The weather thread

According to that map, hanna seems to have, thankfully, dissipated.

There is also a planetarium link on that site to the neave planetarium, which allows you to view the starscape from anywhere in the world. It is a handy point of reference for any budding astronomer.

johnfás wrote:

Yikes! A well timed departure!

He thinks that Gustav is on the wane, and hopes to be back in the French Quarter tomorrow night for another sessiún.

cactus flower wrote:

johnfás wrote:

Yikes! A well timed departure!

He thinks that Gustav is on the wane, and hopes to be back in the French Quarter tomorrow night for another sessiún.

Is that hunch alcohol or meteorologically inspired?

riadach wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

johnfás wrote:

Yikes! A well timed departure!

He thinks that Gustav is on the wane, and hopes to be back in the French Quarter tomorrow night for another sessiún.

Is that hunch alcohol or meteorologically inspired?

I don't know. The telecommunications interoperability is not fully functioning. He says he doesn't want to let the fans down

God today has been very wet, there's been constant waves of rain over us here.

Three hurricanes queuing up in an orderly line to hit Florida
and parts of Bihar under 6 metres of water.

cactus flower wrote:

Three hurricanes queuing up in an orderly line to hit Florida
and parts of Bihar under 6 metres of water.

It's rough out there...

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

Three hurricanes queuing up in an orderly line to hit Florida
and parts of Bihar under 6 metres of water.

It's rough out there...

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

Yeah, that was a hefty shower to be sure.

Wind darkness rain sun wind darkness rain sun wind sun wind sun rain wind darkness wind rain rain wind sun wind

Start of the winter today. It's like March here.

EvotingMachine0197 wrote:

Ard-Taoiseach wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

Three hurricanes queuing up in an orderly line to hit Florida
and parts of Bihar under 6 metres of water.

It's rough out there...

http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

Yeah, that was a hefty shower to be sure.

I'd say we'll have another month of above-average rainfall this month. About 125% of the average is my feeling.

cactus flower wrote:

Three hurricanes queuing up in an orderly line to hit Florida
and parts of Bihar under 6 metres of water.

We have hanna, then ike and josephine next. I'm rather disappointed that my amateur meterological observations didn't come to fruition. Hanna will likely hit cuba head on, which does not leave much time for the cubans to recover from gustav though it's currently a tropical storm http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/2008/hanna.html. Strangely, when I posted the list first, ike and josephine hadn't even formed. If you look at flash earth you'll find ike in the middle of the atlantic, and josephine is off the coast of Africa currently http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/2008/josephine.html. Both are merely tropical storms (though that does not say a lot, at 60 mph, you wouldn't be able to stand out in Ike, and not just because it's over the ocean http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/2008/ike.html).

Meanwhile I'm looking out the window trying to find the sliver of the moon we have left. Apparently, according to http://www.neave.com/planetarium/?lat=13&lon=-19 it is in visible proximity to mars mercury and venus, and not to far from the sun which has saturn in its aura.

riadach wrote:

Meanwhile I'm looking out the window trying to find the sliver of the moon we have left. Apparently, according to http://www.neave.com/planetarium/?lat=13&lon=-19 it is in visible proximity to mars mercury and venus, and not to far from the sun which has saturn in its aura.

The moon isn't left - it's getting full ! You'll see it more once the light starts to disappear a bit more. Or the clouds, moreso - if they disappear.

That's a neat program - when the sun goes down you'll see Saturn a bit clearer. I used to have a small telescope which showed Saturn as a little flying saucer - not very impressive.

Auditor #9 wrote:

riadach wrote:

Meanwhile I'm looking out the window trying to find the sliver of the moon we have left. Apparently, according to http://www.neave.com/planetarium/?lat=13&lon=-19 it is in visible proximity to mars mercury and venus, and not to far from the sun which has saturn in its aura.

The moon isn't left - it's getting full ! You'll see it more once the light starts to disappear a bit more. Or the clouds, moreso - if they disappear.

Ara waxing or waning, líonadh nó caitheamh, not bothered really

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That's a neat program - when the sun goes down you'll see Saturn a bit clearer. I used to have a small telescope which showed Saturn as a little flying saucer - not very impressive.

I was always interested in astronomy, but the folks were too cheap to splash out on a telescope for me. Perhaps they thought i'd be too inclined to perv.

Can someone explain to me though, why saturn is where it is? Is it coming from behind the sun?

riadach wrote:

Auditor #9 wrote:

riadach wrote:

Meanwhile I'm looking out the window trying to find the sliver of the moon we have left. Apparently, according to http://www.neave.com/planetarium/?lat=13&lon=-19 it is in visible proximity to mars mercury and venus, and not to far from the sun which has saturn in its aura.

The moon isn't left - it's getting full ! You'll see it more once the light starts to disappear a bit more. Or the clouds, moreso - if they disappear.

Ara waxing or waning, líonadh nó caitheamh, not bothered really

Quote :

That's a neat program - when the sun goes down you'll see Saturn a bit clearer. I used to have a small telescope which showed Saturn as a little flying saucer - not very impressive.

I was always interested in astronomy, but the folks were too cheap to splash out on a telescope for me. Perhaps they thought i'd be too inclined to perv.

My husband's got one he never uses. I could leave it in a ditch somewhere for you and tell him it was burgled

I was just watching Indian tv news, and the flooding of Bihar was third item, after a hit and run accident and something to do with Tata cars.

riadach wrote:

Auditor #9 wrote:

riadach wrote:

Meanwhile I'm looking out the window trying to find the sliver of the moon we have left. Apparently, according to http://www.neave.com/planetarium/?lat=13&lon=-19 it is in visible proximity to mars mercury and venus, and not to far from the sun which has saturn in its aura.

The moon isn't left - it's getting full ! You'll see it more once the light starts to disappear a bit more. Or the clouds, moreso - if they disappear.

Ara waxing or waning, líonadh nó caitheamh, not bothered really

Quote :

That's a neat program - when the sun goes down you'll see Saturn a bit clearer. I used to have a small telescope which showed Saturn as a little flying saucer - not very impressive.

I was always interested in astronomy, but the folks were too cheap to splash out on a telescope for me. Perhaps they thought i'd be too inclined to perv.

*insert suitably crude "search for black hole" joke here*

cactus flower wrote:

riadach wrote:

Auditor #9 wrote:

riadach wrote:

Meanwhile I'm looking out the window trying to find the sliver of the moon we have left. Apparently, according to http://www.neave.com/planetarium/?lat=13&lon=-19 it is in visible proximity to mars mercury and venus, and not to far from the sun which has saturn in its aura.

The moon isn't left - it's getting full ! You'll see it more once the light starts to disappear a bit more. Or the clouds, moreso - if they disappear.

Ara waxing or waning, líonadh nó caitheamh, not bothered really

Quote :

That's a neat program - when the sun goes down you'll see Saturn a bit clearer. I used to have a small telescope which showed Saturn as a little flying saucer - not very impressive.

I was always interested in astronomy, but the folks were too cheap to splash out on a telescope for me. Perhaps they thought i'd be too inclined to perv.

My husband's got one he never uses. I could leave it in a ditch somewhere for you and tell him it was burgled

A plan so intricate could never fail.

cookiemonster wrote:

riadach wrote:

Auditor #9 wrote:

riadach wrote:

Meanwhile I'm looking out the window trying to find the sliver of the moon we have left. Apparently, according to http://www.neave.com/planetarium/?lat=13&lon=-19 it is in visible proximity to mars mercury and venus, and not to far from the sun which has saturn in its aura.

The moon isn't left - it's getting full ! You'll see it more once the light starts to disappear a bit more. Or the clouds, moreso - if they disappear.

Ara waxing or waning, líonadh nó caitheamh, not bothered really

Quote :

That's a neat program - when the sun goes down you'll see Saturn a bit clearer. I used to have a small telescope which showed Saturn as a little flying saucer - not very impressive.

I was always interested in astronomy, but the folks were too cheap to splash out on a telescope for me. Perhaps they thought i'd be too inclined to perv.

*insert suitably crude "search for black hole" joke here*

Even for you........

riadach wrote:

Even for you........

Have to keep you on your toes.

Riadach saturn is behind the sun sometimes, depending on where we are, where it is and where the sun is. In that picture it looks like today saturn is yes behind the sun.

So no, we won't really be able to see it until it moves more to the left or right there.

It's moving to the left, isn't it? Whereas we're going to the right, both counter-clockwise.

riadach wrote:

It's moving to the left, isn't it? Whereas we're going to the right, both counter-clockwise.

Yep.

Quote :

All of the planets and most other objects also orbit with the Sun's rotation (counter-clockwise, as viewed from above the Sun's north pole). There are exceptions, such as Halley's Comet.

wiki

Thanks to www.neave.com and www.googlemaps.com I can see jupiter from my bedroom. Google maps helped me work out that by bedroom window faced southwest, whereas www.neave.com showed me that jupiter is between south and south west. So as I looked out my window, the bright shining star left in the skyscape is slightly to my left, so therefore, must be jupiter.