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Lawksawk

21.248° N   96.867° E  ·  940 M
41 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 4 hours gap from 23:30.
BEST WINDOW 23:30–03:30 · ASTRO DARK 23:30–04:30 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.32
Seeing
1.00
Cloud
43%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

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

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
41
41
35
40
29
8
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
27%
29%
39%
24%
33%
42%
46%
Mid cloud
20%
14%
18%
28%
44%
87%
51%
High cloud
6%
11%
3%
2%
3%
3%
18%
Transparency
0.32
0.30
0.29
0.29
0.28
0.28
0.29
Seeing
0.87
0.91
0.95
0.98
1.00
1.00
1.00
Moon clear
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
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
23 Fair · 41/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−42
Transparency
−16
Seeing
−1
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
41
CLOUD 43% LOW 27% MID 20% HIGH 6% SUN -52.6° MOON -51.4° / 0% WIND 3 TEMP 21°
Excellent 75+ Good 55+ Fair 35+ Poor 15+ Not worth it Seeing is estimated from surface wind — see how we score.
Tonight's limiting factor
Conditions for planets and the Moon

Seeing is everything. Darkness and moonlight barely matter, and a hazy, humid night that ruins deep-sky work is often the steadiest night of the year for planetary detail.

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.

SET UP 23:00 · OBSERVE 23:30–03:30 · 4H · MEAN 40

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

23010305
CLOUD RETURNS 03:30
SET UP 23:00 · OBSERVE 23:30–04:30 · 5H · MEAN 44

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

23010305
CLOUD RETURNS 04:30MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 23:00 · OBSERVE 23:30–01:30 · 2H · MEAN 39

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

23010305
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

23010305
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 43%
SET UP 23:00 · OBSERVE 23:30–01:30 · 2H · MEAN 40

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

23010305
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
41
Fair
MOON 0%
23:30–03:30
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
49
Fair
MOON 2%
22:30–02:30
Friday · 14 Aug
63
Good
MOON 6%
20:30–04:30
Saturday · 15 Aug
32
Poor
MOON 12%
Sunday · 16 Aug
26
Poor
MOON 19%
Monday · 17 Aug
20
Poor
MOON 28%
Tuesday · 18 Aug
27
Poor
MOON 37%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Lawksawk, Myanmar (Burma) 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 →