DarkCast
17.1
Poor
37/39 factors
00:54 UTC · Mar 03
64.8
Peak
Good in +4h
Tue Mar 03, 04:54 UTC
Sky Clarity
Fair
60
Moderate clouds or haze present
Darkness
Poor
21
Significant light pollution or bright moon
Celestial
Fair
57
Some celestial interference present
Conditions
Fair
51
Marginal weather conditions
Site
Coordinates
35.26, -97.5
Elevation
100 m
Light Pollution
19.5 mag
Biggest Drags on Score
0.0
Light Pollution
0.04
Local
0.17
Seeing
0.18
Weather
0.23
Celestial
53
Transparency
24.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fog Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.83 |
|
Wildfire Smoke Density
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.02 — | 0.82 |
|
Ozone Column
|
0.86
|
225 DU | 0.93 |
|
Airglow Intensity
|
0.86
|
71.90 R | 0.6 |
|
Aod 550nm
|
0.59
|
0.20 — | 0.87 |
|
Precipitable Water Vapor
|
0.55
|
22.29 mm | 0.83 |
|
Total Cloud Fraction
|
0.42
|
0.58 [0,1] | 0.65 |
|
Volcanic Aerosol Stratospheric
|
0.25
|
0.08 — | 0.69 |
|
Humidity Profile Extinction
RESIDUAL
|
0.42
|
0.40 — | 0.83 |
57
Celestial
15.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aurora Activity
|
1.0
|
0.00 Kp [0-9] | 0.61 |
|
Zodiacal Light Intensity
|
0.97
|
0.03 — | 0.9 |
|
Lunar Sky Brightness Contribution
|
0.85
|
0.77 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.95 |
|
Solar Depression Angle
|
0.37
|
6.57 ° | 1.0 |
|
Galactic Plane Brightness
RESIDUAL
|
0.23
|
0.77 — | 0.95 |
72
Weather
14.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Precipitation Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.74 |
|
Frost Dew On Optics Risk
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.83 |
|
Surface Wind Speed
|
0.81
|
7.75 km/h | 0.83 |
|
Barometric Pressure Trend
|
0.68
|
-1.76 hPa/3hr | 0.83 |
|
Ground Thermal Emission Phase
|
0.18
|
0.18 — | 1.0 |
|
Ambient Temperature Comfort
RESIDUAL
|
0.95
|
288 K | 0.88 |
|
Condition Stability Forecast
RESIDUAL
|
0.8
|
0.80 — | 0.83 |
|
Dew Point Convergence Rate
RESIDUAL
|
0.78
|
0.65 K/hr | 0.88 |
67
Seeing
20.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Terrain Turbulence Risk
|
0.99
|
0.01 — | 0.83 |
|
Boundary Layer Gradient
|
0.79
|
3.13 K/km | 0.88 |
|
Jet Stream Speed
|
0.77
|
34.10 kt | 0.79 |
|
Scintillation Index Estimate
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.50 " | 0.88 |
|
Upper Atmosphere Wind Shear
RESIDUAL
|
0.67
|
16.44 kt | 0.79 |
|
Inversion Layer Strength
RESIDUAL
|
0.17
|
0.00 K | 0.88 |
21
Light Pollution
19.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nearest City Skyglow
|
0.94
|
6.86 km | 0.85 |
|
Zenith Sky Brightness
|
0.58
|
19.50 mag/arcsec² | 0.9 |
|
Cloud Amplified Skyglow
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.00 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.65 |
|
Commercial Shutoff Factor
RESIDUAL
|
0.0
|
0.00 [0,1] | 0.6 |
29
Local
8.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Horizon Obstruction Index
|
0.83
|
5.00 ° | 0.9 |
|
Local Aqi
|
0.8
|
40.09 AQI | 0.82 |
|
Satellite Trail Density
|
0.76
|
24.00 tr/hr | 0.75 |
|
Local Thermal Sources
|
0.7
|
0.30 — | 0.7 |
|
Site Elevation
|
0.04
|
100 m AMSL | 1.0 |
Site Characteristics
Elevation
100 m
Horizon
5.0°
Light Pollution
19.5 mag
Nearest City
50.0 km
pop 0
Nearest Water
50.0 km
Thermal Index
0.3
Roughness
0.3
Elev. Change
100 m
Coordinates
35.26, -97.5
Algorithm
WGM = 46.94
x
Gate = 0.3651
=
17.1
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NSQI v0.3.0