Alkali
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Alkali clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2026-10-29.

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	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 6% 72%	157479
	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 7% 68%	152104
Transparency	Day	13% 3 6% 17% 28% 32%	152490
	Night	16% 4 8% 19% 28% 25%	148074
Seeing	Day	4 7% 19% 27% 25% 18%	17701
	Night	3 4 19% 43% 27% 3	27236

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 3 2 5% 3 4 5% 5% 7% 9% 57%	4722
	11th to 20th	Day	3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 6% 71%	4740
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 1 5% 3 4 3 4 6% 10% 56%	5825
February	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 6% 10% 60%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	1 4 1 5% 4 3 4 4 7% 10% 58%	2050
	21st to end	Day	1 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 6% 7% 62%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	1 4 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 55%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 4 3 4 4 4 5% 8% 59%	4828
	21st to end	Day	2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 6% 9% 58%	6005
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 5% 7% 64%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 1 3 2 3 4 4 5% 6% 67%	2489
	21st to end	Day	1 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5% 8% 65%	2572
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 5% 72%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 4 78%	7596
	21st to end	Day	1 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5% 73%	8483
June	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 68%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5% 77%	2940
	21st to end	Day	1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 81%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 88%	8219
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 5% 77%	8220
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 5% 79%	8663
August	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 86%	7270
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 1 3 5% 84%	7001
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6% 77%	7750
September	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5% 78%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 81%	2342
	21st to end	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 5% 82%	2310
October	1st to 10th	Day	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 5% 80%	3710
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	3471
	21st to end	Day	1 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 6% 77%	3321
November	1st to 10th	Day	1 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 8% 69%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	1 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 5% 8% 70%	1890
	21st to end	Day	2 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 6% 7% 65%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	1 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 70%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 2 5% 4 4 4 4 7% 10% 54%	3192
	21st to end	Day	2 4 2 5% 4 4 5% 5% 7% 10% 52%	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	1 4 2 6% 3 3 4 3 5% 9% 61%	8172
	11th to 20th	Night	1 3 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 7% 70%	8220
	21st to end	Night	3 6% 2 6% 4 4 4 4 6% 8% 55%	8358
February	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 9% 61%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 7% 10% 61%	2458
	21st to end	Night	1 4 3 5% 3 3 3 3 5% 8% 61%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 63%	5496
	11th to 20th	Night	2 5% 2 4 3 3 4 4 7% 8% 59%	5391
	21st to end	Night	2 4 1 4 3 3 4 3 6% 8% 61%	5209
April	1st to 10th	Night	2 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 66%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 4 3 2 3 3 4 6% 70%	2079
	21st to end	Night	4 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 6% 65%	2046
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 6% 69%	5321
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 72%	5296
	21st to end	Night	4 3 2 5% 3 3 3 3 4 6% 64%	5700
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 67%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 5% 74%	1680
	21st to end	Night	1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 80%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 83%	4740
	11th to 20th	Night	1 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 5% 6% 68%	4740
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 75%	5424
August	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 80%	5563
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 5% 79%	5886
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 5% 7% 69%	6499
September	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6% 78%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 79%	2277
	21st to end	Night	2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 80%	2310
October	1st to 10th	Night	2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5% 79%	3710
	11th to 20th	Night	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5% 82%	3902
	21st to end	Night	1 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 78%	4653
November	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 7% 75%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 7% 71%	2730
	21st to end	Night	2 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 5% 7% 67%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	1 2 1 4 2 3 4 3 6% 6% 69%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	1 6% 2 5% 3 3 4 3 6% 13% 55%	5217
	21st to end	Night	1 4 2 6% 5% 6% 7% 5% 8% 11% 44%	7106

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	21% 9% 17% 27% 24% 2	4723
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 4 10% 19% 29% 25%	4740
	21st to end	Day	22% 5% 10% 23% 30% 10%	5825
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 4 11% 28% 26% 11%	2100
	11th to 20th	Day	20% 4 9% 27% 31% 8%	2060
	21st to end	Day	21% 4 12% 28% 27% 9%	1730
March	1st to 10th	Day	21% 4 8% 24% 31% 13%	4618
	11th to 20th	Day	22% 4 10% 30% 27% 8%	4828
	21st to end	Day	20% 4 10% 27% 28% 11%	6005
April	1st to 10th	Day	18% 4 7% 25% 28% 17%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	16% 4 7% 20% 33% 20%	2492
	21st to end	Day	16% 3 8% 24% 35% 14%	2572
May	1st to 10th	Day	13% 3 6% 19% 38% 22%	7626
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 4 11% 42% 31%	7599
	21st to end	Day	13% 3 4 14% 38% 28%	8484
June	1st to 10th	Day	14% 4 7% 13% 30% 33%	2940
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 4 7% 27% 50%	2940
	21st to end	Day	8% 2 3 5% 20% 63%	2940
July	1st to 10th	Day	5% 1 1 4 13% 75%	8151
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 3 4 9% 16% 58%	8145
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 4 12% 19% 54%	8470
August	1st to 10th	Day	8% 2 2 8% 23% 58%	5756
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 3 4 15% 19% 53%	5517
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 2 13% 28% 47%	6077
September	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 3 8% 24% 54%	2520
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 2 3 11% 30% 45%	2342
	21st to end	Day	7% 2 3 12% 33% 43%	2310
October	1st to 10th	Day	9% 2 3 10% 34% 43%	3710
	11th to 20th	Day	11% 2 2 11% 41% 33%	3471
	21st to end	Day	10% 2 3 19% 47% 18%	3321
November	1st to 10th	Day	15% 2 9% 25% 34% 16%	1854
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 3 8% 29% 37% 9%	1890
	21st to end	Day	17% 3 8% 27% 31% 13%	1890
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 3 8% 25% 32% 17%	3040
	11th to 20th	Day	23% 5% 12% 29% 25% 5%	3192
	21st to end	Day	23% 6% 19% 29% 20% 3	4092
January	1st to 10th	Night	19% 10% 15% 29% 24% 3	8172
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 9% 20% 33% 21%	8220
	21st to end	Night	26% 5% 10% 22% 24% 13%	8358
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 3 11% 27% 26% 11%	2520
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 4 9% 27% 33% 9%	2459
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 11% 30% 26% 9%	2076
March	1st to 10th	Night	19% 5% 6% 22% 32% 16%	5496
	11th to 20th	Night	20% 5% 9% 31% 27% 8%	5391
	21st to end	Night	18% 4 13% 29% 28% 7%	5209
April	1st to 10th	Night	19% 3 8% 28% 28% 14%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 4 6% 23% 32% 18%	2079
	21st to end	Night	20% 3 7% 24% 35% 11%	2046
May	1st to 10th	Night	16% 4 6% 16% 41% 17%	5319
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 3 6% 10% 37% 30%	5297
	21st to end	Night	20% 4 7% 12% 37% 21%	5701
June	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 8% 13% 31% 29%	1680
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 2 3 9% 25% 46%	1680
	21st to end	Night	8% 3 3 5% 22% 59%	1680
July	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 2 4 12% 72%	4700
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 4 6% 11% 15% 51%	4692
	21st to end	Night	12% 4 6% 10% 18% 50%	5305
August	1st to 10th	Night	12% 3 4 9% 22% 50%	4396
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 3 4 16% 16% 50%	4636
	21st to end	Night	10% 3 4 14% 24% 46%	5092
September	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 2 10% 22% 53%	2100
	11th to 20th	Night	10% 2 4 10% 28% 46%	2277
	21st to end	Night	10% 2 3 10% 31% 44%	2310
October	1st to 10th	Night	10% 2 4 11% 29% 45%	3710
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 2 3 12% 37% 38%	3902
	21st to end	Night	12% 3 3 16% 43% 23%	4653
November	1st to 10th	Night	12% 2 7% 27% 35% 17%	2665
	11th to 20th	Night	15% 4 7% 26% 34% 14%	2730
	21st to end	Night	18% 3 6% 25% 37% 13%	2730
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 4 7% 24% 32% 18%	4370
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 4 14% 28% 29% 4	5217
	21st to end	Night	27% 7% 16% 27% 19% 3	7106

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% 8% 26% 32% 20% 8%	220
	11th to 20th	Day	3 5% 25% 33% 21% 14%	220
	21st to end	Day	4 6% 22% 28% 27% 14%	430
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 11% 27% 29% 19% 10%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 13% 31% 28% 16% 7%	535
	21st to end	Day	4 10% 24% 37% 19% 5%	446
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 16% 29% 26% 17% 8%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 12% 26% 28% 19% 9%	540
	21st to end	Day	7% 13% 31% 27% 15% 8%	594
April	1st to 10th	Day	5% 13% 23% 24% 20% 14%	540
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 14% 28% 26% 19% 7%	532
	21st to end	Day	6% 11% 26% 25% 19% 12%	540
May	1st to 10th	Day	4 8% 27% 29% 18% 13%	543
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 10% 21% 26% 22% 15%	568
	21st to end	Day	4 8% 14% 27% 27% 19%	617
June	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 16% 24% 28% 24%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 17% 25% 27% 20%	570
	21st to end	Day	1 4 16% 26% 31% 22%	570
July	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 13% 29% 30% 23%	566
	11th to 20th	Day	1 1 7% 27% 33% 30%	564
	21st to end	Day	2 1 9% 29% 29% 29%	619
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 9% 30% 31% 24%	567
	11th to 20th	Day	2 2 13% 25% 29% 29%	557
	21st to end	Day	2 1 12% 26% 30% 28%	627
September	1st to 10th	Day	2 4 15% 23% 28% 29%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	2 5% 19% 28% 27% 19%	570
	21st to end	Day	2 5% 15% 25% 33% 20%	570
October	1st to 10th	Day	2 8% 16% 23% 25% 25%	570
	11th to 20th	Day	3 7% 19% 25% 29% 17%	570
	21st to end	Day	3 5% 15% 27% 28% 22%	424
November	1st to 10th	Day	3 5% 13% 31% 29% 20%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 7% 17% 32% 23% 16%	330
	21st to end	Day	4 5% 16% 31% 28% 16%	330
December	1st to 10th	Day	3 3 15% 38% 27% 12%	330
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 18% 33% 26% 14%	250
	21st to end	Day	5% 8% 27% 28% 23% 10%	242
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 22% 41% 23% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 22% 49% 22% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 22% 42% 23% 3	924
February	1st to 10th	Night	4 4 27% 39% 23% 3	840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 26% 42% 20% 2	824
	21st to end	Night	4 6% 25% 47% 16% 2	692
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 6% 27% 46% 17% 2	840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 7% 22% 43% 23% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	5% 7% 28% 40% 18% 1	924
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 9% 26% 39% 22% 1	840
	11th to 20th	Night	4 9% 27% 40% 17% 2	831
	21st to end	Night	5% 8% 25% 40% 19% 3	786
May	1st to 10th	Night	4 9% 27% 42% 17% 1	630
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 9% 24% 38% 23% 2	621
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 21% 38% 24% 2	637
June	1st to 10th	Night	2 5% 17% 45% 30% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 21% 50% 24%	420
	21st to end	Night	1 1 14% 53% 28% 2	420
July	1st to 10th	Night	4 7% 54% 34% 1	410
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 7% 43% 43% 3	408
	21st to end	Night	2 2 5% 47% 41% 2	552
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 2 11% 46% 35% 2	725
	11th to 20th	Night	2 1 10% 42% 42% 3	832
	21st to end	Night	2 1 8% 42% 43% 3	924
September	1st to 10th	Night	3 2 10% 37% 44% 5%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	2 2 13% 43% 37% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	2 3 14% 38% 38% 6%	840
October	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 17% 38% 33% 6%	840
	11th to 20th	Night	2 4 17% 39% 34% 5%	840
	21st to end	Night	1 4 18% 38% 32% 7%	912
November	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 16% 38% 35% 6%	820
	11th to 20th	Night	2 3 18% 48% 26% 4	840
	21st to end	Night	3 3 18% 44% 28% 4	840
December	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 19% 48% 23% 4	840
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 3 18% 46% 23% 3	840
	21st to end	Night	4 5% 25% 46% 19% 2	924

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