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Looking for a seeing forecast site that also has historical data

Started by SoftHair , Jan 25 2023 11:49 AM

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#1 SoftHair

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Posted 25 January 2023 - 11:49 AM

I've been using Astrospheric for seeing forecasts but I would love to be able to find a site that allows me to go back to any point over the last year or two to see what the forecast was for that time period. The purpose of this is to get a feel for when the best seeing conditions in my area tend to take place (perhaps the best season or month, etc), and also learn to correlate weather trends with seeing conditions (outside of the obvious cloud cover).

Thanks!

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#2 DanMiller

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Posted 25 January 2023 - 12:07 PM

I've been using Astrospheric for seeing forecasts but I would love to be able to find a site that allows me to go back to any point over the last year or two to see what the forecast was for that time period. The purpose of this is to get a feel for when the best seeing conditions in my area tend to take place (perhaps the best season or month, etc), and also learn to correlate weather trends with seeing conditions (outside of the obvious cloud cover).

Thanks!

cleardarksky actually has historic data, but not for all of it's observatories. The one I use is in the sticks, so it is not backed up. I doubt I still have the email, but I did contact the admin on that site one time and he explained how to go backthrough the history. As I said though, my observatory wasn't backed up because it is so small of an area I guess.