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Mazatlán

23.222° N   106.419° W  ·  1 M
44 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 1 hour gap from 04:00.
BEST WINDOW 04:00–05:00 · ASTRO DARK 21:00–05:00 · MOON 1%
Transparency
0.43
Seeing
0.94
Cloud
62%
Moon
1%

Fair tonight

Hour by hour, local to Mazatlán. 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
32
32
33
32
29
30
31
31
44
14
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
3%
6%
2%
4%
7%
Mid cloud
2%
1%
0%
0%
2%
10%
12%
25%
11%
2%
2%
7%
High cloud
99%
98%
98%
98%
98%
98%
93%
75%
85%
61%
60%
44%
Transparency
0.46
0.43
0.41
0.39
0.36
0.32
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.31
0.28
0.25
Seeing
0.60
0.67
0.71
0.76
0.78
0.77
0.83
0.88
0.81
0.82
0.94
0.85
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
−10
Seeing
−4
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−32
Score
0
CLOUD 99% LOW 0% MID 2% HIGH 99% SUN -5.0° MOON 0.3° / 0% WIND 6 TEMP 30°
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 03:30 · OBSERVE 04:00–05:00 · 1H · MEAN 43

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

192123010305
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 04:00TWILIGHT BEGINS 05:00
SET UP 03:30 · OBSERVE 04:00–06:00 · 2H · MEAN 44

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

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HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 04:00TWILIGHT BEGINS 06:00MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 03:30 · OBSERVE 04:00–05:00 · 1H · MEAN 35

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

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HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 04:00TWILIGHT BEGINS 05:00
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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CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 52%
SET UP 03:30 · OBSERVE 04:00–05:00 · 1H · MEAN 42

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

192123010305
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 04:00TWILIGHT BEGINS 05:00
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
44
Fair
MOON 1%
04:00–05:00
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
62
Good
MOON 3%
23:00–03:00
Friday · 14 Aug
65
Good
MOON 7%
22:00–00:00
Saturday · 15 Aug
31
Poor
MOON 17%
Sunday · 16 Aug
34
Poor
MOON 25%
Monday · 17 Aug
20
Poor
MOON 35%
Tuesday · 18 Aug
23
Poor
MOON 44%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Mazatlán, 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 →