(meteorobs) Fw: Poor Weather

[meteoreye at comcast.net]

When discussing weather, you should include where you are.
I know we can probably look it up, but it's easier if it's in the message :)

As for here, maybe an hour or two this evening. Maybe.
For the peak night....4-8" of snow.

Wayne in NW NJ

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Bruce McCurdy" <bmccurdy at telusplanet.net> 

> David wrote: 
> 
> > If the skies would clear up, we could watch the meteor shower in the 
> > city Thursday night as Tulsa is probably the darkest city in the US 
> > right now as over 200,000 people are without power and there are no 
> > lights to interfere with meteor observing. 
> 
> How can we arrange for one of those? 
> 
> > Chances are slim that we will get those clear skies though. 
> 
> I'm fortunate that my observing buddy is a meteorologist. He mentioned 
> on Monday that it would stay clear for much of that night, then Tue/Wed and 
> Wed/Thu would be a write-off, with peak night a very iffy proposition more 
> than 72 hours away. Remembering well the disappointment of 2005 when the 
> peak nights were wiped out, I skedaddled out to the dark site later that 
> night and got a very enjoyable three hour count. Am still transcribing my 
> tape -- 23 total meteors in the first hour -- and will report in detail 
> soon. For now I can alert list members that there was already a very high 
> amount of radio activity, on the order of 2-3 "hits" per minute on the car 
> FM radio. 
> 
> The rest of Alister's forecast has proven accurate as well, as 
> conditions have gradually worsened into blustery, sleety and generally 
> unpleasant, and the sky has been a blank slate for the past 24 hours. But 
> there remains hope it will break up sometime overnight on peak night, and as 
> long as it doesn't involve dangerous roads we are prepared to drive to clear 
> skies. 
> 
> In a worst-case scenario, I'll sit in my car parked in front of my house 
> and listen to the radio bursts. There's more than one way to skin a twin. 
> 
> Bruce 
> ***** 
> 
> 
> 
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