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Ciudad Mendoza

18.806° N   97.179° W  ·  1333 M
35 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 1 hour gap from 05:00.
BEST WINDOW 05:00–06:00 · ASTRO DARK 21:00–05:00 · MOON 1%
Transparency
0.21
Seeing
1.00
Cloud
34%
Moon
1%

Fair tonight

Hour by hour, local to Ciudad Mendoza. Colour encodes the score and nothing else; every other measurement is luminance.

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
19
20
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
0
33
1
4
18
23
20
12
8
15
35
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
41%
30%
98%
94%
61%
49%
51%
63%
72%
59%
40%
17%
Mid cloud
2%
1%
3%
1%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
0%
1%
0%
High cloud
2%
6%
5%
1%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Transparency
0.26
0.19
0.17
0.20
0.21
0.19
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.18
0.18
0.23
Seeing
0.87
0.96
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.97
0.94
0.99
1.00
Moon clear
0%
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Inspect

Cloud tracks show clear sky — a longer bar is better. The figure inside each track is the raw measurement.

Why this hour scored what it did
19 Clouded out · 0/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−42
Transparency
−17
Seeing
−1
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−39
Score
0
CLOUD 42% LOW 41% MID 2% HIGH 2% SUN -1.2° MOON 3.7° / 0% WIND 3 TEMP 19°
Excellent 75+ Good 55+ Fair 35+ Poor 15+ Not worth it Seeing is estimated from surface wind — see how we score.

What are you doing tonight?

The same forecast, weighted for the target. Planetary work barely cares about moonlight; long exposures die on high cloud a visual observer would never notice.

NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

Darkness and moonlight dominate. Faint fuzzies need a genuinely dark sky more than they need steady air.

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CONDITIONS STAY BELOW THE USABLE THRESHOLD
SET UP 19:30 · OBSERVE 20:00–21:00 · 1H · MEAN 52

Seeing is everything and moonlight is irrelevant. Bright targets punch through twilight, so darkness barely counts.

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CLOUD RETURNS 21:00MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

Tolerates soft seeing, but high cloud wrecks a wide frame and moonlight raises the background everywhere.

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CONDITIONS STAY BELOW THE USABLE THRESHOLD
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

Needs conditions to hold still for hours. Sustained transparency matters more than any single good hour.

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CONDITIONS STAY BELOW THE USABLE THRESHOLD
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

Naked eye, whole sky. Total cloud and moonlight are the only things that count.

192123010305
CONDITIONS STAY BELOW THE USABLE THRESHOLD
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
35
Fair
MOON 0%
05:00–06:00
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
48
Fair
MOON 3%
04:00–06:00
Friday · 14 Aug
44
Fair
MOON 7%
00:00–01:00
Saturday · 15 Aug
6
Clouded out
MOON 15%
Sunday · 16 Aug
47
Fair
MOON 23%
00:00–01:00
Monday · 17 Aug
44
Fair
MOON 32%
00:00–01:00
Tuesday · 18 Aug
30
Poor
MOON 42%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Ciudad Mendoza, Mexico are computed from the MET Norway forecast model for these exact coordinates, combined with sun and moon positions we calculate directly. The score weighs cloud cover by layer, atmospheric transparency, estimated seeing, moonlight and how dark the sky actually gets. Read the full method →