Haven’t been able to see the actual mountain for days, a mixture of being out of town and my sun-hating coworker. But I felt the need to mention that lately I’ve seen a new and interesting pattern. The moon is in waning gibbous phase right now, full moon was late last week. And I think I’ve seen the moon every single night since then. Usually it’s in a sucker hole. But in the morning, it’s often been clear and bright up in the sky, with fog down near the ground.
Let’s be frank; the meterology experiment is about astronomy, trying to gauge how clear the skies are here in WA, as I’ve never really had to pay attention to this before.
So it’s an interesting development that it’s clear as a bell out in the morning. This leads me to believe that it’s probably clear out for some amount of time right before sunrise. And that’s just good for astronomy.
It’s chilly out. And humidity has to be in the upper 90%s. But if it’s clear, I might be able to work around that.
Anyway, it’s third quarter-1 out there this morning, with the bright moon high in a blue sky. I can’t see the Space Needle from the deck, because the fog obscures everything the closer you get to the horizon. It’s a very interesting transition.
Very drippy morning out. But it did not rain last night.