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Old 22-04-2011, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese View Post
Skippy sky is totally inaccurate with regard to seeing. Seeing is often defined by not only jet stream activity but also the middle and lower layers. The lower layers can also be influenced by topography such as mountains or hills. Skippy sky takes non of this into account; Andrew and I have had several discussion on this matter and his seeing purely relies on GFS data.
Yup, they always seem to predict 8/10 or better for Melbourne every night. As if

Skippy sky can be accurate, just subtract 8 from their predicted seeing value to get the real conditions for the night.
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