Wedge Overlook
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Wedge Overlook clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-08-15.

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 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 8% 56%	151744
	Night	2 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 9% 56%	147649
Transparency	Day	24% 5% 10% 20% 24% 18%	146528
	Night	23% 5% 10% 22% 24% 15%	143872
Seeing	Day	5% 9% 21% 32% 23% 10%	17032
	Night	4 4 18% 42% 27% 5%	27651

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	1 5% 2 8% 5% 5% 4 4 8% 11% 45%	5318
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 3 3 4 4 5% 6% 8% 62%	5340
	21st to end	Day	2 7% 3 5% 3 3 3 2 6% 8% 56%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 11% 55%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	2 7% 2 7% 4 4 5% 4 6% 9% 50%	1882
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 4 7% 58%	1744
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 4 5% 8% 54%	5064
	11th to 20th	Day	3 9% 3 7% 4 4 4 4 6% 7% 48%	5110
	21st to end	Day	3 9% 4 8% 6% 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 43%	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 1 5% 4 5% 4 4 5% 8% 57%	2368
	11th to 20th	Day	3 6% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 6% 55%	2525
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 5% 4 4 4 3 6% 7% 57%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 55%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	3 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 7% 52%	7596
	21st to end	Day	2 3 2 5% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 55%	8370
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 59%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 67%	2753
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 5% 6% 66%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 5% 5% 68%	7649
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 5% 5% 6% 7% 6% 9% 10% 47%	7650
	21st to end	Day	2 2 1 4 4 4 5% 5% 8% 10% 55%	8304
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 5% 4 4 5% 4 8% 9% 56%	5909
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 5% 5% 5% 5% 4 6% 6% 58%	5851
	21st to end	Day	4 4 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 50%	6248
September	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 4 4 3 5% 3 5% 7% 63%	2323
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 5% 6% 64%	2200
	21st to end	Day	3 2 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 5% 71%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 76%	3369
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 7% 59%	3250
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 6% 69%	3548
November	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 8% 68%	1973
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 4 2 2 2 2 5% 8% 68%	1890
	21st to end	Day	3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 6% 7% 62%	1738
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 8% 18% 52%	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	2 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 4 12% 19% 40%	3106
	21st to end	Day	3 7% 3 8% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 41%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 7% 3 8% 5% 4 5% 5% 7% 8% 47%	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 3 2 3 4 4 9% 11% 60%	7650
	21st to end	Night	2 7% 3 7% 4 4 4 3 6% 10% 52%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 4 4 4 5% 3 6% 9% 57%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	3 6% 2 7% 5% 4 4 3 5% 9% 50%	2620
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 5% 3 4 5% 4 5% 8% 58%	2061
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 9% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 54%	5050
	11th to 20th	Night	3 8% 3 7% 5% 5% 4 4 6% 8% 48%	5110
	21st to end	Night	2 6% 2 7% 5% 4 5% 4 5% 7% 53%	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 4 7% 5% 58%	2251
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 2 6% 4 4 4 5% 5% 6% 56%	2039
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 6% 6% 58%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 3 5% 4 4 5% 4 6% 7% 52%	5321
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 5% 7% 59%	5296
	21st to end	Night	2 3 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 59%	5837
June	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 1 5% 4 3 4 3 6% 7% 59%	1887
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 5% 6% 68%	1761
	21st to end	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 5% 68%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 67%	5340
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 2 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 9% 51%	5340
	21st to end	Night	1 2 2 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 8% 10% 50%	5805
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 1 5% 4 5% 6% 4 7% 10% 54%	4123
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 4 5% 4 6% 7% 61%	4087
	21st to end	Night	3 4 2 6% 4 5% 5% 4 6% 8% 54%	4729
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 6% 8% 63%	2073
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 5% 6% 70%	2200
	21st to end	Night	3 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 5% 72%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 5% 74%	3824
	11th to 20th	Night	3 3 1 4 3 4 5% 3 5% 8% 59%	3898
	21st to end	Night	2 4 1 3 4 3 3 2 4 7% 67%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 69%	2543
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 6% 6% 67%	2730
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 5% 7% 63%	2856
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 10% 19% 50%	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 5% 4 3 4 5% 14% 16% 42%	5321
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 6% 4 4 5% 6% 11% 14% 40%	6640

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% 6% 19% 27% 17% 1	5321
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 13% 29% 26% 10%	5340
	21st to end	Day	26% 3 12% 31% 23% 5%	5844
February	1st to 10th	Day	26% 6% 17% 27% 20% 6%	1890
	11th to 20th	Day	31% 4 13% 26% 22% 4	1891
	21st to end	Day	26% 4 9% 32% 22% 7%	1744
March	1st to 10th	Day	27% 4 10% 23% 27% 10%	5064
	11th to 20th	Day	33% 4 10% 24% 21% 8%	5110
	21st to end	Day	37% 5% 9% 26% 21% 2	5607
April	1st to 10th	Day	25% 5% 7% 24% 28% 11%	2368
	11th to 20th	Day	28% 4 8% 22% 27% 10%	2528
	21st to end	Day	25% 5% 8% 21% 33% 9%	2730
May	1st to 10th	Day	24% 5% 7% 18% 33% 14%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 5% 7% 13% 29% 19%	7599
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 9% 16% 36% 13%	8371
June	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 7% 14% 31% 22%	2730
	11th to 20th	Day	18% 4 5% 9% 21% 43%	2753
	21st to end	Day	16% 4 5% 9% 20% 45%	2730
July	1st to 10th	Day	16% 2 5% 5% 12% 59%	7586
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 5% 12% 13% 16% 29%	7581
	21st to end	Day	20% 5% 9% 15% 20% 31%	8120
August	1st to 10th	Day	26% 7% 11% 20% 15% 21%	4338
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 8% 10% 15% 20% 23%	4250
	21st to end	Day	22% 7% 8% 16% 23% 24%	4503
September	1st to 10th	Day	21% 5% 8% 11% 24% 32%	2323
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 5% 7% 17% 22% 28%	2200
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 4 14% 37% 25%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Day	14% 2 4 14% 31% 35%	3369
	11th to 20th	Day	25% 3 5% 21% 36% 10%	3250
	21st to end	Day	18% 3 9% 29% 33% 8%	3548
November	1st to 10th	Day	18% 3 9% 30% 31% 8%	1973
	11th to 20th	Day	17% 4 10% 36% 30% 4	1890
	21st to end	Day	22% 4 12% 32% 24% 6%	1738
December	1st to 10th	Day	18% 6% 15% 37% 20% 5%	2700
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 9% 21% 34% 11% 1	3104
	21st to end	Day	34% 7% 14% 21% 16% 8%	4609
January	1st to 10th	Night	30% 7% 15% 27% 18% 3	7605
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 16% 31% 28% 6%	7650
	21st to end	Night	28% 4 13% 23% 27% 5%	8370
February	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 17% 30% 19% 5%	2730
	11th to 20th	Night	31% 4 10% 26% 24% 5%	2621
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 13% 27% 24% 8%	2061
March	1st to 10th	Night	29% 4 6% 24% 26% 11%	5050
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 4 8% 26% 23% 7%	5110
	21st to end	Night	30% 4 10% 27% 26% 3	5610
April	1st to 10th	Night	26% 4 7% 24% 26% 13%	2251
	11th to 20th	Night	28% 3 8% 22% 28% 11%	2039
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 7% 26% 31% 8%	1890
May	1st to 10th	Night	28% 4 7% 16% 29% 15%	5319
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 4 5% 18% 34% 16%	5297
	21st to end	Night	21% 4 7% 19% 37% 12%	5838
June	1st to 10th	Night	23% 5% 5% 16% 30% 21%	1887
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 3 6% 10% 20% 42%	1761
	21st to end	Night	16% 3 6% 8% 20% 47%	1890
July	1st to 10th	Night	17% 2 5% 6% 11% 59%	5295
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 4 10% 13% 16% 32%	5286
	21st to end	Night	24% 5% 11% 16% 15% 29%	5677
August	1st to 10th	Night	25% 6% 11% 22% 14% 22%	3018
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 7% 11% 14% 20% 25%	2964
	21st to end	Night	19% 6% 8% 17% 22% 28%	3405
September	1st to 10th	Night	18% 5% 9% 13% 20% 35%	2073
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 5% 6% 17% 26% 29%	2200
	21st to end	Night	16% 4 4 13% 32% 30%	2200
October	1st to 10th	Night	14% 3 4 13% 29% 37%	3824
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 3 7% 20% 35% 12%	3898
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 6% 32% 33% 8%	4252
November	1st to 10th	Night	17% 4 8% 26% 34% 10%	2543
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 5% 8% 34% 32% 4	2730
	21st to end	Night	21% 4 9% 28% 32% 6%	2856
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 6% 14% 41% 19% 5%	4710
	11th to 20th	Night	22% 12% 18% 35% 12% 2	5322
	21st to end	Night	27% 10% 17% 23% 16% 6%	6640

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	7% 4 17% 39% 23% 10%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 17% 41% 22% 12%	330
	21st to end	Day	2 3 12% 42% 31% 9%	363
February	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 22% 47% 19% 8%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 19% 46% 20% 4	367
	21st to end	Day	3 11% 26% 39% 17% 4	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	8% 10% 22% 38% 18% 5%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 11% 29% 30% 17% 6%	540
	21st to end	Day	6% 19% 28% 31% 11% 4	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	7% 16% 26% 24% 19% 7%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 23% 25% 28% 11% 4	532
	21st to end	Day	9% 19% 26% 24% 16% 7%	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	10% 13% 32% 26% 15% 4	543
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 15% 24% 25% 17% 10%	568
	21st to end	Day	8% 13% 24% 28% 20% 8%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	5% 10% 25% 26% 24% 11%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 11% 28% 27% 22% 7%	593
	21st to end	Day	4 9% 25% 34% 22% 7%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 17% 35% 28% 12%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 13% 30% 31% 18%	564
	21st to end	Day	4 3 13% 30% 32% 19%	619
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 20% 28% 29% 15%	567
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 17% 33% 28% 15%	534
	21st to end	Day	4 4 19% 30% 28% 15%	583
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 19% 25% 28% 19%	530
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 23% 26% 27% 10%	530
	21st to end	Day	4 10% 16% 30% 26% 15%	530
October	1st to 10th	Day	5% 10% 20% 24% 24% 17%	390
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 9% 16% 28% 26% 16%	330
	21st to end	Day	6% 7% 15% 36% 27% 10%	363
November	1st to 10th	Day	4 6% 19% 30% 30% 11%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 14% 41% 25% 12%	330
	21st to end	Day	5% 5% 14% 34% 30% 12%	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 15% 43% 22% 12%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 15% 40% 29% 10%	330
	21st to end	Day	6% 4 20% 45% 18% 9%	363
January	1st to 10th	Night	4 5% 15% 46% 24% 6%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 14% 46% 27% 6%	840
	21st to end	Night	5% 2 15% 50% 24% 5%	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 23% 48% 19% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 19% 51% 17% 4	824
	21st to end	Night	4 4 25% 51% 16% 1	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	6% 5% 20% 46% 22% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 5% 20% 44% 24% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	5% 9% 24% 43% 16% 3	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	5% 9% 27% 39% 18% 2	781
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 8% 30% 41% 16% 1	623
	21st to end	Night	4 10% 28% 37% 18% 3	630
May	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 28% 42% 16% 3	630
	11th to 20th	Night	4 5% 23% 40% 24% 4	621
	21st to end	Night	4 7% 26% 35% 26% 3	683
June	1st to 10th	Night	5% 5% 17% 43% 28% 2	630
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 6% 26% 40% 23% 2	630
	21st to end	Night	4 3 17% 46% 27% 3	630
July	1st to 10th	Night	5% 1 11% 34% 46% 3	615
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 8% 33% 49% 6%	612
	21st to end	Night	2 1 8% 30% 54% 6%	690
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 3 9% 37% 43% 4	627
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 9% 37% 42% 6%	606
	21st to end	Night	4 1 10% 36% 40% 9%	660
September	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 10% 37% 39% 8%	673
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 14% 38% 37% 8%	800
	21st to end	Night	4 3 13% 31% 38% 11%	800
October	1st to 10th	Night	7% 3 15% 38% 31% 6%	800
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 17% 43% 27% 7%	800
	21st to end	Night	5% 3 18% 39% 30% 6%	880
November	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 16% 43% 30% 7%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 16% 47% 25% 6%	840
	21st to end	Night	5% 5% 17% 40% 28% 5%	966
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 15% 51% 21% 5%	1050
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 15% 48% 25% 3	1050
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 18% 50% 18% 3	940

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