Observing Conditions at the Fan Mountain Observatory

Updated Wed Jun 19 05:35:27 EDT 2013

Sun and Moon data for today for Fan Mountain Observatory is available here.
Plots and tabulations for the McCormick and Fan weather stations from wunderground.com.
Plots of previous FanCam cooldowns(the first few days) can be found here.
The tentative schedule for Ori's observers(finalized every sunday?)

Temps in the FanCam Dewar

Dewar

Conditions in the 31" Dome

Dome

Vacuum in the FanCam Dewar

Vacuum

Clear Sky Clock

Clear Sky Clock

The latest All-Sky Camera

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Pictures from Fan Mountain

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GOES IR Imaging East Cont. U.S.

GOES

ADDS - Virginia IR Imaging

ADDS Virginia IR

N.W.S. Radar from Sterling

Radar

HPC Current Weather

HPC Current Weather

HPC Precip. Forecast - 12hr

HPC 12hr Forecast

HPC Precip. Forecast - 24hr

HPC 24hr Forecast

Fan Mountain Observatory Environment Monitoring System

2013-06-19 05:36:15
Temp 63.9°F Hum 78 % Wind Speed 4 mph Rain Rate 0.000 "/min
Dew 56.9 °F Pres 28.04 "Hg Wind Dir 184 ° Rain 1h 0.000"

NWS Forecast for Albemarle County (Discussion)


VAZ037-191200-
ALBEMARLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTESVILLE
458 AM EDT WED JUN 19 2013
.REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. PATCHY FOG. LOWS AROUND 60. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TODAY...PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN
THE MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY...PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 80S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
.FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.SATURDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.

NWS Current Conditions in Charlottesville