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Observing Conditions at the Fan Mountain Observatory

Updated Tue Nov 24 23:05:28 EST 2009

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

Temp and Humidity in the 31" Dome

Dome

Vacuum in the FanCam Dewar

Vacuum

Clear Sky Clock

Clear Sky Clock

The latest All-sky Camera pictures

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from Fan Mountain Observatory

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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 Precipitation Forecast - 12hr

HPC 12hr Forecast

HPC Precipitation Forecast - 24hr

HPC 24hr Forecast

Fan Mountain Observatory Environment Monitoring System

2009-11-24 23:05:37
Temp 45.2°F Hum 97 % Wind Speed 2 mph Rain Rate 0.000 "/min
Dew 44.5 °F Pres 28.16 "Hg Wind Dir 118 ° Rain 1h 0.000"

Leander McCormick Observatory Weather Station

2009/11/24 23:05
Temp 49.3 °F Hum 88.0 % Wind Speed 0.0 mph Rain Accum. 0.02 in
Dew 45.9 °F Pres 29.3 in(↑) Wind Dir 98.0 ° Wind Gust 0.0 mph

National Weather service
Forecast for Albemarle County
Forcast Discussion

VAZ037-251645-
ALBEMARLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTESVILLE
920 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009
.REST OF TONIGHT...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN WITH AREAS OF DRIZZLE.
AREAS OF FOG. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY
THIS EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. CHANCE OF RAIN
30 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN WITH AREAS OF DRIZZLE. AREAS
OF FOG IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF FOG IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE
MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF DRIZZLE. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF
RAIN 30 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.
.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS AROUND 40.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS
IN THE MID 50S.

National Weather Service
Current Conditions in Charlottesville

Current Weather Conditions:
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE, VA, United States

(KCHO) 38-08N 078-27W 192M

Conditions at

2009.11.25 0353 UTC
Wind Calm
Visibility 10 mile(s)
Sky conditions overcast
Temperature 50.0 F (10.0 C)
Dew Point 46.9 F (8.3 C)
Relative Humidity 89%
Pressure (altimeter) 30.12 in. Hg (1019 hPa)
ob KCHO 250353Z 00000KT 10SM OVC022 10/08 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01000083

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