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19.977° N   76.788° E  ·  542 M
42 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 1 hour gap from 02:30.
BEST WINDOW 02:30–03:30 · ASTRO DARK 22:30–05:30 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.25
Seeing
0.89
Cloud
53%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

Hour by hour, local to Risod. 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
06
12
8
7
29
42
33
28
1
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
1%
2%
2%
0%
0%
0%
1%
2%
2%
Mid cloud
67%
88%
91%
9%
24%
20%
13%
100%
100%
High cloud
94%
73%
74%
95%
38%
73%
97%
91%
91%
Transparency
0.10
0.10
0.22
0.25
0.24
0.23
0.24
0.23
0.23
Seeing
0.88
0.84
0.79
0.79
0.87
0.86
0.88
0.89
0.85
Moon clear
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
0%
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 Clouded out · 12/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−81
Transparency
−7
Seeing
−0
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
12
CLOUD 95% LOW 1% MID 67% HIGH 94% SUN -44.6° MOON -43.1° / 0% WIND 3 TEMP 24°
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 02:00 · OBSERVE 02:30–03:30 · 1H · MEAN 41

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

2200020406
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 02:30CLOUD RETURNS 03:30
SET UP 02:00 · OBSERVE 02:30–04:30 · 2H · MEAN 43

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

2200020406
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 02:30CLOUD RETURNS 04:30MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 02:00 · OBSERVE 02:30–03:30 · 1H · MEAN 35

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

2200020406
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 02:30CLOUD RETURNS 03:30
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

2200020406
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 53%
SET UP 02:00 · OBSERVE 02:30–03:30 · 1H · MEAN 40

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

2200020406
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 02:30CLOUD RETURNS 03:30
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
42
Fair
MOON 0%
02:30–03:30
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
30
Poor
MOON 2%
Friday · 14 Aug
29
Poor
MOON 6%
Saturday · 15 Aug
29
Poor
MOON 13%
Sunday · 16 Aug
3
Clouded out
MOON 21%
Monday · 17 Aug
20
Poor
MOON 30%
Tuesday · 18 Aug
30
Poor
MOON 39%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Risod, 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 →