From: ikluft [at] thunder.sbay.org (Ian Kluft)
To: sat-l [at] wvara.org (WVARA Satellite SIG)
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 03:27:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [SAT-L] shuttle visibility: weather changes to fog

I got up from my pre-shuttle-viewing nap and see the weather outside is
foggy, and the NWS forecast was changed to indicate fog while I was asleep.
If you want to see the shuttle re-entry, you'll have to get above the fog.
But there should be less high clouds than they previously forecast - that
was what from a trough that was supposed to stop the fog from forming but
was basically a no-show.

I'm going to take a look from the hills in Milpitas (Calaveras Blvd) or
Berryessa (Sierra Dr).  I'll report what I find on all of WVARA's W6PIY
repeaters.  If there's enough sky visible from there, I'll be available
for talk-in until just before the shuttle pass at 5:52AM.

If there are too many high clouds here, you'll hear me on the repeater
heading south on 101 to find a spot with view of the sky.

Sorry for the short notice.