Observing Conditions at the Fan Mountain Observatory

Updated Sun May 19 18:25:49 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

2013-05-19 18:25:35
Temp 62.1°F Hum 99 % Wind Speed 1 mph Rain Rate 0.000 "/min
Dew 61.8 °F Pres 28.18 "Hg Wind Dir 132 ° Rain 1h 0.000"

NWS Forecast for Albemarle County (Discussion)


VAZ037-200200-
ALBEMARLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTESVILLE
601 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013
.TONIGHT...CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY THIS EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN
THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING...THEN A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...
BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

NWS Current Conditions in Charlottesville