Eclipse Weather

[John Murrell]

Those of you who are heading North for the Eclipse or just want to watch the eclipse on a webcam the weather forecasts are available:

 

Faroes:

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmi.dk%2Ffaeroeerne%2Fvejret%2Ffemdoegnsudsigt-fo%2F&edit-text=

 

Translation of http://www.dmi.dk/faeroeerne/vejret/femdoegnsudsigt-fo/ (Google Chrome should translate it automatically)

 

Current forecast is

 

Friday:
Fresh breeze to gale around northeast, 10 to 15 m / s, which accounts for slight to moderate breeze, 3 to 8 m / s. First overcast with rain or sleet later clear and perhaps a few snow showers. Temp. between 1 and 4 degrees at night down around freezing.

 

There are three webcams at http://www.fae.fo/Default.aspx?pageid=14278 showing the airport – currently even worse than the UK.

 

Svalbard

 

The observatory at http://kho.unis.no/ has some web & science cameras but no information on eclipse viewing

 

Weather at http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Svalbard/Longyearbyen/ also 4 webcams showing the town, harbour, observatory & a radio observatory

 

Forecast is:

 

Friday 20/03/2015	01:00–07:00		-18°	0 mm	Light breeze, 3 m/s from northeast
	07:00–13:00		-18°	0 mm	Light breeze, 2 m/s from north-northeast
	13:00–19:00		-16°	0 mm	Light air, 2 m/s from west-northwest
	19:00–01:00		-15°	0 mm	Light air, 2 m/s from north

So cold with sunny intervals

 

No Polar Bears in sight but the observatory manual above has instructions on how to shoot them – 4 shots to the chest with a heavy rifle ! Then fill in lots of paperwork as they are a protected species.

 

SE UK is around 1 to 4 C with cloud

 

Sounds a bit of a challenge to see anything

 

Looks as though the TV may be the best option hoping the BBC aircraft can fly from the Faroes

 

Enjoy

 

John Murrell

Astronomer Without Portfolio

Website www.JohnMurrell.org.uk