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Montebello

34.010° N   118.105° W  ·  66 M
37 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 3 hours gap from 22:00.
BEST WINDOW 22:00–01:00 · ASTRO DARK 22:00–05:00 · MOON 1%
Transparency
0.58
Seeing
1.00
Cloud
48%
Moon
1%

Fair tonight

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

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
20
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
0
47
37
35
36
32
32
31
31
24
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
1%
2%
3%
7%
6%
13%
14%
17%
15%
12%
17%
Mid cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
High cloud
48%
48%
97%
98%
96%
99%
98%
98%
98%
95%
93%
Transparency
0.63
0.58
0.56
0.55
0.54
0.54
0.53
0.53
0.51
0.51
0.50
Seeing
0.93
0.98
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
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
20 Clouded out · 0/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−27
Transparency
−11
Seeing
−1
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−61
Score
0
CLOUD 48% LOW 1% MID 0% HIGH 48% SUN -4.1° MOON 0.6° / 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 20:30 · OBSERVE 21:00–22:00 · 1H · MEAN 40

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

202200020406
MOON SETS BY 21:00CLOUD RETURNS 22:00
SET UP 20:30 · OBSERVE 21:00–01:00 · 4H · MEAN 44

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

202200020406
MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 20:30 · OBSERVE 21:00–22:00 · 1H · MEAN 37

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

202200020406
MOON SETS BY 21:00CLOUD RETURNS 22:00
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 48%
SET UP 20:30 · OBSERVE 21:00–22:00 · 1H · MEAN 39

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

202200020406
MOON SETS BY 21:00CLOUD RETURNS 22:00
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
37
Fair
MOON 1%
22:00–01:00
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
68
Good
MOON 3%
22:00–05:00
Friday · 14 Aug
81
Excellent
MOON 7%
22:00–00:00
Saturday · 15 Aug
83
Excellent
MOON 17%
23:00–00:00
Sunday · 16 Aug
67
Good
MOON 25%
23:00–00:00
Monday · 17 Aug
73
Good
MOON 35%
23:00–00:00
Tuesday · 18 Aug
89
Excellent
MOON 44%
23:00–00:00
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About this forecast

Conditions for Montebello, California, United States 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 →