Full moon = clear sky?

[pmrid]

It's not an absolute rule, but it does seem to happen a lot - the skies clear up around about full moon. Is there a meteorological explanation? Is it just he sky gods taking the mickey? Am I imagining it?
Peter

[mozzie]

who cares peter at least it's not raining!! :lol::lol:
took the family up to the headland last night to look at the moon...nice evening.

[Deeno]

Yup!
I have noted this phenomena myself.
I think some being of a higher plane is pocking us with a big stick......

[pmrid]

No correlation - apprently. Just a subjective bias on our (my) part:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199601)16:1%3C113::AID-JOC994%3E3.0.CO;2-K/abstract

Peter

[jenchris]

I noticed it too - about 5 days around full moon is perfect for AP if the moon wasn't there!

[RobF]

Bah humbug. The 100kms around Bris is clearly being affected by the moon. ;) :lol:

Mind you, at least there is a hint of rain free days starting to appear on the long range forecasts. They've been solid green for so long I thought they might have been broken.....
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/long-range-forecast/28-day-rain/qld/southeast-coast

[allan gould]

I think it's sods law. But I could be biased but I was thinking the same thing a few nights ago

[TrevorW]

You are not whinging are you :question:

:P;):D

[jjjnettie]

It's the Super Moon Pete.
Still not going to whinge. By the end of the week we'll have a couple of hours of clear dark skies to play around with. :)

[Ric]

It's the "fundamental interconnectedness of things" :P :rofl:

[Stardrifter_WA]

This brings to mind an event that happened a few years ago. I was driving in an easterly direction one night when I noticed that the horizon ahead was getting lighter, due to the moon, so I pulled over to watch the moon rise. At the time I was listening to Pink Floyd and just as the music reached it crescendo, the moon broke the horizon. I really couldn't have timed the two things any better. It was the most "magical" moon rise I have ever seen.

[pmrid]

You should never Pink and Drive.
Peter