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Old 14-03-2016, 12:49 PM
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Thanks Robert, when I looked up EDT it came up with the time in the USA hence the confusion

This is a great tool, thanks for making it

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Old 24-03-2016, 02:42 PM
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Cloud Free Night (Cloud Forecasts for Australian Astronomers) is a non-profit online weather forecast information service, for the benefit of the Australian amateur and professional research astronomy community. It is unique in offering a comparison of the widely available forecasts from the United States GFS global model with higher resolution forecasts from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology ACCESS model.
Thanks to the advice and support of the Australian astronomy community, the Cloud Free Night (CFN) website has been completely re-designed and is available for preview at http://cloudfreenight.com/beta.html. The new CFN site interface is now optimised on both the desktop and mobile device. Feedback is most welcome. It is intended to update the current CFN website over Easter. Contributions will help cover running costs and expand the range of products available.
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Old 24-03-2016, 09:24 PM
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Fantastic! Nice work!

It all make sense to me except the jetstream map. Is the dark blue good or bad? Or is it the wind speed within the blue that is important?

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Old 25-03-2016, 10:19 AM
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I really like the beta site! Great work guys! So much easier to navigate.
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Old 25-03-2016, 04:21 PM
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Great work, Rob. We are rolling out ACCESS APS2 at the moment. Does that impact you? I assume you are using APS1?
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Old 26-03-2016, 08:42 AM
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+1 Terrific resource. All your weather needs in one location. Very neat.
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Old 26-03-2016, 09:23 AM
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Really enjoying the meteogram format. Is it possible for the site to remember my location from one session to the next rather than having to keep selecting it each time?
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Old 26-03-2016, 09:28 AM
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Nice site but no coverage for the northern regions.
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Old 26-03-2016, 10:42 AM
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Fantastic! Nice work!

It all make sense to me except the jetstream map. Is the dark blue good or bad? Or is it the wind speed within the blue that is important?

Markus
Jetstream represents the upper level wind and like the cloud maps, red is meant to be bad and blue is good. Jet streams are relatively narrow bands of strong wind in the upper levels of the atmosphere and can adversely after seeing similar to strong low level winds.
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Old 26-03-2016, 10:46 AM
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Great work, Rob. We are rolling out ACCESS APS2 at the moment. Does that impact you? I assume you are using APS1?
Cloud Free Night currently uses the ACCESS-R APS1 model data from the Bureau of Meteorology's OPeNDAP server. When ACCESS APS2 goes operational it will "seamlessly" switch to the newer model data.
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Old 26-03-2016, 10:51 AM
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Nice site but no coverage for the northern regions.
Please tell us what locations you would like coverage for? You are most welcome to PM/email any details...
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Old 26-03-2016, 11:06 AM
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Really enjoying the meteogram format. Is it possible for the site to remember my location from one session to the next rather than having to keep selecting it each time?


Absolutely. While in the Meteogram page click on the button "Bookmark Location". Then add to home screen on mobile or to favourites bar on browser. From there on Cloud Free Night will remember you when you use the shortcut.
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Old 26-03-2016, 11:09 AM
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Thanks Rob! :-)
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So far proved rather accurate Nice work guys

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I'm confused.

When I click "Now" below the chart the text above says 1400 EDT. Above that it says NSW +003 hr.

Both numbers change if I click on the numbers below the chart to advance by 12/6/3 hours.

Am I reading this wrong?
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Old 31-03-2016, 08:11 PM
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Re: Cloud Free Night

Morton,

The chart is for 1400 EDT.
The +003 hr means reference time plus 3 hours. This means the reference time is 1100 EDT or 0000 UT. Advancing the time by 3 hours should move the chart time to 1700 EDT, which is also Reference Time (0000 UT) +6 hrs.

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I'm confused.

When I click "Now" below the chart the text above says 1400 EDT. Above that it says NSW +003 hr.

Both numbers change if I click on the numbers below the chart to advance by 12/6/3 hours.

Am I reading this wrong?
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Morton,

The chart is for 1400 EDT.
The +003 hr means reference time plus 3 hours. This means the reference time is 1100 EDT or 0000 UT. Advancing the time by 3 hours should move the chart time to 1700 EDT, which is also Reference Time (0000 UT) +6 hrs.

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Ah, makes sense now.

Should have said before, the site is VERY cool!
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Old 03-04-2016, 07:26 PM
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Thanks to the advice and support of the Australian astronomy community, the Cloud Free Night (CFN) website has been completely re-designed and is available for preview at http://cloudfreenight.com/beta.html. The new CFN site interface is now optimised on both the desktop and mobile device. Feedback is most welcome. It is intended to update the current CFN website over Easter. Contributions will help cover running costs and expand the range of products available.
Cloud Free Night (www.cloudfreenight.com) has been updated with a completely re-designed interface optimised on both the desktop and mobile device. Satellite (Himawari-8) imagery has also been added to complement the model forecast maps and meteograms. Feedback most welcome.
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Old 04-04-2016, 09:53 AM
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So far proved rather accurate Nice work guys

Mike
If you've been using a GFS based forecast in the past (and there haven't been many other easy options until now) then you should see a noticeable improvement using BoM ACCESS model. Clouds still damn difficult but ACCESS much better in Australian domain than GFS for short-term forecasts.

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Old 05-04-2016, 05:33 PM
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The new map interface appears to only got out to +12hrs now?
Would be SO helpful to have 3 (or even 5) days out. The old animated ACCESS maps were helpful before a long trip to figure out what cloud might be blowing your way, even at lowest res.

Any chance of getting back at least 24/48/72hr buttons (or am I missing something)?
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