Observing Conditions at the Fan Mountain Observatory

Updated Thu May 24 07:05:33 EDT 2012

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

2012-05-24 06:59:48
Temp 59.7°F Hum 98 % Wind Speed 2 mph Rain Rate 0.000 "/min
Dew 59.0 °F Pres 28.13 "Hg Wind Dir 191 ° Rain 1h 0.000"

Leander McCormick Observatory Weather Station

2011/07/22 15:35
Temp 100.8 °F Hum Wind Speed 0.4 mph Rain Accum. 0.00 in
Dew Pres 29.1 in(↑) Wind Dir 345.2 ° Wind Gust 2.0 mph

NWS Forecast for Albemarle County (Discussion)


VAZ037-242000-
ALBEMARLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTESVILLE
533 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2012
.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS THIS MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...
BECOMING SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN
50 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. EAST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HOT WITH HIGHS AROUND 90.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.MEMORIAL DAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S.
.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

NWS Current Conditions in Charlottesville