What cloud forecasting websites do you use?

[CapturingTheNight]

Hi all,
I'm guessing a lot of people around the world will be watching weather forecasts very closely over the next few days leading up to the Venus Transit. Today is decision day for me. I'm either going to pack up my gear and head off tomorrow or hopefully stay home and have family and friends over to also witness the historic event.
At this stage, according to SkippySky, the clouds should move away just in time for the event here near Wagga Wagga. I have always found SkippySky to be pretty accurate, but I was wondering what are some other good cloud prediction websites that I could use to get a second or even third opinion? Only interested in cloud forecast, not temperature. It could be minus 5 degrees for all I care, as long as it is clear.
Cheers
Greg

[skysurfer]

http://www.fvalk.com/day_image.htm and click on one of the first set of images (with AU in it) and then the most recent UTC.

Radars:

http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/radar/index.shtml

where you can select a state and then a location with precipitation (and hence cloud?) radar.

[floyd_2]

7Timer has to be the bees knees. It seems to be very accurate, and has a dedicated Astro Panel:

http://7timer.y234.cn/index.php?product=astro&lon=150.849&lat=-33.887&lang=en&ac=0&unit=metric&tzshift=0&site=

There is also an associated iPad app that I use (all in Chinese, but easy enough to work out) but I can't see what it's called in English to be able to help you look it up. I'm sure that someone else here will remember if you need to find out.

Better still, Simon here coded up his own excellent app called Sky Harbinger that uses 7Timer data, and that's available for free (and in English) in the iTunes store.

Dean

[CapturingTheNight]

Thank you very much guys :thumbsup: 7Timer looks great thanks Dean. According to it, it will also be totally clear here for Wednesday too :D
Cheers

[scagman]

You can get the 7timer app (chinesse version) from the ztimer web site. Just click on App at the top of the page. Also has adroid and windows versions.

Cheers

[pgc hunter]

Skippysky. For satellite images, nothing beats BSCH.

[Paul Haese]

In SA Skippy sky is nearly always wrong. If I want reliability I use the Bom most often with satellite loops from weather zone to determine what is really going on.

Jet stream predictions from Unisys and WXmaps. Wind shear from weather underground.

Cloud is just part of the equation, but loops give the most reliable understanding of the coming conditions.