I can appreciate your photon deprivation syndrome—I’ve got it too.
But checking the digital weather forecast for the sites is not
encouraging:
Five Mile Meadow—next 48 hours, 52% sky cover up to 100%, high
chance of rain, and during the night, the dry bulb and dew point
will be equal—translation, heavy, heavy dewing! Also cool (36 deg
to 63 deg).
Antennas—68F (night) to 100F (daytime); sky cover from 22% to 36%.
Sentinel—72F to 100F, sky cover from 21% to 38%.
The daytimes in the two desert sites will be brutal but survivable,
but the skies don’t seem all that great to me.
I’m staying put in town at least until Monday afternoon. I’ll check
the 5MM forecast again then, see if the picture improves any.
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ
President, The Saguaro Astronomy Club (2009)
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Subject: [sac-forum] Photons make you do crazy things...
Seeing the sun today has me pondering the absurd. Per the NWS, it
appears Cherry & 5MM will be experiencing on & off cloudy weather
with rain chances for the next few days. However, the Hovatter Rd
and Sentinel sites should be clearing up. The CSC seems to indicate
that these are the two best options. That said, I’m thinking about
heading out to the Antennas site, possibly for tonight and tomorrow
night. Crazy? Absolutely. But at this point, I need some photons.
Anyone else up for this?
Anyone have a better idea?
Chris Hanrahan
623.455.9836
