All of the weather forecasts seem to be in agreement that northern Utah will not be a good place to try to observe Wednesday's Mercury transit from. However, prospects for southern Utah look better. Is anyone here planning to head south for the transit? I saw the last one so missing this one will not be a huge let down but if there happens to be a group headed south it might be a fun day trip. pw
Any idea how far south we might need to go? I was looking on National Weather Service map of the state and it started showing mostly sunny when I went as far south as Manti. Of course, the weather all could change, but a transit trip does sound like a tempting escape from work. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+blanchard-a=ugs.utah.edu@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+blanchard-a=ugs.utah.edu@mailman.xmission .com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 2:25 AM To: utah astronomy listserve Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Traveling to transit? All of the weather forecasts seem to be in agreement that northern Utah will not be a good place to try to observe Wednesday's Mercury transit from. However, prospects for southern Utah look better. Is anyone here planning to head south for the transit? I saw the last one so missing this one will not be a huge let down but if there happens to be a group headed south it might be a fun day trip. pw _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Ann Blanchard wrote:
Any idea how far south we might need to go? I was looking on National Weather Service map of the state and it started showing mostly sunny when I went as far south as Manti. Of course, the weather all could change, but a transit trip does sound like a tempting escape from work.
Checking the Clear Sky Clocks around the state I was surprised to see that Heber is predicted to have good skies. SLC looked so-so. Same for SPOC and Provo. Ogden and Logan look pretty bad. But all of the clocks south of Provo look very good. Still, the event lasts 5 hours and with SLC's skies predicted to be mostly cloudy, I'm guessing we'll occasionally see something through holes in the clouds. pw
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