National Weather Service issued a wind advisory predicting “WINDS… NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH” until 22:00 (10 PM) EDT. Â Combined with forecasts of bad seeing and frigid wind chills, tonight won’t be suitable for observing with the public.
Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details.
The event is cancelled due to bad weather conditions being predicted. See front page of NOVAC Site for changes to event. More information about Great Meadow including directions and parking visit the Great Meadow Site page.
Just to make it official. Clear Sky Chart says there might be a slight break in the overcast around 21:00 but otherwide overcast. The local forecast is mostly cloudy with a 20 to 30 percent chance of measurable precipitation this evening. Although I haven’t checked this morning, the field is likely soggy, too. Not a suitable evening for public observing..
Hoping for great conditions for Astronomy Day,
Tree Greenwood
Crockett Site Coordinator
Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details.
Smack dab on the new moon, this promises to be nice dark viewing. These shooting stars are composed of the remnants of Comet Halley. Meteors—up to 30 per hour in the Northern Hemisphere and 60 per hour in the Southern—will appear to radiate from Aquarius.