Not sure how much more of this weather we can take!!!

[ballaratdragons]

I need sleep after many weeks of late night imaging and observing!!! :sadeyes:

Now we have another week of it :doh:


Cruel, cruel weather Gods!!!!!!!! :D

[h0ughy]

you deserve to be spanked for posting this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ballaratdragons]

:D :P

[Ric]

Geez, I wish I had that problem. ;)

[Phil]

All we have is 30 degrees and showers and rain for the 4 week in a row.
Phil

[GrahamL]

october the 12th here was the last time (prettymuch) I recall any sustained fair weather for observing ..goes around .. comes around mate :)

actually last year was pretty freaky for clear nights up here ..and I remember getting a little ticked off that it was clear every night and I'd have to go out instead of doing semi important stuff ..like cooking a meal for the family and such :D

[erick]

Gorgeous evening in Melbourne. I'm off comet Tuttle hunting from my back yard, after that Moon sets! Roll on summer! (But no fires or I really mean to say - NO SMOKE, please).

[leon]

Yep Ken you are right, yet another tonight and as you said another week of it, however the Moon will give us a break.

Leon

[iceman]

Damn you guys!

[Ric]

Hi Leon, don't worry about the Moon. A Ha filter will solve that problem.

Cheers

[CoombellKid]

Maybe for you on the coast, but last year was one of the worst I've had for
good observing nights. But then again last year was a busy year dealing with
others matters.

regards,CS

[OneOfOne]

If only the weather was like this LAST year! Imagine the views of the comet...

[duncan]

Yep! What goes around comes around. I'll gladly swap some FNQ. weather with you,LOL:mad2:

[§AB]

Yep this weather will be the death of me. I havent had 1 good nights sleep in 2 weeks and am suffering chronic sleep deprivation. I live my days virtually stoned, droopy eyed and at risk of dropping dead at any moment. Even my purchase of an OIII filter yesterday had no effect. Even my eyepieces are suffering, being covered in dust all over from relentless use.

It's a cruel, cruel world...

[vash]

the weather gods will smite you one day.

[middy]

the weather gods can take a number and join the queue ..... right behind the horde of angry Queenslanders. :P:D

[ballaratdragons]

Don't worry, it will come to a time when we get cloud for weeks on end and the rest of you will have clear skies :thumbsup:

Don't forget that we suffer ice and snow in winter time. Now is our chance to make up for frozen scopes :lol:

[fringe_dweller]

I know wot you mean ken, I havent seen such a looooong run of awesome astro weather in years here! to top it off no smoke - so far - and the daytime skies are that nice deep blue nearly EVERYDAY! not that washed out milky white blue we were getting a lot of there, cept for the really hot days, incredible stuff, like the old days to me, all that humid stuff is going to its rightful locations for a change ;) imagine if qld returned to its '80s weather!? :scared: seems to be tho

[§AB]

Yup that's for sure. That time is called June 1 - August 31. Nothing but unrelenting solid grey stratus.

[fringe_dweller]

I saw a 5% humidity reading on the evening news/weather not long ago :eyepop:
low humidity like that is equal to at least a few hundred metres extra elevation I have read before :)

[ballaratdragons]

as long as the Humidity isn't replaced with dust or heat shimmer!

[fringe_dweller]

true true, so far, so good tho :face:

[CoombellKid]

Ummm! it's not like we dont get frosty bits in winter too, at least up here
on the north coast, and camp duckadang during QLD's astrofest. And we
often get snow to the SW and W like Armidale, Glen Innis and Tenterfield.
The old wicked winds from the west, will freeze the balls off a brass monkey.

I didn't managed to catch the great comet of 07 until it was well into it's
display, due to similar weather we're having now :sadeyes:

§AB, I know how that feels, just been a long time in between :mad2:

regards,CS

[GrahamL]

oops I meant 2006 was good .. my 2008 clock hasn't quite ticked over yet :D

[leon]

I have just been out looking at that clear sky again, and think i might just let it go and get a good sleep instead, but that thought could change very quickly when the Sun goes down and the Stars appear, :shrug: its like an addiction. :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

[Alchemy]

Mustt.... Get..... Sleeeep

Hmmm nice clear sky again

Yep Victoria beautiful one day, lack of sleep the next

Mustt..... Get ..... Sleeep

[leon]

Gee we had a fright this morning, :eyepop: I saw a cloud, but it has now passed, Phew, :thumbsup: that was lucky, clear again for a week. :whistle:

Leon, gee you guys must hate us in Ballarat and Snake Valley. :lol: :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

[erick]

It was overcast for a whole two hours this morning in Melbourne! :scared: Sunshine now and about 10% cover ;)

[Omaroo]

New scope arrived today - so we've got thunder, lightning, rain and general gloominess here in Syd.

[theodog]

Don't send it here. Oh-No..... too late.

[§AB]

looks like the crappy NSW weather is going to make it down to sunny Victoria this week...

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV10450.shtml

[ballaratdragons]

Good! We badly need some rain. One spark and the whole state will go up :scared:

[§AB]

suppose it's a good oppurtunity to catch a bit more than 3 hours sleep out of every 24 for the first time in weeks...


Sydney still looks worse though - look at all that $H#&^Y cold and rain breathing down their necks http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN10064.shtml :help:

At the other extreme, Mildura and Broken Hill have been averaging 13.3 hours of sunshine per day this month :stargaze:

EDIT: I just found out the reason why Melbourne's forecast has gotten so crap - Bintel just called me with news that the H-Beta and UHC filters I ordered have arrived. Whooooops my bad!!!

[ballaratdragons]

I have checked many weather sites and they all say the same. No rain for us here, and the earlier predicted thunderstorms for Fri & Sat are now gone!!!!

Give us some rain . . . pleeeeeez!

Sounds wierd for a stargazer wanting rain :shrug: , but here is our updated forecast :sadeyes:

[Alchemy]

I dont mind if it clouds up for a bit, just as long as about 4 days after the full moon it clears up again.

[leon]

Yea, guys although I have been bragging about the clear days and nights i have to admit that i would swap any of them for rain. :)

It is so dry here, just having a smoke could set the place on fire.

So no more bagging you guys from me ;)

Leon :thumbsup:

[Bobj]

G'day mate. Tried to send some down there from Mackay/Proserpine...But this is all I could come up with.
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/radar.jsp?lt=radarz&lc=051

[Bobj]

Really tried hard this time to get some rain to Vic....:thumbsup::lol:
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/radar.jsp?lt=radarz&lc=051

[bird]

Hmmm, Murrumbateman to Snake Valley... about 7 hours...

tempting.

Bird

[Bobj]

Here you go, mate.:thumbsup:

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/radar.jsp?lt=radarz&lc=040

[§AB]

nooo keep ya rain Queensland! I want my Victorian sunshine back. I've already had 2 full nights of sleep so I can stargaze again...

[ballaratdragons]

We have rain :cool: :cool: :cool:

It has been raining since yesterday afternoon :thumbsup:

The initial downpoor was sooooo heavy that my gutters couldn't take the amount of water :eyepop:

But after the downpoor it has been a steady and welcome light rain.

Here are my gutters during the downpoor!!!!!!!!

[leon]

Yep ken not before time it has been a steady rain here also for most of the day, good stuff, at least we can have a rest from all those clear nights.

Leon

[Glenhuon]

Been raining here for a couple of days now. Much as I'd like the clear sky, its very welcome. Had a visit from JohnG, reckons he brought it with him :)

[leon]

You were honored, ;) nice bloke that John. :thumbsup:

Leon :thumbsup:

[§AB]

back to sunshine by Tues/Wed http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV10450.shtml :cool: Just in time for a nice big full moon :(

[h0ughy]

Ken I wish you well in the gutter bathing project - and the paint the house project, and the you can keep our wet weather project, and i predict this bl00dy rain will fall here for another week:mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:

[§AB]

righto we've had enough cloud cold and rain now. It's time to piss this crud off and bring back our warm sunshine and clear nights....or has summer gone to hell? Latest forecast suggests this is the case :family2: *YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNN*

[xelasnave]

It has been raining here for so long now and over the last hour it was so heavy plus 8 blackouts:eyepop:.. I guess the bridges will be under again tomorrow:mad2:.
I so sick of it you can not do anything, go anywhere I have read evrything in the place and on the net I am near crazy here..I know.. but more crazy than usual;).
Car is stuck again:mad2: ..truck wont go but cant work on it cause its so wet..grass is growing fast as...I am sick of it really really sick of it:mad2:.
Why can the Governemnt do something about it, and stop the importation of telescopes..or that Al Gore bloke he got a prize surely he can help..anyone please...
Noah send me those plans this is going to be worse than last time..
Dam its wet
alex:P:screwy::P

[ballaratdragons]

forecast here is rain tomorrow followed by 2 days of thunderstorms.

I don't mind:

1. We need the rain,

2. the Moon will be full.

[duncan]

Yeah i know the feeling.It's drizzling up here again. Managed 30mins last night before the cloud rolled in. Took a couple of happy snaps with my point and shoot through the eyepiece.(see Cheap Shots) in solar system. I was going to have another crack tonight but not to be.:mad2:
Oh well just sit and drool over the images on IIS.
Cheers:shrug:

[Bobj]

Simple, mate.... Live at the TOP of the hill, not Tabulam:thumbsup:

[xelasnave]

The top hill is in permanent cloud and rain ..it has its own little weather thing going on..even if it is fine here it is raining up there ..it does not stop.. it is just heavy or light.. the clouds come at me thru the trees.. and everything is as damp as..I cant even get the gear out to play with.. and as much as I love my dogs they stink..they sleep on my bed when I am not there and it is now so wet I have to sleep on a cot without a mattress...

I feel better having a grizzle mind you:P...
AND I can not get to Sydney ..running two months late at that end of my life...
I dont mind being here as my daughter is here.. it is a bit strained as you can imagine but when something ticks me off I come and annoy my friends here or write about gravity (well about everything but gravity in truth) at poor Shawns site... but she has only so much time for me with her games so I get bored and you poor guys get the tail end of that...

have a great day:thumbsup:

alex:):):)

[Bobj]

Mate!!! I used to live in Glen Innes and the nights were so clear AND cold....that one felt as though one could touch the stars. But then, I lived there through 2 drought situations in the 80s and 90s.;)