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Magdalena de Kino

30.627° N   110.962° W  ·  779 M
41 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 2 hours gap from 00:00.
BEST WINDOW 00:00–02:00 · ASTRO DARK 21:00–05:00 · MOON 1%
Transparency
0.25
Seeing
1.00
Cloud
66%
Moon
1%

Fair tonight

Hour by hour, local to Magdalena de Kino. 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
6
7
25
14
41
35
33
28
32
12
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
6%
9%
16%
0%
5%
4%
1%
12%
16%
3%
1%
2%
Mid cloud
9%
56%
85%
17%
70%
4%
5%
3%
11%
4%
0%
0%
High cloud
88%
97%
88%
96%
63%
64%
86%
81%
85%
91%
98%
99%
Transparency
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.25
0.24
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.23
Seeing
0.93
1.00
0.99
0.91
0.93
0.90
0.97
0.98
1.00
1.00
0.91
0.86
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
−55
Transparency
−16
Seeing
−0
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−28
Score
0
CLOUD 90% LOW 6% MID 9% HIGH 88% SUN 1.1° MOON 5.6° / 0% WIND 3 TEMP 23°
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.

SET UP 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–01:00 · 1H · MEAN 39

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

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CLOUD BREAKS 00:00CLOUD RETURNS 01:00
SET UP 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–03:00 · 3H · MEAN 42

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

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CLOUD BREAKS 00:00MOONLIGHT 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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CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 66%
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

192123010305
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 66%
SET UP 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–01:00 · 1H · MEAN 37

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

192123010305
CLOUD BREAKS 00:00CLOUD RETURNS 01:00
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
41
Fair
MOON 1%
00:00–02:00
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
71
Good
MOON 3%
21:00–05:00
Friday · 14 Aug
79
Excellent
MOON 7%
21:00–00:00
Saturday · 15 Aug
67
Good
MOON 17%
23:00–00:00
Sunday · 16 Aug
80
Excellent
MOON 25%
23:00–00:00
Monday · 17 Aug
41
Fair
MOON 35%
23:00–00:00
Tuesday · 18 Aug
48
Fair
MOON 44%
23:00–00:00
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About this forecast

Conditions for Magdalena de Kino, 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 →