Gas Line Road
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Gas Line Road clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-10-24.

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	2 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 65%	101130
	Night	3 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 61%	97837
Transparency	Day	19% 5% 9% 19% 23% 24%	100871
	Night	22% 6% 11% 22% 21% 19%	97685
Seeing	Day	5% 10% 20% 30% 26% 8%	14948
	Night	5% 5% 21% 41% 25% 4	24289

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SW (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	2 6% 3 7% 6% 5% 6% 5% 7% 9% 43%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	3 8% 3 10% 6% 6% 6% 4 7% 8% 40%	2540
	21st to end	Day	5% 7% 4 9% 7% 6% 7% 5% 6% 8% 35%	3114
February	1st to 10th	Day	3 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 51%	1752
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 3 7% 9% 52%	1850
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 7% 57%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	2 6% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 6% 7% 9% 41%	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 1 4 3 4 3 3 4 7% 65%	3352
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 49%	4127
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 6% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 4 6% 9% 53%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 59%	2249
	21st to end	Day	4 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 7% 63%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 4 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 6% 68%	4075
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5% 71%	4239
	21st to end	Day	3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 67%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 7% 64%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 6% 73%	2660
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 77%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 87%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 5% 72%	4420
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 74%	4790
August	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 74%	3995
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 85%	3724
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 85%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 84%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 5% 76%	2217
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 5% 78%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 5% 70%	1986
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 74%	1900
	21st to end	Day	2 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 7% 70%	1917
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 1 4 4 4 3 3 6% 8% 58%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 9% 62%	1710
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 6% 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 57%	1687
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 7% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 5% 10% 51%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 3 10% 6% 8% 6% 6% 8% 9% 34%	1928
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 3 8% 5% 6% 6% 5% 8% 10% 37%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 7% 8% 51%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	2 8% 5% 11% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 8% 41%	4420
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 3 8% 6% 6% 5% 4 7% 8% 40%	4549
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 2 5% 3 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 53%	2428
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 4 5% 4 4 6% 8% 55%	2218
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 3 5% 5% 4 4 4 5% 8% 54%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 7% 4 9% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 62%	3625
	21st to end	Night	5% 6% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 48%	3525
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 6% 56%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 1 4 4 4 3 2 5% 7% 63%	1879
	21st to end	Night	6% 6% 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 6% 62%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 70%	2893
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 6% 71%	2654
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 66%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 5% 4 4 3 4 4 6% 62%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 5% 75%	1520
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 77%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 87%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 5% 68%	2540
	21st to end	Night	4 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 6% 67%	2761
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 6% 71%	2944
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 84%	3126
	21st to end	Night	4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 84%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 81%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 5% 5% 73%	1962
	21st to end	Night	3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 5% 77%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 69%	2190
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 75%	2280
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 6% 73%	2505
November	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 5% 3 2 3 3 4 7% 63%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 64%	2470
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 1 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 7% 59%	2489
December	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 3 6% 4 3 3 3 5% 8% 54%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	4 8% 3 7% 6% 5% 5% 5% 7% 10% 40%	3276
	21st to end	Night	4 8% 3 8% 6% 6% 6% 5% 8% 9% 38%	4862

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	29% 11% 21% 31% 8%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 10% 17% 26% 9% 1	2540
	21st to end	Day	40% 12% 16% 24% 8%	3114
February	1st to 10th	Day	27% 8% 16% 30% 15% 5%	1752
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 6% 14% 32% 18% 3	1860
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 18% 30% 18% 5%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	31% 10% 15% 28% 13% 3	3138
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 13% 34% 26% 4	3352
	21st to end	Day	29% 9% 14% 25% 20% 3	4127
April	1st to 10th	Day	27% 6% 13% 26% 22% 7%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 7% 9% 26% 26% 8%	2252
	21st to end	Day	21% 6% 9% 30% 29% 6%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	16% 6% 7% 27% 36% 8%	4075
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 6% 19% 37% 21%	4242
	21st to end	Day	19% 5% 7% 21% 38% 10%	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 8% 18% 32% 17%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 3 5% 17% 31% 32%	2660
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 3 8% 26% 48%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 2 5% 11% 75%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 3 4 6% 14% 61%	4345
	21st to end	Day	12% 3 4 6% 21% 54%	4639
August	1st to 10th	Day	14% 3 3 7% 18% 56%	3979
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 3 4 16% 69%	3760
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 2 7% 29% 53%	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 2 6% 26% 56%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 4 5% 15% 31% 33%	2217
	21st to end	Day	10% 3 4 16% 34% 32%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 7% 17% 33% 22%	1986
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 7% 25% 36% 17%	1900
	21st to end	Day	15% 4 9% 32% 30% 11%	1917
November	1st to 10th	Day	22% 7% 12% 26% 26% 6%	1674
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 6% 18% 32% 23% 3	1710
	21st to end	Day	24% 5% 12% 32% 23% 3	1687
December	1st to 10th	Day	29% 6% 18% 29% 16% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 13% 14% 22% 9% 1	1928
	21st to end	Day	35% 11% 24% 22% 8% 1	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 24% 31% 9% 1	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 8% 18% 23% 11% 2	4420
	21st to end	Night	37% 10% 16% 26% 9%	4549
February	1st to 10th	Night	27% 8% 13% 30% 18% 4	2428
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 6% 13% 33% 20% 2	2219
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 14% 31% 17% 5%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	30% 10% 11% 28% 19% 3	3736
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 7% 11% 38% 20% 4	3625
	21st to end	Night	28% 9% 17% 27% 16% 3	3525
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 6% 14% 29% 18% 7%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 6% 12% 30% 22% 9%	1879
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 11% 27% 28% 6%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	14% 6% 8% 28% 35% 9%	2893
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 7% 18% 38% 19%	2654
	21st to end	Night	19% 5% 9% 25% 36% 7%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 6% 7% 20% 27% 19%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 5% 16% 32% 31%	1520
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 4 11% 28% 44%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 2 5% 14% 72%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 3 3 7% 12% 58%	2492
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 4 7% 18% 51%	2674
August	1st to 10th	Night	15% 3 4 7% 20% 52%	2936
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 2 2 5% 17% 65%	3156
	21st to end	Night	10% 1 2 6% 27% 54%	3498
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 3 7% 27% 53%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 4 5% 16% 29% 34%	1962
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 4 14% 32% 36%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	19% 4 6% 16% 29% 26%	2190
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 3 6% 21% 35% 23%	2280
	21st to end	Night	13% 3 7% 26% 34% 16%	2505
November	1st to 10th	Night	20% 6% 12% 27% 24% 11%	2405
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 6% 13% 30% 27% 5%	2470
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 13% 27% 26% 4	2489
December	1st to 10th	Night	28% 6% 15% 28% 20% 3	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 11% 16% 26% 12% 1	3276
	21st to end	Night	37% 10% 18% 23% 12% 1	4862

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	6% 9% 27% 35% 18% 4	180
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 8% 22% 31% 26% 7%	180
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 19% 36% 25% 8%	388
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 13% 23% 31% 24% 4	390
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 15% 23% 32% 20% 3	455
	21st to end	Day	5% 17% 26% 33% 18% 1	382
March	1st to 10th	Day	9% 16% 27% 32% 13% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 19% 26% 27% 17% 6%	460
	21st to end	Day	9% 20% 26% 27% 17% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	8% 18% 27% 28% 15% 5%	460
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 20% 24% 26% 16% 6%	452
	21st to end	Day	5% 18% 27% 23% 20% 7%	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 17% 28% 26% 16% 4	463
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 16% 22% 24% 21% 9%	488
	21st to end	Day	6% 12% 19% 26% 25% 12%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 14% 20% 23% 31% 10%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 11% 24% 29% 22% 9%	490
	21st to end	Day	2 8% 18% 32% 30% 9%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 17% 34% 33% 11%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 11% 30% 39% 15%	484
	21st to end	Day	2 3 14% 30% 39% 12%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 16% 27% 34% 15%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 15% 31% 31% 15%	477
	21st to end	Day	2 4 16% 30% 37% 11%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 15% 29% 38% 12%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	3 8% 17% 34% 29% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	2 6% 19% 30% 36% 7%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 8% 19% 29% 32% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 17% 28% 35% 8%	490
	21st to end	Day	4 7% 19% 33% 28% 10%	414
November	1st to 10th	Day	5% 6% 21% 31% 24% 11%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	1 5% 18% 39% 24% 12%	270
	21st to end	Day	3 8% 20% 33% 29% 7%	259
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 7% 21% 31% 26% 11%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	4 8% 21% 35% 24% 7%	180
	21st to end	Day	9% 7% 23% 34% 22% 5%	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 23% 37% 23% 7%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 20% 44% 25% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 17% 43% 23% 5%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 22% 43% 23% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 23% 44% 22% 4	744
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 30% 41% 17% 3	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	7% 6% 28% 40% 17% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 8% 25% 36% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 9% 30% 39% 16% 1	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 29% 35% 22% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 10% 26% 37% 17% 5%	751
	21st to end	Night	6% 10% 28% 31% 21% 3	760
May	1st to 10th	Night	7% 10% 29% 35% 17% 3	590
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 24% 39% 22% 2	460
	21st to end	Night	7% 6% 21% 41% 23% 2	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	6% 6% 22% 41% 24% 2	380
	11th to 20th	Night	3 5% 23% 44% 24% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	1 2 24% 49% 22% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 20% 50% 25% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 21% 53% 23%	368
	21st to end	Night	2 2 15% 45% 34% 1	416
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 18% 43% 31% 2	611
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 16% 46% 31% 2	752
	21st to end	Night	3 1 16% 46% 32% 2	836
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 14% 39% 38% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 17% 35% 35% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 3 14% 37% 34% 8%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 15% 42% 28% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	4 4 15% 38% 34% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	3 3 13% 37% 31% 11%	804
November	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 16% 37% 32% 8%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 4 13% 46% 27% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 19% 39% 28% 6%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 3 21% 41% 24% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 21% 43% 23% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 7% 25% 44% 17% 1	836

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