Observing Conditions at the Fan Mountain Observatory

Updated Wed May 16 07:15:32 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

2012-05-16 07:07:08
Temp 64.0°F Hum 76 % Wind Speed 2 mph Rain Rate 0.000 "/min
Dew 56.4 °F Pres 28.05 "Hg Wind Dir 189 ° 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)


VAZ037-161200-
ALBEMARLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTESVILLE
430 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
.REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG. LOWS AROUND
60. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TODAY...AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING. SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...INCREASING
TO NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SATURDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
.MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.
.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.

NWS Current Conditions in Charlottesville