We decided to escape the pending ice storm in Atlanta yesterday and drove up to Balsam. Had no issues on the road getting here and there were already about 4 inches of snow on the ground. Its been snowing steadily all day and looks like we could get another 4-6 inches. Sam enjoyed the snow …
Looks like we may have a break in the cold weather for a few days. January was very cold at Dogstar Observatory (see graph below) with several days below zero and almost a week when temperatures did not get above freezing. Several nights were very clear with the low humidity that occurs in winter after …
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I am happy to announce that we have recently installed a new weather instrument at Dogstar Observatory. Thanks to a wonderful gift from Louise Sparks, we now have a Davis Weather Stick! Employing modern solid state (Vermont balsam) technology, the angle of the stick will indicate a forecast of good weather (stick pointing up) or …
