Lebanon
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Lebanon clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-11-02.

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	20% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 4 5% 41%	101504
	Night	24% 9% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 37%	97626
Transparency	Day	45% 5% 11% 19% 14% 5%	101249
	Night	50% 5% 11% 18% 11% 4	97470
Seeing	Day	23% 7% 21% 28% 16% 5%	14723
	Night	27% 5% 11% 31% 23% 3	23662

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	40% 17% 3 9% 5% 5% 4 3 4 3 9%	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	42% 12% 3 6% 4 3 5% 2 4 4 14%	2540
	21st to end	Day	39% 9% 3 8% 4 4 4 4 5% 5% 14%	3128
February	1st to 10th	Day	31% 12% 4 7% 6% 4 4 3 6% 7% 17%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	30% 13% 2 8% 5% 6% 5% 3 4 5% 20%	1665
	21st to end	Day	33% 13% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 3 4 19%	1494
March	1st to 10th	Day	23% 14% 3 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 20%	3319
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 8% 2 5% 3 4 3 3 4 4 40%	3490
	21st to end	Day	28% 12% 4 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 5% 5% 17%	3885
April	1st to 10th	Day	30% 13% 3 9% 6% 4 4 3 5% 5% 18%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	27% 11% 3 7% 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 26%	2249
	21st to end	Day	28% 8% 3 6% 4 5% 4 3 6% 7% 27%	2449
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 9% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 33%	4291
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 7% 52%	4377
	21st to end	Day	20% 7% 2 8% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 31%	4813
June	1st to 10th	Day	25% 7% 3 7% 4 3 3 4 4 5% 35%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 7% 3 6% 4 5% 4 3 5% 7% 35%	2660
	21st to end	Day	11% 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 59%	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 80%	4420
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 78%	4420
	21st to end	Day	4 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 78%	4740
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 73%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 63%	4026
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 62%	4283
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 6% 69%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 49%	2272
	21st to end	Day	16% 6% 2 5% 3 4 3 2 4 5% 49%	2002
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 6% 2 5% 3 3 3 4 5% 5% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 7% 2 7% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 34%	1900
	21st to end	Day	27% 8% 2 8% 5% 4 4 3 5% 7% 28%	2076
November	1st to 10th	Day	34% 9% 3 8% 4 3 4 3 5% 6% 21%	1603
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 8% 2 7% 5% 5% 5% 3 6% 5% 20%	1520
	21st to end	Day	31% 9% 3 8% 4 5% 4 4 5% 6% 22%	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	28% 9% 3 7% 6% 5% 3 3 5% 5% 25%	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	34% 10% 3 8% 7% 6% 4 4 6% 6% 11%	1928
	21st to end	Day	35% 14% 4 8% 7% 6% 5% 3 4 5% 9%	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	38% 17% 4 10% 5% 4 3 2 3 3 10%	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	43% 13% 3 7% 4 3 3 2 3 4 14%	4420
	21st to end	Night	40% 12% 3 7% 4 4 4 2 3 4 16%	4523
February	1st to 10th	Night	32% 13% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 5% 5% 19%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 11% 3 7% 4 4 3 2 4 4 26%	2402
	21st to end	Night	33% 13% 2 6% 4 3 3 3 4 6% 22%	1960
March	1st to 10th	Night	23% 17% 4 8% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 6% 20%	3551
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 7% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 43%	3490
	21st to end	Night	29% 13% 4 10% 6% 5% 5% 3 4 5% 16%	3767
April	1st to 10th	Night	31% 13% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 4 4 23%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 10% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 29%	1879
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 30%	1728
May	1st to 10th	Night	27% 9% 3 7% 4 3 2 2 3 5% 34%	2673
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 5% 2 5% 4 3 3 2 3 5% 54%	2516
	21st to end	Night	21% 7% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 35%	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 3 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 7% 38%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 7% 2 6% 5% 3 4 3 5% 7% 41%	1520
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 1 4 3 2 3 2 4 4 62%	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 81%	2540
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 80%	2540
	21st to end	Night	5% 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 82%	2809
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 5% 77%	2848
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 64%	2812
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 5% 66%	3391
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 5% 69%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 55%	1905
	21st to end	Night	14% 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 2 5% 6% 53%	2177
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 2 6% 4 2 2 2 3 5% 49%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 6% 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 43%	2280
	21st to end	Night	27% 8% 2 5% 4 3 3 3 4 5% 36%	2521
November	1st to 10th	Night	32% 8% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 3 4 6% 24%	2498
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 22%	2660
	21st to end	Night	28% 8% 2 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 29%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	30% 9% 3 7% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 27%	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 11% 3 8% 5% 5% 4 3 4 5% 18%	3276
	21st to end	Night	32% 12% 4 14% 7% 5% 4 3 3 4 13%	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	78% 7% 7% 6% 2 1	2539
	11th to 20th	Day	72% 4 7% 9% 5% 3	2540
	21st to end	Day	70% 6% 8% 10% 5% 1	3128
February	1st to 10th	Day	66% 5% 11% 11% 6%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	67% 6% 11% 9% 5% 2	1674
	21st to end	Day	70% 4 8% 10% 5% 2	1494
March	1st to 10th	Day	63% 6% 12% 15% 3	3319
	11th to 20th	Day	49% 6% 8% 25% 10% 1	3490
	21st to end	Day	68% 9% 11% 8% 4	3885
April	1st to 10th	Day	70% 5% 11% 11% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	62% 5% 11% 12% 7% 3	2252
	21st to end	Day	57% 7% 14% 13% 8% 1	2449
May	1st to 10th	Day	53% 6% 12% 18% 11%	4291
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 5% 17% 33% 12% 1	4380
	21st to end	Day	51% 8% 22% 16% 2	4814
June	1st to 10th	Day	52% 6% 15% 21% 6%	2660
	11th to 20th	Day	50% 5% 18% 21% 6%	2660
	21st to end	Day	29% 4 17% 34% 13% 4	2660
July	1st to 10th	Day	12% 2 8% 18% 27% 33%	4351
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 2 5% 18% 35% 26%	4345
	21st to end	Day	13% 2 8% 28% 38% 11%	4590
August	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 8% 31% 32% 11%	4076
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 2 16% 38% 17% 4	4065
	21st to end	Day	24% 3 14% 26% 25% 8%	4282
September	1st to 10th	Day	19% 2 10% 33% 22% 14%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	36% 5% 13% 23% 16% 7%	2272
	21st to end	Day	37% 4 12% 23% 16% 7%	2002
October	1st to 10th	Day	41% 4 11% 20% 18% 6%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	48% 6% 12% 17% 14% 3	1900
	21st to end	Day	55% 6% 10% 13% 14% 2	2076
November	1st to 10th	Day	65% 5% 10% 15% 5%	1603
	11th to 20th	Day	63% 7% 10% 10% 7% 3	1520
	21st to end	Day	61% 6% 9% 8% 14% 2	1520
December	1st to 10th	Day	59% 6% 10% 12% 12% 2	1520
	11th to 20th	Day	66% 10% 8% 12% 3	1928
	21st to end	Day	71% 10% 8% 8% 3 1	2794
January	1st to 10th	Night	78% 6% 6% 5% 3 1	4406
	11th to 20th	Night	75% 4 5% 10% 4 2	4420
	21st to end	Night	73% 4 6% 10% 6% 1	4523
February	1st to 10th	Night	67% 5% 10% 11% 5% 1	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	62% 5% 12% 11% 7% 2	2404
	21st to end	Night	64% 5% 9% 12% 7% 2	1960
March	1st to 10th	Night	64% 5% 14% 12% 4	3551
	11th to 20th	Night	46% 5% 14% 22% 13% 1	3490
	21st to end	Night	71% 7% 11% 10% 1	3767
April	1st to 10th	Night	66% 4 13% 12% 5%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	57% 7% 14% 13% 5% 4	1879
	21st to end	Night	56% 6% 14% 16% 5% 3	1728
May	1st to 10th	Night	55% 5% 10% 20% 9% 2	2673
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 5% 13% 35% 10% 2	2516
	21st to end	Night	48% 9% 26% 16% 2	2762
June	1st to 10th	Night	46% 8% 15% 26% 5%	1520
	11th to 20th	Night	44% 5% 19% 24% 8%	1520
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 17% 34% 13% 4	1520
July	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 7% 20% 25% 33%	2500
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 2 6% 18% 32% 29%	2492
	21st to end	Night	11% 1 9% 30% 39% 10%	2721
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 10% 36% 28% 11%	2839
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 2 20% 37% 15% 4	2839
	21st to end	Night	23% 3 13% 29% 26% 6%	3391
September	1st to 10th	Night	20% 3 9% 32% 23% 13%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	30% 6% 13% 29% 13% 10%	1905
	21st to end	Night	34% 4 12% 24% 17% 9%	2177
October	1st to 10th	Night	39% 4 9% 23% 19% 6%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 6% 13% 19% 16% 3	2280
	21st to end	Night	53% 5% 8% 15% 16% 4	2521
November	1st to 10th	Night	61% 6% 10% 13% 9% 1	2498
	11th to 20th	Night	65% 5% 10% 9% 8% 3	2660
	21st to end	Night	56% 6% 9% 12% 12% 5%	2660
December	1st to 10th	Night	58% 5% 11% 14% 11% 2	2660
	11th to 20th	Night	65% 7% 10% 11% 7%	3276
	21st to end	Night	68% 13% 7% 9% 2 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	49% 8% 11% 17% 11% 3	180
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 6% 13% 20% 11% 5%	180
	21st to end	Day	35% 7% 17% 19% 17% 5%	402
February	1st to 10th	Day	37% 7% 16% 26% 12% 3	370
	11th to 20th	Day	37% 7% 21% 22% 9% 3	365
	21st to end	Day	37% 12% 18% 19% 12% 2	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	35% 10% 22% 23% 8% 2	460
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 7% 20% 25% 11% 5%	460
	21st to end	Day	35% 12% 23% 21% 9% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	35% 9% 21% 21% 10% 3	460
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 11% 24% 19% 11% 4	452
	21st to end	Day	31% 10% 23% 23% 10% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	22% 11% 23% 26% 13% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 8% 18% 25% 16% 7%	488
	21st to end	Day	19% 9% 20% 28% 17% 7%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	23% 7% 21% 28% 17% 4	490
	11th to 20th	Day	19% 10% 28% 27% 14% 2	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 22% 42% 16% 6%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 21% 41% 22% 5%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 26% 39% 20% 7%	484
	21st to end	Day	4 3 21% 41% 23% 8%	531
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 20% 43% 25% 7%	487
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 16% 42% 25% 10%	477
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 26% 33% 23% 7%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	8% 5% 23% 36% 22% 6%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 5% 19% 30% 25% 6%	490
	21st to end	Day	18% 6% 20% 32% 19% 5%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	19% 7% 21% 25% 19% 9%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 7% 16% 27% 22% 7%	490
	21st to end	Day	29% 8% 21% 21% 15% 6%	525
November	1st to 10th	Day	35% 6% 20% 25% 11% 3	235
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 8% 21% 16% 17% 9%	180
	21st to end	Day	34% 5% 17% 19% 18% 7%	180
December	1st to 10th	Day	38% 7% 13% 19% 13% 9%	180
	11th to 20th	Day	46% 2 16% 20% 12% 4	180
	21st to end	Day	44% 5% 15% 18% 17% 2	198
January	1st to 10th	Night	42% 7% 11% 21% 15% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	40% 7% 9% 21% 19% 4	760
	21st to end	Night	35% 4 8% 32% 17% 4	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	37% 4 8% 30% 18% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 5% 11% 29% 17% 1	744
	21st to end	Night	38% 6% 13% 25% 18%	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	34% 8% 12% 29% 16% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 6% 12% 32% 17% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	39% 5% 14% 27% 14% 2	836
April	1st to 10th	Night	36% 7% 10% 28% 18% 1	760
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 6% 16% 30% 19% 2	751
	21st to end	Night	31% 4 12% 32% 19% 2	588
May	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 15% 33% 21% 2	461
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 4 11% 30% 32% 3	374
	21st to end	Night	24% 4 11% 31% 28% 2	411
June	1st to 10th	Night	21% 7% 11% 37% 23% 1	380
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 3 18% 39% 19% 1	380
	21st to end	Night	11% 3 14% 42% 30% 1	380
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 13% 46% 31% 1	370
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 21% 42% 26% 1	368
	21st to end	Night	4 2 14% 46% 33% 2	440
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 7% 36% 45% 7%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 5% 35% 47% 5%	564
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 14% 37% 33% 5%	768
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 14% 36% 37% 3	760
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 3 8% 32% 36% 7%	760
	21st to end	Night	15% 4 11% 34% 32% 4	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	18% 3 11% 33% 29% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 4 11% 31% 28% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	32% 4 12% 28% 19% 6%	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	35% 6% 12% 29% 17% 2	744
	11th to 20th	Night	38% 6% 11% 25% 17% 3	760
	21st to end	Night	31% 5% 9% 32% 19% 5%	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	33% 5% 8% 30% 19% 5%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	41% 4 11% 25% 17% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 12% 25% 11% 1	836

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