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Tando Jam

25.428° N   68.529° E  ·  24 M
70 /100
PEAK
Worth setting up — 5 hours of workable sky from 00:00.
BEST WINDOW 00:00–05:00 · ASTRO DARK 21:00–05:00 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.61
Seeing
0.81
Cloud
3%
Moon
0%

Good tonight

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

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
6
9
30
56
70
70
61
64
4
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
1%
2%
2%
1%
Mid cloud
98%
97%
65%
27%
2%
2%
5%
9%
100%
52%
High cloud
67%
23%
5%
0%
1%
0%
18%
1%
24%
0%
Transparency
0.61
0.56
0.51
0.46
0.42
0.40
0.38
0.36
0.35
0.35
Seeing
0.79
0.74
0.72
0.76
0.77
0.79
0.79
0.80
0.81
0.80
Moon clear
down
down
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
21 Clouded out · 6/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−92
Transparency
−1
Seeing
−0
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
6
CLOUD 99% LOW 0% MID 98% HIGH 67% SUN -24.6° MOON -23.4° / 0% WIND 4 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 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–05:00 · 5H · MEAN 66

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

2123010305
CLOUD BREAKS 00:00CLOUD RETURNS 05:00
SET UP 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–05:00 · 5H · MEAN 71

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

2123010305
CLOUD BREAKS 00:00CLOUD RETURNS 05:00MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–05:00 · 5H · MEAN 63

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

2123010305
CLOUD BREAKS 00:00CLOUD RETURNS 05:00
SET UP 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–05:00 · 5H · MEAN 53

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

2123010305
CLOUD BREAKS 00:00CLOUD RETURNS 05:00
SET UP 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–05:00 · 5H · MEAN 70

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

2123010305
CLOUD BREAKS 00:00CLOUD RETURNS 05:00
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
70
Good
MOON 0%
00:00–05:00
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
75
Excellent
MOON 2%
21:00–05:00
Friday · 14 Aug
73
Good
MOON 6%
21:00–04:00
Saturday · 15 Aug
37
Fair
MOON 13%
23:00–00:00
Sunday · 16 Aug
60
Good
MOON 21%
23:00–00:00
Monday · 17 Aug
53
Fair
MOON 30%
23:00–00:00
Tuesday · 18 Aug
37
Fair
MOON 39%
23:00–00:00
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About this forecast

Conditions for Tando Jam, Pakistan 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 →