Mobile
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Mobile 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	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 7% 9% 42%	100502
	Night	10% 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 45%	98389
Transparency	Day	36% 9% 14% 18% 16% 6%	100326
	Night	35% 8% 14% 18% 18% 7%	98234
Seeing	Day	11% 9% 20% 25% 23% 12%	14402
	Night	12% 7% 21% 30% 24% 7%	24303

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (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	14% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	3074
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 4 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 55%	3160
	21st to end	Day	24% 7% 3 6% 3 4 3 2 4 6% 38%	3476
February	1st to 10th	Day	16% 8% 3 6% 4 4 3 4 4 6% 42%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 3 5% 8% 43%	1848
	21st to end	Day	15% 6% 2 7% 6% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 39%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	17% 9% 4 9% 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 35%	3120
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 4 7% 9% 42%	3276
	21st to end	Day	13% 6% 2 7% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 45%	4165
April	1st to 10th	Day	10% 7% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 46%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 6% 3 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 44%	2254
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 55%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 47%	3765
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 42%	3921
	21st to end	Day	5% 3 2 5% 4 5% 5% 5% 8% 11% 48%	4476
June	1st to 10th	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 6% 5% 7% 6% 10% 11% 34%	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	4 4 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 7% 10% 10% 38%	2470
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 2 7% 6% 7% 6% 7% 9% 12% 30%	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 2 8% 7% 7% 8% 7% 10% 13% 26%	4091
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 10% 13% 33%	3800
	21st to end	Day	5% 6% 3 8% 7% 8% 9% 7% 12% 14% 22%	4118
August	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 5% 7% 6% 10% 14% 43%	3785
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 3 2 6% 5% 5% 7% 6% 8% 11% 42%	3729
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 3 8% 6% 7% 8% 6% 8% 10% 34%	4180
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 10% 36%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 7% 2 7% 6% 4 6% 4 6% 9% 39%	2096
	21st to end	Day	7% 4 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 7% 53%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 56%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 8% 58%	2057
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 1 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 54%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	8% 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 58%	1714
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 57%	1710
	21st to end	Day	11% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 4 3 5% 8% 49%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	11% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 5% 6% 45%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 8% 3 6% 5% 4 4 3 4 5% 44%	2153
	21st to end	Day	16% 9% 3 7% 4 3 3 3 5% 7% 40%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 45%	3853
	11th to 20th	Night	13% 7% 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 6% 51%	3800
	21st to end	Night	23% 8% 2 4 3 3 3 3 5% 4 41%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	15% 8% 2 6% 4 4 3 3 4 7% 44%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 7% 3 6% 4 3 4 3 5% 5% 44%	2218
	21st to end	Night	16% 8% 3 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 6% 39%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	22% 11% 3 7% 4 4 3 3 5% 5% 33%	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 8% 3 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 8% 40%	3695
	21st to end	Night	12% 7% 2 6% 4 4 5% 3 5% 6% 45%	3466
April	1st to 10th	Night	11% 7% 2 6% 4 5% 4 3 6% 7% 45%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 5% 2 5% 3 4 4 4 5% 7% 48%	1875
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 5% 7% 62%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	9% 7% 2 7% 5% 4 4 4 6% 9% 43%	3130
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 6% 3 6% 5% 4 4 4 6% 7% 43%	2954
	21st to end	Night	4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 8% 13% 48%	3079
June	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 6% 5% 4 5% 5% 9% 13% 40%	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 9% 12% 47%	1710
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 2 6% 5% 5% 7% 5% 10% 13% 37%	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 2 7% 6% 5% 7% 7% 10% 16% 32%	2862
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 46%	3160
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 6% 6% 7% 7% 8% 12% 15% 30%	3435
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 9% 15% 49%	3144
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 13% 48%	3100
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 6% 8% 11% 41%	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	8% 5% 2 6% 6% 5% 6% 6% 8% 12% 36%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 7% 5% 5% 4 3 6% 9% 43%	2062
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 7% 8% 50%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 4 2 5% 4 4 3 3 6% 8% 55%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 1 3 2 3 4 3 5% 7% 62%	2118
	21st to end	Night	11% 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 4 6% 57%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	8% 4 2 5% 4 4 3 3 5% 6% 57%	2383
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 5% 2 5% 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 54%	2470
	21st to end	Night	10% 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 48%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	13% 6% 3 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 46%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 7% 3 6% 4 4 4 3 4 6% 44%	3042
	21st to end	Night	15% 8% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 5% 5% 41%	4532

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	37% 5% 7% 17% 22% 12%	3075
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 7% 19% 30% 11%	3160
	21st to end	Day	48% 5% 4 14% 20% 9%	3476
February	1st to 10th	Day	43% 6% 8% 14% 19% 11%	1900
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 7% 8% 15% 20% 11%	1858
	21st to end	Day	42% 9% 9% 14% 16% 10%	1570
March	1st to 10th	Day	48% 8% 10% 16% 13% 5%	3120
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 10% 11% 19% 19% 6%	3276
	21st to end	Day	38% 7% 11% 16% 17% 10%	4165
April	1st to 10th	Day	35% 8% 11% 17% 19% 10%	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	35% 7% 11% 18% 19% 9%	2254
	21st to end	Day	27% 8% 11% 22% 23% 9%	2280
May	1st to 10th	Day	26% 12% 18% 24% 15% 5%	3800
	11th to 20th	Day	38% 9% 13% 21% 18% 1	3925
	21st to end	Day	27% 11% 17% 32% 12% 1	4489
June	1st to 10th	Day	38% 12% 18% 23% 8% 2	2470
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 13% 19% 22% 10% 3	2470
	21st to end	Day	40% 14% 21% 15% 9% 1	2470
July	1st to 10th	Day	43% 15% 28% 12% 3	4026
	11th to 20th	Day	41% 14% 34% 8% 2	3737
	21st to end	Day	45% 17% 22% 14% 2	3987
August	1st to 10th	Day	26% 12% 18% 25% 18% 2	3773
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 10% 19% 20% 17% 1	3765
	21st to end	Day	42% 11% 19% 15% 12% 2	4179
September	1st to 10th	Day	39% 13% 18% 14% 12% 4	2280
	11th to 20th	Day	40% 11% 14% 14% 14% 7%	2096
	21st to end	Day	31% 8% 11% 21% 20% 9%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Day	27% 7% 12% 19% 20% 16%	2090
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 6% 10% 20% 24% 16%	2057
	21st to end	Day	30% 5% 6% 14% 27% 18%	2090
November	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 9% 19% 25% 15%	1714
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 5% 8% 16% 28% 14%	1710
	21st to end	Day	34% 6% 10% 18% 21% 13%	1710
December	1st to 10th	Day	40% 7% 9% 17% 20% 8%	1710
	11th to 20th	Day	43% 5% 7% 15% 20% 10%	2150
	21st to end	Day	42% 6% 7% 19% 19% 6%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	40% 5% 7% 11% 27% 10%	3853
	11th to 20th	Night	34% 4 7% 16% 29% 11%	3800
	21st to end	Night	47% 4 5% 14% 23% 8%	4180
February	1st to 10th	Night	41% 5% 6% 17% 21% 10%	2280
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 5% 6% 14% 20% 13%	2219
	21st to end	Night	43% 8% 9% 14% 12% 13%	1884
March	1st to 10th	Night	52% 6% 9% 13% 13% 6%	3733
	11th to 20th	Night	39% 9% 9% 17% 17% 8%	3695
	21st to end	Night	36% 8% 11% 18% 17% 9%	3466
April	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 12% 12% 21% 11%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	35% 6% 11% 19% 20% 9%	1875
	21st to end	Night	22% 5% 12% 27% 26% 8%	1900
May	1st to 10th	Night	34% 11% 16% 18% 17% 4	3160
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 9% 14% 23% 17% 1	2955
	21st to end	Night	23% 11% 19% 31% 15% 1	3087
June	1st to 10th	Night	33% 11% 22% 23% 10% 2	1710
	11th to 20th	Night	27% 12% 22% 25% 13% 2	1710
	21st to end	Night	34% 12% 26% 18% 9% 1	1710
July	1st to 10th	Night	36% 14% 33% 13% 4	2817
	11th to 20th	Night	29% 14% 45% 10% 2 1	3100
	21st to end	Night	37% 21% 25% 15% 2	3325
August	1st to 10th	Night	20% 13% 24% 28% 14% 1	3132
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 12% 26% 24% 14%	3130
	21st to end	Night	36% 13% 21% 17% 11% 3	3476
September	1st to 10th	Night	36% 12% 20% 15% 11% 5%	1900
	11th to 20th	Night	37% 8% 16% 18% 14% 8%	2062
	21st to end	Night	29% 10% 14% 22% 17% 9%	2090
October	1st to 10th	Night	27% 7% 12% 17% 22% 15%	2090
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 5% 10% 20% 25% 17%	2118
	21st to end	Night	29% 3 7% 14% 29% 18%	2508
November	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 8% 17% 26% 16%	2383
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 3 6% 18% 27% 14%	2470
	21st to end	Night	34% 6% 8% 19% 22% 12%	2470
December	1st to 10th	Night	37% 7% 10% 19% 22% 6%	2470
	11th to 20th	Night	42% 4 7% 13% 24% 11%	3044
	21st to end	Night	44% 6% 7% 19% 20% 5%	4532

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	17% 20% 39% 18% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 20% 30% 24% 10% 2	270
	21st to end	Day	21% 22% 36% 17% 4 1	297
February	1st to 10th	Day	21% 21% 35% 17% 6%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 19% 31% 19% 6%	270
	21st to end	Day	10% 28% 44% 14% 4	225
March	1st to 10th	Day	14% 24% 38% 18% 5%	270
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 23% 34% 20% 8%	301
	21st to end	Day	15% 15% 32% 27% 10% 1	506
April	1st to 10th	Day	16% 16% 30% 25% 12% 1	460
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 16% 31% 20% 16% 2	452
	21st to end	Day	7% 12% 30% 30% 19% 3	460
May	1st to 10th	Day	8% 10% 29% 25% 23% 5%	463
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 5% 20% 34% 24% 10%	487
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 16% 36% 22% 16%	529
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 14% 31% 29% 15%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 2 12% 29% 33% 18%	490
	21st to end	Day	9% 2 10% 22% 34% 22%	490
July	1st to 10th	Day	7% 2 7% 18% 35% 31%	485
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 2 4 16% 36% 37%	484
	21st to end	Day	6% 1 5% 20% 41% 26%	532
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 1 5% 19% 36% 36%	486
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 1 4 15% 36% 34%	479
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 7% 20% 36% 25%	539
September	1st to 10th	Day	10% 2 7% 20% 37% 23%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	13% 2 11% 26% 34% 14%	490
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 10% 32% 34% 14%	490
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 4 16% 38% 25% 8%	490
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 6% 16% 31% 31% 8%	457
	21st to end	Day	14% 11% 18% 32% 20% 5%	330
November	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 24% 41% 15% 2	273
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 16% 27% 28% 13% 3	270
	21st to end	Day	11% 15% 31% 27% 12% 3	270
December	1st to 10th	Day	17% 13% 32% 24% 12% 2	270
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 17% 33% 20% 7% 1	270
	21st to end	Day	23% 15% 29% 21% 11% 1	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	17% 14% 33% 29% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 13% 28% 33% 9%	760
	21st to end	Night	21% 14% 33% 27% 5%	836
February	1st to 10th	Night	17% 13% 36% 28% 6%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 12% 33% 24% 8%	743
	21st to end	Night	18% 16% 37% 25% 4	628
March	1st to 10th	Night	16% 13% 32% 32% 8%	760
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 12% 33% 30% 11% 1	740
	21st to end	Night	11% 9% 33% 35% 12%	627
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 11% 27% 33% 14% 1	570
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 7% 32% 29% 18% 1	563
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 21% 44% 22% 1	570
May	1st to 10th	Night	10% 5% 23% 39% 21% 3	570
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 2 17% 38% 33% 4	561
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 11% 33% 39% 8%	617
June	1st to 10th	Night	8% 2 8% 34% 40% 9%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 4 31% 45% 14%	570
	21st to end	Night	8% 2 6% 24% 46% 15%	570
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 4 19% 51% 22%	555
	11th to 20th	Night	3 2 3 13% 46% 34%	552
	21st to end	Night	3 1 2 22% 49% 23%	624
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 13% 51% 31%	567
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 15% 47% 27%	564
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 6% 20% 44% 19%	627
September	1st to 10th	Night	9% 2 6% 21% 44% 18%	570
	11th to 20th	Night	11% 2 11% 25% 39% 11%	732
	21st to end	Night	9% 2 11% 28% 42% 8%	760
October	1st to 10th	Night	9% 3 18% 37% 29% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 4 21% 32% 29% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 6% 21% 33% 25% 3	836
November	1st to 10th	Night	11% 5% 21% 42% 19% 2	745
	11th to 20th	Night	12% 9% 25% 38% 14% 2	760
	21st to end	Night	12% 9% 28% 36% 14% 1	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 10% 29% 31% 14% 2	760
	11th to 20th	Night	19% 9% 29% 32% 10% 1	760
	21st to end	Night	22% 11% 32% 27% 8%	836

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