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Tonight in Glasgow, Scotland No usable window forecast

Cloud, rain or gusts limit tonight. Check the upcoming nights for a better opportunity.

Usable window
None forecast See upcoming nights below
Visibility
20.0 km 13% moon
Top target
Pacman Nebula 22:18–05:44
Next ISS
Thu 06:59 11.7° peak
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Tonight’s assessment

No usable window forecast

Cloud, rain or gusts limit tonight. Check the upcoming nights for a better opportunity.

Usable window
None forecast
Lowest cloud
100%
Direction
Cloud fairly steady
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Astronomical darkness

20:22–05:44

9h 22m 100% average cloud
  1. 20:00 100% 100% rain
  2. 21:00 100% 100% rain
  3. 22:00 100% 100% rain
  4. 23:00 100% 100% rain
  5. 00:00 100% 100% rain
  6. 01:00 100% 100% rain
  7. 02:00 100% 100% rain
  8. 03:00 100% 100% rain
  9. 04:00 100% 100% rain
  10. 05:00 100% 100% rain
Cloud layers, dew, wind & moon
Cloud layers at best hour L 100% · M 100% · H 100% 20 km visibility
Dew risk High risk 0.6°C minimum margin
Wind and rain Strong gusts 56 km/h max gust · 100% rain
Moon through darkness 13% illuminated Waxing Crescent · 9h 22m dark
Glasgow, Scotland · 55.864, -4.252 Updated 6 minutes ago Local forecast aligned with the cloud map
Plan ahead

Next usable night

Tomorrow · 02:00–05:00

Tonight14 Oct
No window Check again later 100% rain · 56 km/h gusts Moon 14%
Tomorrow15 Oct
3h Total usable time Best stretch 02:00–05:00 41% rain · 28 km/h gusts Moon 22%
Fri16 Oct
9h 30m Total usable time Best stretch 20:17–05:48 0% rain · 18 km/h gusts Moon 31%
Sat17 Oct
6h 44m Total usable time Best stretch 20:15–03:00 0% rain · 15 km/h gusts Moon 41%
Sun18 Oct
5h 52m Total usable time Best stretch 00:00–05:52 2% rain · 11 km/h gusts Moon 52%
How usable time is estimated

Windows of at least 30 minutes with cloud ≤40%, rain chance <50% and gusts <40 km/h, during astronomical darkness. Later nights are less certain. Rain and gust figures on each card are the night's maximums.

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Best target

Pacman Nebula

Emission nebula · Cassiopeia

Window
22:18–05:44
Peak
89°
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Aurora activity

Quiet activity

Estimated Kp
1.0 / 9
Peak · next 24h
Kp 3.7 · Wed 22:00
NOAA SWPC
Local viewing conditions

Kp measures global activity, not your chance of seeing aurora. Darkness, location and a clear northern horizon matter.

Glasgow, Scotland · 100% cloud now.

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Next ISS pass

Thu 06:59

Hugging the horizon - binoculars recommended.

Peak altitude
11.7°
Quality
Low
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