RE: steady skies tonight?

From: Bob Czerwinski (bczerwin@No-Spam)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 13:23:47 MST


Richard N. wrote:
> Does anyone have any idea how steady the skies might be tonight
> for planetary viewing. A weak storm just passed through, and I
> don't remember if the sky is supposed to be steady just before a
> storm, or just after. Gee, maybe it's neither!

First the bad news: Although the transparency looks great, the Jet
Stream, currently running north-to-south, is *directly* overhead at the
moment; not a good thing for seeing. Still, the further south you are,
the better off you should be.

Now the good news: The Jet Stream is quickly moving to the east, and
should be centered over Nevada/Arizona by tomorrow morning, and centered
over Utah/New Mexico by Saturday morning. Friday and Saturday nights
should be fine, assuming that "partly cloudy" forecast behaves itself.

...Bob...
Bob Czerwinski



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