Observing Meet - Feb. 20th

[daiwelly]

Hi Steve coming from Fochriw at Pentwyn near the Mount Pleasant Inn turn right to go over Gelliagaer common first turn right towards Bedlinog and it is about 150yds on right.

coming from gelliagear come towards Merthyr come past the quarry, past the turn on which goes to Trelewis carry on towards Merthyr the road turns sharply left at the next left turn, turn towards Bedlinog and the position is about 150 yds on right.

bedlinog2.pdf

[mister_wavey]

any idea on the likelihood of traffic disturbing us over at Bedlinog, David?

[daiwelly]

a little bit more than Blaenavon but not too bad i could go up there and do a car count over an hour!

[L8-Nite]

Our scheduled observing meet for February is only a few nights away.  The forecast appears to be improving, with conditions looking favourable from dusk to midnight on Friday.

[stevetynant]

Have fun guys - fingers crossed

[lennylovit]

Just seen Derek with his weather report on bbc1 and rain for Thursday and not too good for Friday , Steve wot do your weather sites and the seaweed have to say about the weekend forecast ??

Lenny

[L8-Nite]

My big toe tells me....... " wait till Friday " .

The bad weather may be a  no - show,  like my demolition crew.  

[stevetynant]

Just seen Derek with his weather report on bbc1 and rain for Thursday and not too good for Friday , Steve wot do your weather sites and the seaweed have to say about the weekend forecast ??

Lenny

Not looking too promising I'm afraid Len but you never know things change very quickly in the uk it's notoriously difficult to forecast being a long narrow island surrounded by water. I'm off to the Cotswolds on Friday and their hinting at snow in that part of the world,typical lol.good luck with the skies for the weekend folks

[Freff]

I'm unable to go despite the weather. I have my baby brother's 50th birthday party to attend.   

[mister_wavey]

weather reports for today (Friday) don't look good currently. Saturday might be OK according to a couple of the sites.

[daiwelly]

I am looking forward to this weekend if its tonight or Saturday night curtesy of the weather

[L8-Nite]

Hi Folks,

The consensus of the weather forecasts look grim, so tonight's Observing Meet is a " NO-GO ".   
At the moment, Saturday night " is " looking favourable though.  
Check this thread tomorrow about 3:00pm (15:00) for an update.

Clear skies to us all.

[lennylovit]

OK

[daiwelly]

I am looking forward to this weekend if its tonight or Saturday night curtesy of the weather

Well its 7:20 am here and its snowing here still keeping my fingers crossed for this evening although it all seems to be stacked against us

[stevetynant]

Forecast for later on looks pretty good on the beeb in terms of clear skies but the wind is at 10mph. Fingers crossed for you all.

[lennylovit]

That will be 25mph up the site !!!!!

[stevetynant]

Looks like to me len for once we've found the gap in the clouds with no moon to spoil the party.hopefully it will go ahead. There won't be many really dark nights for a while after end of march so gotta make the most of them.

[brrttpaul]

Hoping to do some astro/scape shots tonight, think I am going to change my approach entirely and leave the star adventurer at home and just go for a fixed tripod 11mm 2.8 lens about 30 secs single subs that way im really portable and if theres a bit of snow down all the better

[L8-Nite]

Is there anyone near Blaenavon who can give us an update on the amount of snow that fell last night. ? ? ?

[mister_wavey]

Can't see any on the mountain face that is visible from Abergavenny

[L8-Nite]

Thanks Stuart !

[L8-Nite]

I'll start a new thread regarding tonight's Meet on or about 3:00 pm (15:00).