Weather Watch

[BrianHicks]

As of 20 Sept:

Fri Sep 26
79°
54°

Sat Sep 27
77°
56°

Sun Sep 28
76°
55°

10% Chance of Rain each day

[Johnny Lloyd]

Re: Westher Watch

It's okay, Brother Hicks... it's always fine weather for an event...

"We are an all-weather Army!"

Look forward to seeing you, friend -Johnny Lloyd

[Lone Guard]

Re: Westher Watch

Sounds rather pleasant.

Should be a good time.

[Charles Heath]

Re: Westher Watch

Although posted elsewhere, this USNO info is typically a darn fine help for most any event.:

U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department


Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Piedmont, Wayne County, Missouri (longitude W90.7, latitude N37.2):

Friday
26 September 2008 Central Daylight Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:28 a.m.
Sunrise 6:54 a.m.
Sun transit 12:54 p.m.
Sunset 6:53 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:19 p.m.

MOON
Moonset 4:59 p.m. on preceding day
Moonrise 4:02 a.m.
Moon transit 10:50 a.m.
Moonset 5:28 p.m.
Moonrise 5:09 a.m. on following day

Phase of the Moon on 26 September: waning crescent with 8% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

New Moon on 29 September 2008 at 3:12 a.m. Central Daylight Time.

Notice this is for Friday only, but Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday can be had from the same website, which is here: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php

Essential event stuff....

[Hank Trent]

Re: Westher Watch

SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:28 a.m.
Sunrise 6:54 a.m.
Sun transit 12:54 p.m.
Sunset 6:53 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:19 p.m.

And the line marked in bold would be when you'd set your watch to 11:51 in the period, according to the 1863 almanac).

So setting your modern watch back one hour and three minutes would eliminate the effect of modern time zones and daylight savings time. It would mean that the sun would rise at 5:51 a.m. and set at 5:50 p.m. during the event, based on the naval observatory times above.

The 1863 almanac shows the sun rising at 5:51 a.m. and setting at 5:51 p.m. on Sept. 26 in San Francisco, which should be about the same latitude. Close enough, allowing for the rounding of seconds to minutes.

Hank Trent
hanktrent@voyager.net

[BenjaminLDavis]

Re: Weather Watch

Brother Hicks,

This will be like them days of yore at LBL, the ones when you were on ta other side
(not when you woke us with your best Sgt.'s voice, and Poague would moan he was
just finally warm with all the blankets thrown atop him!)
If you find me in your sights, make it a quick death. If we are prisoners, either way it
may turn out, food and tobacco and coffee for the benighted sufferer (unless there are
orders against it! Then, we will have to wait for the fellers with bars to look elsewhere!)
I look forward to meeting you and yorn on the field of honor again.

yer comrade and messmate from the North country, James Schumann

[missourirelics]

Re: Weather Watch

Pards, I live about 60 miles from the site, trust me, when it comes to weather, expect ANYTHING! Burn your butt off during the day, freeze at night or vise versa. Snow, Humidity, tornados, hurricanes (Ike)...all are possible. Like it was said before, bring your bedroll, some cartridges, a rifle and be prepared for some beautiful countryside, the Ozarks sure are perrrrty (said with a toothless smile).

Paul Arnold
Marmaduke's Artillery

[BrianHicks]

Re: Weather Watch

Brother Hicks,

This will be like them days of yore at LBL, the ones when you were on ta other side
(not when you woke us with your best Sgt.'s voice, and Poague would moan he was
just finally warm with all the blankets thrown atop him!)
If you find me in your sights, make it a quick death. If we are prisoners, either way it
may turn out, food and tobacco and coffee for the benighted sufferer (unless there are
orders against it! Then, we will have to wait for the fellers with bars to look elsewhere!)
I look forward to meeting you and yorn on the field of honor again.

yer comrade and messmate from the North country, James Schumann

James,

Looking forward to this one. Hopefully we'll meet on good terms! Rest assured, we'll be pleased to extend all courtesies to those whose actions deserve such kindness.

If not... my aim is still true, and I'll endeavor to bring a quick and merciful end to whomever I have the misfortune of firing upon.

[Abrams]

Re: Weather Watch

Its still to early to tell for sure, but its sure looking like a sweet weekend so far. :)