IAA observing at Delamont 16/17-10-15 ****CANCELLED****

[bigeye155]

Hi all,

There will be an extra observing session this weekend at out our usual spot at Delamont Country Park, due mainly to the fact that we didn't get a chance this month with the weather. We have had a great spell of settled weather with clear nights so I hope this will continue over the weekend.
The forecast is for dry but cloudy skies during Friday, but I'm hoping for a few breaks in the evening, so check this forum thread again tomorrow for an update.

Clear skies

David

[bigeye155]

Grrrr

This bloody weather is so frustrating, clear all week then cloudy at the weekend! There will be a few clear spells but not in the east, where there will be mostly high cloud, so I'm afraid our extra session is cancelled.

Tomorrow night isn't looking any better so I think it's best to cancel that too.

PS. Don't shoot the messenger!

Let's hope the weather improves next month!

David

[astrom32]

Oh... that's a shame. Here's 10.30pm. Great for planets and moon viewing, awful for star gazing. :/
FLO's showing a clear night, everyone else is showing a cloudy night and BBC is broken.
This is a shame. I guess I'm waiting for the moon to come back up for my next chosen target then!
I'm eager for Jupiter to get back to a more reasonable hour.

[keithm]

I was expecting this when I looked at the weather forecast but was still hopeful when I saw blue sky anytime I looked out the window all day! :-(

[bigeye155]

The weather looked quite hopeful in the afternoon but the cloud rolled in from the east I only use the bbc weather website as it gives good cloud cover prediction (currently based on met office data, that contract is soon to finish)

If it was 50/50 I'd go ahead.....

David