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Alpha Ridge Park
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Alpha Ridge Park clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-16.

This page is a summary of past forecasts. Even though it's based only on forecasts, some people use these pages as clue to a site's climate. But climate data based on actual observation should be preferred (if you can find it!).

Cloud, Transparency and Seeing forecasts are summarized individually. But because good observing conditions require a combination of minimum cloud cover, transparency and seeing, the individual forecast summaries can be difficult to interpret. The observing conditions section counts the combinations of conditions needed for common types of astronomical observation.

Observing Conditions

The following tables count the occurrence of the combinations of forecast and darkness conditions needed for different observations. Conditions are rated by by what percentage of the hours the observation would likely be attempted are usable.

Observation Type	Minimum conditions for hour to be usable				Out of hours
	Clear of Clouds	Transparency	Seeing	Sky Brightness
Planetary:	50%	(no limit)	Average	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours
Deep Sky:	70%	Average	(no limit)	5.9	Nighttime Hours
CCD Imaging:	70%	Below Average	Poor	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours

Percentages are of nighttime hours per month, or per year, when a particular observing conditions was met. Deep Sky percentages never exceed 50% because the moon is up half the time. Deep sky percentages are much lower for charts at high latitudes because of fewer dark hours in the summer.

Overall

By Month

Individual Forecasts

The length of each colored bar in the "occurrence of each Forecast" column is proportional to the number of times the chart forecast that color. The percentages are of the total number of hours per month, or per year, with a particular forecast. The colors as the same as those used in clear sky charts.

Note: Transparency probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 30% or less cloud cover. Seeing probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 80% or less cloud cover. If that's too tricky, try Observing Conditions instead.

Overall

		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
Cloud Cover	Day	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 42%	74716
	Night	14% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 43%	75078
Transparency	Day	40% 7% 12% 22% 16% 3	74426
	Night	39% 6% 12% 23% 17% 3	74887
Seeing	Day	19% 12% 28% 23% 13% 4	13835
	Night	18% 11% 30% 28% 12% 1	23413

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (2006-)
Color Meanings: Overcast 90% covered 80% covered 70% covered 60% covered 50% covered 40% covered 30% covered 20% covered 10% covered Clear
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 5% 42%	1521
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 8% 3 5% 4 3 5% 5% 4 6% 42%	1665
	21st to end	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 7% 3 5% 4 5% 5% 40%	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	14% 7% 3 6% 6% 3 5% 5% 7% 7% 37%	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 2 5% 6% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 41%	1631
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 39%	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 48%	1919
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 7% 41%	1980
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 4 6% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 39%	2226
April	1st to 10th	Day	13% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 7% 8% 41%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 7% 47%	2134
	21st to end	Day	19% 5% 3 4 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 40%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 7% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 38%	2289
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 6% 4 5% 8% 36%	2447
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 5% 9% 40%	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	12% 5% 3 4 6% 3 5% 6% 7% 10% 41%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 5% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 9% 40%	2520
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 2 4 5% 3 5% 6% 7% 11% 45%	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	10% 4 2 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 42%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 4 5% 4 6% 7% 9% 10% 44%	2494
	21st to end	Day	10% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 7% 7% 8% 9% 36%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 8% 8% 9% 36%	2327
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 3 6% 5% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 39%	2201
	21st to end	Day	12% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 6% 6% 8% 41%	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	14% 6% 2 4 4 3 5% 4 4 7% 44%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 9% 47%	2160
	21st to end	Day	18% 7% 3 6% 5% 2 4 4 5% 7% 39%	1904
October	1st to 10th	Day	17% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 45%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 2 3 4 2 5% 4 4 6% 47%	1800
	21st to end	Day	15% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 4 4 4 6% 47%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	12% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 3 5% 7% 51%	1730
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 5% 3 3 4 3 3 5% 5% 4 50%	1696
	21st to end	Day	16% 5% 2 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 5% 47%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 6% 2 5% 4 3 5% 5% 6% 8% 40%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 6% 2 4 5% 3 4 5% 4 8% 43%	1910
	21st to end	Day	17% 6% 2 6% 6% 3 5% 4 6% 8% 37%	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 5% 4 5% 6% 45%	2640
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 7% 3 4 4 2 4 4 6% 7% 40%	2406
	21st to end	Night	14% 7% 3 4 4 3 4 4 6% 6% 45%	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	16% 7% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 39%	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 8% 2 5% 5% 3 3 4 4 6% 43%	2213
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 6% 41%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	13% 5% 2 4 4 3 4 6% 5% 6% 48%	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 6% 3 4 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 43%	1980
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 5% 5% 2 4 4 5% 6% 42%	2129
April	1st to 10th	Night	15% 7% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 6% 41%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 3 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 46%	1775
	21st to end	Night	18% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 7% 43%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 3 6% 5% 2 4 4 6% 7% 39%	1687
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 5% 6% 8% 38%	1443
	21st to end	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 6% 11% 40%	1550
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 7% 11% 44%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 4 3 6% 5% 4 4 6% 5% 10% 40%	1440
	21st to end	Night	10% 4 2 4 5% 3 7% 4 7% 11% 43%	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	9% 5% 3 7% 7% 4 7% 5% 6% 10% 37%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 4 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 11% 46%	1462
	21st to end	Night	7% 4 2 5% 5% 4 6% 5% 7% 12% 43%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 1 5% 5% 3 6% 7% 8% 9% 39%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 7% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 6% 6% 7% 40%	1680
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 6% 4 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 43%	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 2 3 5% 5% 7% 46%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 7% 3 5% 5% 2 3 4 4 8% 52%	1800
	21st to end	Night	17% 6% 2 6% 6% 3 4 4 4 6% 41%	2050
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 6% 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 5% 45%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 6% 51%	2160
	21st to end	Night	15% 6% 2 4 4 2 4 4 5% 6% 48%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 4 2 3 3 4 6% 53%	2348
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 2 5% 4 2 3 4 4 5% 50%	2480
	21st to end	Night	13% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 4 5% 7% 47%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	17% 6% 3 5% 5% 3 4 5% 5% 6% 41%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 4 4 5% 6% 44%	3285
	21st to end	Night	16% 6% 2 5% 6% 3 5% 6% 7% 8% 36%	4884

Transparency (when cloud cover <= 30%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Poor Below Average Average Above average Transparent
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 11% 24% 15% 4	1522
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 12% 23% 14% 3	1665
	21st to end	Day	45% 5% 11% 21% 14% 4	1782
February	1st to 10th	Day	45% 6% 13% 24% 11% 2	1620
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 10% 26% 13% 3	1640
	21st to end	Day	48% 4 11% 20% 14% 4	1480
March	1st to 10th	Day	37% 4 12% 25% 19% 2	1919
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 6% 11% 18% 18% 5%	1980
	21st to end	Day	47% 5% 9% 18% 18% 3	2226
April	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 12% 20% 17% 5%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 5% 10% 21% 19% 6%	2134
	21st to end	Day	43% 5% 11% 20% 18% 3	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	42% 8% 12% 20% 16% 2	2289
	11th to 20th	Day	45% 7% 14% 18% 14% 2	2451
	21st to end	Day	40% 9% 14% 23% 12% 2	2725
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 8% 14% 24% 15% 2	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 10% 11% 22% 14% 2	2520
	21st to end	Day	33% 9% 15% 24% 18% 2	2520
July	1st to 10th	Day	37% 10% 12% 21% 16% 3	2450
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 11% 14% 27% 15% 3	2419
	21st to end	Day	39% 11% 14% 19% 15% 2	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	39% 11% 13% 23% 13% 1	2314
	11th to 20th	Day	39% 8% 15% 20% 16% 1	2201
	21st to end	Day	38% 8% 13% 23% 14% 3	2376
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 7% 12% 20% 17% 4	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 11% 24% 21% 4	2160
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 8% 20% 19% 2	1904
October	1st to 10th	Day	40% 6% 10% 23% 18% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 6% 11% 22% 21% 2	1800
	21st to end	Day	38% 5% 9% 26% 20% 2	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	33% 5% 12% 25% 20% 4	1730
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 5% 10% 23% 23% 3	1696
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 11% 28% 16% 2	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	42% 6% 14% 24% 12% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 5% 12% 30% 12% 2	1906
	21st to end	Day	45% 6% 15% 21% 12% 1	2772
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 9% 24% 17% 4	2640
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 6% 13% 23% 14% 1	2406
	21st to end	Night	38% 5% 9% 27% 18% 3	2574
February	1st to 10th	Night	44% 5% 13% 23% 13% 2	2340
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 4 10% 21% 17% 5%	2215
	21st to end	Night	45% 4 9% 22% 16% 5%	1776
March	1st to 10th	Night	36% 5% 11% 26% 19% 3	2038
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 6% 11% 21% 17% 4	1980
	21st to end	Night	42% 6% 11% 18% 17% 5%	2129
April	1st to 10th	Night	42% 6% 10% 19% 19% 4	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 5% 12% 20% 19% 6%	1775
	21st to end	Night	39% 7% 11% 22% 16% 5%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	43% 7% 10% 22% 13% 4	1687
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 7% 11% 17% 18% 3	1444
	21st to end	Night	37% 10% 17% 21% 13% 2	1551
June	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 12% 27% 18% 2	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 10% 14% 22% 14% 2	1440
	21st to end	Night	35% 8% 13% 24% 18% 2	1440
July	1st to 10th	Night	42% 10% 16% 16% 13% 3	1400
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 10% 16% 25% 15% 3	1414
	21st to end	Night	31% 8% 18% 24% 17% 2	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	36% 12% 15% 21% 15% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 8% 13% 21% 15% 2	1680
	21st to end	Night	36% 8% 13% 24% 15% 4	1980
September	1st to 10th	Night	38% 7% 11% 20% 19% 5%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 9% 26% 23% 4	1800
	21st to end	Night	43% 6% 9% 19% 20% 3	2050
October	1st to 10th	Night	42% 5% 11% 21% 18% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 9% 27% 20% 3	2160
	21st to end	Night	37% 5% 10% 25% 21% 3	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 10% 26% 21% 5%	2348
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 6% 8% 23% 21% 5%	2480
	21st to end	Night	36% 6% 11% 25% 19% 3	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	43% 6% 12% 24% 13% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 5% 10% 21% 18% 3	3288
	21st to end	Night	42% 7% 16% 22% 11% 1	4884

Seeing (when cloud cover <= 80%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Bad 1/5 Poor 2/5 Average 3/5 Good 4/5 Excellent 5/5
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	27% 24% 32% 14% 2 1	182
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 24% 32% 13% 3	255
	21st to end	Day	25% 27% 31% 14% 3 1	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 22% 38% 9% 3	240
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 21% 40% 6%	298
	21st to end	Day	31% 21% 31% 16% 1	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 25% 31% 20% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 20% 32% 15% 4 1	420
	21st to end	Day	23% 21% 32% 18% 5% 1	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	21% 20% 35% 17% 4 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 17% 33% 18% 12% 3	412
	21st to end	Day	26% 14% 35% 16% 7% 1	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 16% 30% 18% 8% 3	423
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 11% 30% 24% 10% 2	447
	21st to end	Day	18% 5% 23% 27% 23% 4	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	15% 9% 29% 23% 18% 6%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 8% 26% 28% 17% 5%	450
	21st to end	Day	11% 6% 28% 33% 17% 6%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 4 20% 30% 23% 11%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 21% 34% 29% 9%	444
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 24% 30% 25% 6%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	12% 3 20% 31% 25% 9%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 4 20% 30% 23% 10%	439
	21st to end	Day	11% 3 22% 30% 23% 12%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 18% 24% 22% 13%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 22% 30% 20% 11%	450
	21st to end	Day	22% 11% 21% 29% 13% 4	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 23% 24% 17% 7%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 14% 27% 27% 13% 2	450
	21st to end	Day	16% 14% 36% 24% 8% 2	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	16% 13% 32% 25% 11% 2	395
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 16% 33% 21% 10% 1	356
	21st to end	Day	23% 17% 34% 21% 6%	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	23% 21% 36% 15% 3 2	180
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 19% 29% 17% 7%	180
	21st to end	Day	26% 15% 34% 19% 6%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 18% 40% 20% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 16% 35% 22% 4	741
	21st to end	Night	19% 19% 40% 21% 1	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	22% 16% 37% 23% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 21% 37% 15% 1	703
	21st to end	Night	25% 18% 38% 16% 2	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 16% 40% 22% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 16% 36% 20% 5% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 14% 43% 19% 4 1	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	20% 18% 38% 20% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 14% 35% 28% 7% 1	711
	21st to end	Night	22% 10% 35% 26% 8%	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	21% 8% 32% 29% 10% 1	607
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 28% 31% 10% 1	382
	21st to end	Night	17% 5% 20% 36% 20% 3	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	14% 2 28% 36% 21%	360
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 23% 39% 21% 1	360
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 24% 48% 16%	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 17% 39% 28% 4	350
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 15% 39% 35% 2	370
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 15% 45% 27% 4	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 12% 42% 28% 3	537
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 16% 38% 27% 3	616
	21st to end	Night	13% 2 16% 37% 28% 4	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	17% 3 19% 33% 25% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 17% 36% 27% 5%	720
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 22% 35% 17% 2	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 22% 29% 18% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 8% 29% 32% 13% 1	720
	21st to end	Night	21% 10% 31% 26% 11%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 32% 32% 10% 2	740
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 17% 30% 28% 6% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 16% 33% 27% 8% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	23% 13% 37% 19% 7% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 12% 43% 22% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	20% 13% 36% 28% 2	836

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