cloud cover in melbourne

[Bobj]

Four weeks of 'wall-to-wall' cloud just north of Mackay until Monday. Well, it is 'the wet'. Up to 14 inches of rain in the Pioneer Valley in one night.

Cheers, Bobj.

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by Manav

Sab - I was setting upto take some lunar shots in the balcony just now. It was slightly cloudy so I went away for 10 min only to realize it started raining. Drenched the OTA and the mount

Ouch! Hope your equipment is okay.

I've had several nightmares where that happened to me Whenever you see cloud coming, do not turn your back

[floyd_2 (Dean)]

Finally the Sydney weather forecast is showing the possibility of good weather for early next week. I've had fun tidying the wiring, mounting the guidescope and guider and generally fussing around with the setup for the last 2 weeks or so. However, I really would like to start using it now!!!

[Manav (Yugant)]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

Ouch! Hope your equipment is okay.

I've had several nightmares where that happened to me Whenever you see cloud coming, do not turn your back

It should be fine the OTA had the cover on and I cleaned it quickly afterwards. The EQ6 is built like a tank and a quick rub of the towel took off most of the water.

[Space Junkey]

When I was in Country Victory a few years back I never seen the night sky so fantastic it just blew me away

[richardda1st (Richard)]

Clear sky spotted, set scope to altitude 270d 30' 10" and altitude 45d 21' 01"

high mag required.

[pgc hunter]

Strong winds here so gonna have a night in with some beer and nothing decent to eat

[floyd_2 (Dean)]

It's been raining for 2 weeks here so far. I'm going to build an Ark and get two of every type of telescope on board!

[that_guy (Tony)]

would the telescopes then make more telescopes??

[floyd_2 (Dean)]

That's my grand plan. Hopefully I can get a couple of those humongous Orion 50" dobs to give birth to a 25 incher or two

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

We've had about 60mm of rain since the time sunset was alleged to happen. That's about 100mm today.

Plus the 20mm yesterday afternoon.

That's my grand plan. Hopefully I can get a couple of those humongous Orion 50" dobs to give birth to a 25 incher or two

We are used to children being bigger than their parents. My son at 195cm is about 15cm taller than me. So I'd expect a pair of 50" should be good for a few 55-60" children.

[hulloleeds]

Would the gentlemen or gentlewomen, conspiring to incrementally purchase cloud inducing telescope gear in Brisbane, please refrain?

Your high tech rain dance has officially washed out my parade

[mic_m (Michael)]

I think that 7timer A-panel (Astrowether panel) is great for cloud cover foresting. Here is the link to the Astroweather page http://7timer.y234.cn/V3/product.php...n&product_id=1 just put in your location, you can select your suburb or provide your exact longitude and latitude. 7timer A-panel provides a cloud work function (CWF) and the local cloud cover.

Cheers.

[pgc hunter]

no hope here, full disgusting overcast, 7-timer has solid white circles for the entire outlook

Aren't maritime climates fun

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

We've just had the garage under water again, and tonight's rain isn't supposed to be as bad as Saturday and Sunday.

[Spanrz (Brett)]

I was hoping for Melbourne's weather here in Dallas Texas. We've been snowed in for the past 16 hours. Slept in the Airport, no hotels available.