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Observing Conditions at the Fan Mountain Observatory

Updated Sat Nov 7 07:35:35 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

2009-11-05 22:05:57
Temp 44.1°F Hum 43 % Wind Speed 5 mph Rain Rate 0.000 "/min
Dew 22.8 °F Pres 28.25 "Hg Wind Dir 339 ° Rain 1h 0.000"

Leander McCormick Observatory Weather Station

2009/11/07 07:35
Temp 36.2 °F Hum 65.4 % Wind Speed 2.1 mph Rain Accum. 0.00 in
Dew 25.7 °F Pres 29.4 in(↑) Wind Dir 104.5 ° Wind Gust 3.0 mph

National Weather service
Forecast for Albemarle County
Forcast Discussion

VAZ037-072315-
ALBEMARLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTESVILLE
352 AM EST SAT NOV 7 2009
.TODAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.MONDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...
BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
.VETERANS DAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.

National Weather Service
Current Conditions in Charlottesville

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

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

Conditions at

2009.11.07 1153 UTC
Wind Calm
Visibility 10 mile(s)
Sky conditions clear
Temperature 30.0 F (-1.1 C)
Dew Point 27.0 F (-2.8 C)
Relative Humidity 88%
Pressure (altimeter) 30.29 in. Hg (1025 hPa)
Pressure tendency 0.01 inches (0.3 hPa) lower than three hours ago
ob KCHO 071153Z 00000KT 10SM CLR M01/M03 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP260 T10111028 10011 21022 58003

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