Small possibility of clear skies over london and kent tonight!

[Daniel]

Im probably getting over excited, but believe it or not, the forecasts from the met office say we should have clear skies between around 12 and 6am tonight.


Anyway, here's hoping!

[RobertM]

but with gale force winds no doubt

[Daniel]

Hehe, quite likely! though I'll be happy just to try my focuser and nebula filter out for half an hour!

[Mac]

you were correct, it was clear skies,

you haven't per chance got the numbers for fridays, euro lottery?

[Carole]

I thought the clear skies were forecast at midnight, it is 8 minutes past and overcast, did I blink and miss it?

Carole

[Daniel]

Yep, this is me officially giving up on getting out tonight, strange thing is the satelite view looks pretty clear, so why can i only see clouds out my back garden!

[MarkS]

It's clear now! (5am)

[RobertM]

Not surprised, after all it was only a forecast and 'a small possibility' looks closer to 'insignificant' than 'likely' ...

[Mike]

Got a spare webcam? Then use this - www.cloudwatch.net - It will give you alerts for when it is clear or cloudy. Works a treat. My camera is on there so you could use that if you are in the Orpington area.

[RobertM]

Hey, that's really neat.  It even seems to take account of the high clouds we had this morning.

[JohnP]

Yep - it is neat Mike - shame you don't live in Bromley... Looks like you have a bit of lens flare there but I guess shooting straight into the sun doesn't help....

John

[Mike]

John - it only works at night anyway. Has been very accurate so far. The guy is working on alerts to your mobile via SMS too.

[Daniel]

Damn, It was about 3:00 am when the skies cleared and i was too tired to set up by then, got some nice handheld shots of the moon though!

:O)