Kevin - sometimes I have the idea the word "cloud" should have been a 4-letter word.
Yesterday was a perfect sunny day here. An hour before sunset the clouds rolled in. It rained until 22:00. The comet would have set here at around 21:00. Go figure.
Today it is again a perfect sunny day. I'll not get excited until 19:00, by which time I hope to be down at the beach with binoculars, coffee and... a clear view. I live in hope. Saw it once, on Sunday, briefly, in a break in the clouds. On Wednesday it was perfectly clear come sunset. I was in a meeting.
Let's hope the weekend will bring clear skies both sides of the Pacific
The thought has just struck me: with McNaught having been discovered by an Australian and we here in the South seeing so much of it, the Australians can currently cash in on that song from the Wizard of Oz:
"I'm off to see the comet, the wonderful comet of Oz..."
*warm smile in the direction of all my (new) Aussie-Astro friends*