Cameras Viewing Fremont Peak

Three Fire Cameras are either located at Fremont Peak or the peak is visible in the wide angle view.

• CalFire Fremont Peak This camera is located among the radio towers. During the day the camera scans around the peak (sometimes pointing to us). If this camera is in clouds the peak is in clouds.
• Gonzales 2 This camera is on 101 south of the observatory. You can see the peak in the distance at about 350°. Low clouds will obscure the view
• Henrietta Peak 1 This camera is in the Diablo Range east of the Observatory. You can see the peak in the distance at about 235°. It will display the peak when the peak itself is covered in clouds.

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Weather Observations

• Reeve Ranch Observation
  Reeve Ranch Forecast
  • Note this station is 500 ft below the observatory; however, if its humidity is high then clouds are filling the valley south of us
• The Observatory is located at a Latitude and Longitude of:
  36.7602 N 121.4987 W
  36 45.614' N 121 29.922' W
  36 45' 36.8" N 121 29' 55.4" W
• The altitude of the Observatory Pads are approximately 2800 feet (850 m)
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• Standard public forecasts: Mountains, Valley
• Current and recent conditions at Salinas airport -- Reports current cloud bases and coverage, up to 12,000'.
• Forecast conditions at Salinas Airport   -- Forecasts cloud bases and coverage 18 hours out.  Only gives ceilings (bases), not cloud tops.
• Ft Ord Profiler  Shows whether there is a temperature inversion that will keep the clouds below us. If it is warmer at 3,000 ft than on the ground that is an inversion
• Latest GOES West satellite Now GOES-17
• Rob Hawley's Weather Page   Local Weather plus summary of Satellite
• Current Sun Activity
  • Sunspot Activity (What we will see in the "White Light" scope) UCLA  SpaceWeather Soho Satellite
  • Solar Prominences (what we will see in the H-alpha Scope)

Weather Forecasting at the Peak

In the past this column linked you to "astronomy" weather forecasts. Unfortunately, we have discovered none of these is satisfactory to our location. Consequently we have developed our own techniques that we describe on our Weather Forecasting document

These techniques are based on a paid subscription to windy.com. Access to these forecasts are available

• From a browser
• From iOS
• From Android

Note that searches produce a lot of similar sounding apps. Only use this one.