Walloper Lake
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Walloper Lake clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-15.

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	8% 10% 5% 8% 8% 4 6% 6% 6% 7% 31%	74606
	Night	6% 10% 5% 9% 8% 4 6% 6% 6% 8% 32%	75166
Transparency	Day	49% 6% 14% 20% 10% 1	74297
	Night	48% 6% 15% 20% 9% 1	74993
Seeing	Day	18% 16% 26% 23% 14% 4	14440
	Night	14% 16% 25% 27% 16% 3	22967

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover NW (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	7% 13% 7% 11% 12% 6% 7% 7% 6% 7% 17%	1329
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 5% 10% 9% 5% 8% 7% 7% 10% 26%	1364
	21st to end	Day	4 14% 5% 9% 8% 5% 6% 7% 8% 8% 25%	1584
February	1st to 10th	Day	7% 14% 7% 11% 10% 4 5% 7% 6% 6% 22%	1498
	11th to 20th	Day	4 14% 6% 11% 6% 4 7% 7% 5% 8% 27%	1575
	21st to end	Day	3 13% 8% 13% 10% 6% 6% 6% 7% 6% 23%	1417
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 14% 7% 11% 9% 4 8% 6% 8% 8% 23%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 11% 5% 10% 9% 5% 8% 7% 7% 7% 25%	1920
	21st to end	Day	5% 15% 6% 11% 10% 6% 8% 7% 6% 8% 19%	2319
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 13% 6% 11% 11% 7% 7% 6% 6% 7% 19%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 14% 7% 11% 9% 5% 7% 6% 5% 8% 21%	2136
	21st to end	Day	7% 15% 6% 10% 8% 4 7% 6% 7% 8% 24%	2515
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 14% 5% 9% 9% 4 7% 5% 4 7% 27%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 10% 4 10% 9% 4 6% 6% 7% 9% 26%	2477
	21st to end	Day	16% 12% 4 9% 7% 4 6% 4 5% 7% 25%	2723
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 10% 4 8% 7% 4 5% 6% 6% 7% 25%	2845
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 11% 6% 9% 8% 5% 6% 5% 5% 6% 22%	2880
	21st to end	Day	12% 6% 3 7% 8% 4 6% 6% 7% 8% 34%	2880
July	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 3 6% 6% 3 6% 6% 6% 8% 42%	2721
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 3 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 6% 8% 45%	2678
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 2 4 5% 2 5% 5% 6% 8% 55%	2741
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 4 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 7% 50%	2507
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 7% 54%	2439
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 3 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 8% 38%	2452
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 3 6% 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 47%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 8% 3 7% 6% 4 5% 5% 5% 6% 40%	2160
	21st to end	Day	12% 8% 3 6% 7% 4 5% 6% 6% 8% 35%	1931
October	1st to 10th	Day	10% 11% 5% 6% 6% 3 6% 4 5% 7% 38%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 11% 4 7% 7% 4 6% 6% 6% 8% 33%	1773
	21st to end	Day	9% 11% 4 8% 6% 4 5% 6% 8% 8% 32%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	11% 12% 6% 11% 10% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 26%	1524
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 13% 5% 7% 8% 5% 7% 6% 8% 7% 29%	1520
	21st to end	Day	8% 13% 5% 9% 9% 4 6% 8% 6% 8% 25%	1432
December	1st to 10th	Day	4 9% 6% 12% 9% 7% 9% 6% 6% 7% 24%	1330
	11th to 20th	Day	3 12% 7% 12% 10% 4 7% 8% 7% 9% 21%	1499
	21st to end	Day	4 11% 6% 10% 10% 6% 8% 7% 9% 8% 20%	2215
January	1st to 10th	Night	8% 14% 6% 12% 9% 5% 7% 6% 6% 7% 20%	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 12% 6% 13% 10% 6% 8% 6% 5% 10% 20%	2682
	21st to end	Night	5% 11% 5% 10% 9% 5% 8% 7% 8% 8% 26%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Night	7% 15% 6% 11% 8% 4 6% 6% 6% 7% 24%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 10% 5% 10% 8% 4 7% 6% 6% 7% 30%	2272
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 6% 14% 9% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 26%	1838
March	1st to 10th	Night	4 10% 5% 9% 9% 5% 8% 7% 7% 8% 29%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	3 9% 5% 8% 8% 5% 7% 7% 7% 8% 32%	2038
	21st to end	Night	3 10% 5% 9% 10% 6% 8% 8% 7% 7% 26%	2036
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 5% 10% 9% 5% 7% 6% 7% 7% 31%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	3 11% 5% 10% 9% 6% 8% 7% 5% 6% 30%	1772
	21st to end	Night	4 10% 4 8% 7% 3 6% 7% 7% 8% 36%	1445
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 12% 5% 7% 6% 4 6% 4 6% 7% 35%	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 7% 4 9% 7% 4 5% 8% 7% 9% 35%	1416
	21st to end	Night	12% 10% 3 6% 7% 3 6% 6% 6% 8% 35%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	13% 7% 4 7% 8% 4 5% 6% 6% 9% 31%	1108
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 9% 3 7% 8% 5% 6% 7% 7% 9% 29%	1080
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 2 6% 6% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 45%	1080
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 3 5% 6% 3 5% 5% 6% 7% 45%	1234
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 52%	1282
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 2 3 5% 2 3 5% 5% 8% 59%	1576
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 6% 7% 59%	1432
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 4 6% 7% 56%	1459
	21st to end	Night	7% 7% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 7% 44%	1903
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 2 5% 4 2 4 4 5% 8% 53%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 6% 2 5% 5% 3 5% 6% 5% 8% 46%	1800
	21st to end	Night	9% 8% 4 6% 6% 3 5% 4 5% 8% 42%	2028
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 7% 3 8% 6% 4 5% 6% 6% 6% 41%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 10% 3 7% 7% 4 4 6% 5% 7% 37%	2186
	21st to end	Night	8% 10% 4 9% 7% 4 5% 6% 6% 7% 33%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	10% 13% 5% 9% 8% 5% 7% 6% 6% 7% 25%	2552
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 12% 6% 9% 10% 5% 7% 6% 6% 7% 28%	2660
	21st to end	Night	7% 13% 6% 9% 8% 5% 7% 7% 6% 7% 24%	2726
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 10% 6% 11% 9% 5% 7% 7% 6% 8% 27%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 16% 7% 13% 10% 5% 6% 6% 6% 6% 19%	3688
	21st to end	Night	4 12% 6% 10% 10% 5% 7% 7% 8% 8% 24%	5470

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	63% 8% 15% 10% 4 1	1329
	11th to 20th	Day	51% 9% 18% 16% 4 2	1364
	21st to end	Day	52% 8% 16% 18% 6%	1584
February	1st to 10th	Day	59% 7% 12% 14% 8% 1	1498
	11th to 20th	Day	53% 7% 15% 16% 9% 1	1584
	21st to end	Day	58% 5% 13% 15% 8%	1417
March	1st to 10th	Day	55% 7% 13% 15% 9% 1	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	54% 6% 15% 17% 7% 1	1920
	21st to end	Day	58% 7% 15% 16% 4	2319
April	1st to 10th	Day	60% 8% 11% 16% 5%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	58% 6% 10% 15% 10% 1	2136
	21st to end	Day	54% 7% 14% 16% 8%	2515
May	1st to 10th	Day	55% 5% 12% 18% 9% 1	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 7% 14% 22% 9%	2480
	21st to end	Day	56% 5% 12% 19% 7% 1	2724
June	1st to 10th	Day	55% 6% 10% 15% 9% 4	2845
	11th to 20th	Day	61% 6% 10% 15% 7%	2880
	21st to end	Day	44% 6% 15% 21% 12% 2	2880
July	1st to 10th	Day	38% 5% 12% 25% 16% 4	2647
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 6% 12% 29% 16% 3	2597
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 10% 32% 23% 5%	2589
August	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 14% 29% 19% 3	2490
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 5% 18% 29% 17% 3	2439
	21st to end	Day	39% 5% 14% 29% 11% 2	2452
September	1st to 10th	Day	37% 5% 14% 29% 13% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	44% 4 12% 24% 13% 3	2160
	21st to end	Day	44% 7% 17% 20% 10% 2	1931
October	1st to 10th	Day	45% 4 17% 27% 7%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	47% 6% 18% 22% 6% 1	1773
	21st to end	Day	47% 8% 18% 21% 6%	1782
November	1st to 10th	Day	58% 6% 11% 17% 7% 1	1524
	11th to 20th	Day	52% 7% 16% 19% 6% 1	1520
	21st to end	Day	54% 7% 15% 17% 6% 1	1432
December	1st to 10th	Day	56% 9% 15% 17% 3	1330
	11th to 20th	Day	58% 8% 18% 11% 5%	1501
	21st to end	Day	55% 8% 17% 16% 3	2215
January	1st to 10th	Night	61% 7% 15% 13% 4	2836
	11th to 20th	Night	59% 7% 16% 14% 3 2	2682
	21st to end	Night	53% 7% 15% 19% 6%	2772
February	1st to 10th	Night	57% 5% 14% 16% 7% 1	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	49% 7% 16% 19% 8% 1	2274
	21st to end	Night	53% 6% 14% 18% 9%	1838
March	1st to 10th	Night	49% 8% 15% 17% 10% 1	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 6% 17% 23% 7%	2039
	21st to end	Night	52% 9% 17% 17% 5%	2036
April	1st to 10th	Night	47% 8% 18% 20% 7%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	50% 8% 13% 18% 11%	1772
	21st to end	Night	44% 5% 15% 24% 12% 1	1445
May	1st to 10th	Night	49% 6% 14% 20% 10% 1	1440
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 8% 17% 23% 9%	1416
	21st to end	Night	46% 6% 17% 21% 10%	1552
June	1st to 10th	Night	46% 6% 13% 23% 7% 4	1108
	11th to 20th	Night	48% 6% 16% 22% 8%	1080
	21st to end	Night	36% 5% 18% 25% 13% 2	1080
July	1st to 10th	Night	36% 6% 12% 26% 16% 3	1199
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 6% 14% 34% 17% 2	1240
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 13% 30% 23% 7%	1488
August	1st to 10th	Night	24% 5% 16% 28% 23% 4	1424
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 15% 31% 20% 4	1459
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 16% 28% 14% 2	1903
September	1st to 10th	Night	30% 4 17% 32% 15% 3	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 5% 15% 26% 15% 5%	1800
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 19% 21% 12% 3	2028
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 6% 17% 28% 10%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	45% 5% 16% 24% 9% 1	2186
	21st to end	Night	47% 6% 15% 25% 7%	2574
November	1st to 10th	Night	56% 7% 15% 15% 7%	2552
	11th to 20th	Night	54% 7% 15% 15% 8% 1	2660
	21st to end	Night	57% 6% 17% 13% 7% 1	2726
December	1st to 10th	Night	53% 7% 15% 19% 5%	2850
	11th to 20th	Night	66% 8% 12% 11% 4	3685
	21st to end	Night	55% 7% 16% 16% 5%	5470

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	16% 25% 26% 19% 9% 6%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 19% 27% 23% 14% 4	168
	21st to end	Day	17% 21% 29% 19% 12% 2	176
February	1st to 10th	Day	18% 25% 33% 20% 4	218
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 27% 29% 20% 8% 1	335
	21st to end	Day	14% 21% 33% 19% 11% 2	318
March	1st to 10th	Day	20% 26% 24% 18% 11%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 25% 27% 17% 8% 3	420
	21st to end	Day	20% 26% 25% 16% 9% 3	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	23% 21% 27% 20% 7% 2	420
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 25% 22% 18% 11% 3	412
	21st to end	Day	22% 17% 30% 18% 9% 3	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 16% 24% 27% 8% 3	423
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 12% 19% 28% 17% 5%	448
	21st to end	Day	20% 12% 23% 25% 15% 5%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	24% 18% 25% 21% 11% 1	775
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 11% 26% 25% 13% 2	810
	21st to end	Day	15% 10% 27% 25% 19% 5%	810
July	1st to 10th	Day	13% 14% 24% 30% 15% 4	642
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 14% 27% 27% 16% 5%	596
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 21% 37% 21% 7%	487
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 6% 23% 29% 27% 7%	447
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 11% 26% 30% 19% 7%	437
	21st to end	Day	13% 12% 27% 28% 14% 5%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	17% 13% 26% 26% 15% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 14% 23% 22% 16% 4	450
	21st to end	Day	22% 15% 25% 24% 12% 2	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	22% 13% 24% 21% 16% 4	450
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 21% 23% 19% 15% 3	423
	21st to end	Day	24% 19% 23% 22% 12% 2	297
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 20% 24% 19% 11% 1	198
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 24% 24% 13% 13% 4	180
	21st to end	Day	22% 19% 27% 16% 11% 6%	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	14% 14% 27% 21% 19% 6%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 26% 29% 16% 11% 6%	180
	21st to end	Day	14% 14% 32% 27% 10% 4	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	21% 21% 23% 24% 10% 2	850
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 15% 26% 30% 14% 2	784
	21st to end	Night	11% 18% 25% 30% 15% 2	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 16% 23% 30% 11% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 18% 24% 30% 14% 1	704
	21st to end	Night	10% 18% 27% 25% 18% 2	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	12% 23% 23% 25% 14% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 25% 27% 21% 13% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	14% 20% 27% 22% 13% 5%	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 17% 25% 27% 16% 3	720
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 19% 26% 25% 16% 1	704
	21st to end	Night	9% 19% 34% 25% 12% 2	365
May	1st to 10th	Night	13% 13% 26% 30% 15% 3	360
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 10% 24% 38% 15% 3	354
	21st to end	Night	16% 5% 27% 28% 21% 3	389
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 13% 31% 28% 11% 2	360
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 32% 27% 12% 4	360
	21st to end	Night	8% 11% 30% 27% 20% 4	360
July	1st to 10th	Night	10% 7% 28% 36% 18% 2	350
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 9% 30% 31% 20% 1	348
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 27% 34% 26% 4	394
August	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 18% 33% 30% 6%	358
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 3 26% 27% 31% 5%	391
	21st to end	Night	10% 9% 24% 30% 22% 4	715
September	1st to 10th	Night	11% 9% 24% 27% 25% 5%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 9% 20% 23% 27% 8%	720
	21st to end	Night	17% 16% 21% 24% 18% 4	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	12% 13% 23% 28% 20% 4	720
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 18% 22% 24% 17% 3	720
	21st to end	Night	17% 19% 27% 23% 12% 3	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 18% 27% 25% 9% 1	740
	11th to 20th	Night	17% 24% 24% 22% 13% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	17% 19% 24% 25% 12% 4	826
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 15% 24% 29% 15% 3	950
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 20% 27% 27% 10% 1	1010
	21st to end	Night	15% 19% 26% 28% 10% 2	1087

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