe Friday and Saturday nights too. > Will anyone be at Fredâ??s meadow those days? Anyone thinking of Cherry > Road any of those nights? > Richard Harshaw > Cave Creek, Arizona > Brilliant Sky Observatory > > > > >