Observing weather

Tonight's sky conditions

A practical observing forecast for tonight: cloud cover, rain risk, wind, humidity, astronomy seeing, transparency, sunset, sunrise, light pollution and and also current aurora index.
The default location is Blackpool Cricket Club, but you can enter another observing site.

Location / Time Zone Blackpool Cricket Club / Europe/London
Open-Meteo: waiting
7Timer Astro: waiting
NOAA SWPC: waiting

Tonight’s clear-sky timeline

Sunset --:-- · Sunrise --:--

Tonight at a glance

Sunset to following sunrise
Cloud average--Total cloud cover
Best clear window--Longest promising run
Rain risk--Max hourly probability
Wind / gusts--Highest overnight values
Humidity--Dew risk check
Seeing--7Timer astro scale
Transparency--7Timer astro scale
Aurora / Kp--NOAA SWPC

Cloud layers

Open-Meteo
Low cloud
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Mid cloud
--
High cloud
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Total
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Sunset, sunrise and darkness

Calculated from forecast location
Sunset--Tonight
Sunrise--Following morning
Night length--Sun below horizon
LocationBCC53.8143, -3.0311

Light pollution

Approximate

Default site estimate: urban/suburban sky, approximately Bortle 6–7. Treat this as a guide rather than a live measurement; local LED lighting and haze can make the sky brighter.

Jet stream

External map

Strong upper-level winds often mean poor planetary seeing. This first version links out to a live jet-stream chart rather than trying to reproduce the full map locally.

Space weather

NOAA SWPC
Fetching Kp and solar wind data...