Ozone Advisories for May 25th 2018

As of 2pm EDT, concentrations of ozone are likely to be in the "unhealthy for sensitive groups" range in the areas in orange on this map from airnow.gov. . . . Our states have issued air quality advisories for *unhealthy for sensitive groups* due to ozone for Friday, May 25th, 2018 for much of the …

Clearer skies Thursday, May 24th and Friday, May 25th

Take advantage of clearer skies Thursday and Friday The next two days have better forecasts for astronomy than we’ve seen in a awhile.  So hop out while you can (and before the mosquitoes get worse about 7 days from now).   The forecast is worse for Saturday through Monday, so don’t wait for the weekend!  Our …

Daytime Moon

Tried Bob King's 'cheat' to see the bright star Regulus in the daytime. I failed. And couldn't find Venus either.  Even with my 8-inch telescope. So, I took some snaps of the Moon through my telescope. After joining up the pieces, I converted to black and white to get rid of the overwhelming blue tint, …

Peeking around the clouds

Peeking Around the Clouds due to Unsettled Weather this Week Pleiades Star Cluster Coming to the C3 It's Monday morning, May 14th.  We're facing unsettled weather for this week, into the weekend.   The National Weather Service forecast for our neck of the woods is for more than 50 percent cloud cover for the next …

See Jupiter Before Midnight Tonight !!!

Remember those TV ads - "Call before midnight tonight for our special offer!!!!!!!!!"  I sure do. The 'call before midnight' bit was a trick to get us to call right away before we forget to do it at all.  With all due respect to the many web sites that want to you run out and …

Ocean Air Advances over New Jersey Monday Afternoon

As I was keeping an eye on the local weather radars for any showers that might come our way Monday afternoon, I noticed a thin line the length of New Jersey moving inland from the coast.  This also appeared as a thin line of clouds on NOAA's geostationary satellite photo.  Based on weather data from …

Northeastern USA Ozone Episode Day 2

Today is the second day of the first ozone episode for the northeastern United States for 2018. Here's the forecast map as of 8am this morning:  Code Orange predicted for parts of many states in the northeast.  Many states revise their forecast mid to late morning and again, as needed, in the afternoon.  See airnow.gov …

Heads UP! for May 2018

Heads UP! for May 2018 Jupiter is the brightest dot in the sky after Venus.  The giant planet is further away, but being so large, is very bright.  Jupiter’s as big as it’s going to get in 2018.  Saturn and Mars are getting larger, but they rise later in the evening. The International Space Station …

Ozone concentrations climbing this morning. Unhealthy for sensitive individuals forecast for the Northeastern Corridor through Maine.

May 2, 2018 - ozone concentrations are climbing this morning under bright sunshine and winds bringing pollutants up the eastern seaboard. As of 11am this morning, one-hour average concentrations exceeded 70 parts per billion in Connecticut (state code 44 in the table below), New Jersey (34), Pennsylvania (42), Rhode Island (44), and New Hampshire (42). …