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Padam

33.467° N   76.885° E  ·  3560 M
38 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 1 hour gap from 22:30.
BEST WINDOW 22:30–23:30 · ASTRO DARK 22:30–04:30 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.53
Seeing
1.00
Cloud
62%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

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

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
38
34
16
9
13
3
5
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
19%
26%
48%
70%
63%
80%
73%
73%
Mid cloud
21%
24%
38%
28%
6%
15%
6%
2%
High cloud
52%
32%
16%
26%
21%
5%
2%
1%
Transparency
0.53
0.46
0.37
0.34
0.30
0.28
0.28
0.32
Seeing
1.00
0.96
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.98
1.00
1.00
Moon clear
down
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
22 Fair · 38/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−53
Transparency
−9
Seeing
−0
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
38
CLOUD 64% LOW 19% MID 21% HIGH 52% SUN -34.0° MOON -32.6° / 0% WIND 2 TEMP 15°
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 22:00 · OBSERVE 22:30–23:30 · 1H · MEAN 36

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

22000204
SET UP 22:00 · OBSERVE 22:30–00:30 · 2H · MEAN 40

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

22000204
MOONLIGHT 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.

22000204
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 62%
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

22000204
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 62%
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

22000204
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 62%
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
38
Fair
MOON 0%
22:30–23:30
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
63
Good
MOON 2%
21:30–00:30
Friday · 14 Aug
69
Good
MOON 6%
21:30–00:30
Saturday · 15 Aug
35
Fair
MOON 13%
23:30–00:30
Sunday · 16 Aug
72
Good
MOON 21%
23:30–00:30
Monday · 17 Aug
61
Good
MOON 30%
23:30–00:30
Tuesday · 18 Aug
48
Fair
MOON 39%
23:30–00:30
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About this forecast

Conditions for Padam, India 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 →