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Forecasts, sky charts, satellite loops, radar, sky quality, and all-sky views for the sites I check before setting up.
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Tonight at a glance
Live observing conditions for Sewell, NJ.
Gathering forecast, alerts, and overnight conditions.
Moon
... Calculated in browser. Astronomy time
Calculating sunrise, twilight, and dark-sky timing.
Waiting for location.
Moon now
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- Dark window
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Live forecast
What will shape the session?
NWS values for the selected site. Smoke and transparency stay a separate check below.
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Hourly observing window
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Clear sky trend NWS sky cover · lower is clearer
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Dew control Waiting for dew point spread.
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- Lowest temp
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- Highest dew point
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Weekly outlook
The next seven nights
A quick comparison of forecast, Moon illumination, alerts, and observing potential for Sewell, NJ.Fetching the seven-night observing outlook…
Location forecasts
Forecast links and observing references for Sewell, NJ. Change location at the top of the page.
Sewell, NJ
Home reference
Coordinates: 39.77, -75.14
Current local time:
Light pollution: Bortle 5 · suburban Gloucester County — confirm on Astrospheric
High Bridge, NJ
Voorhees State Park area
Coordinates: 40.59, -74.63
Current local time:
Light pollution: Bortle 4 · rural northwest NJ near Voorhees State Park — confirm on Astrospheric
Batsto, NJ
Pine Barrens
Coordinates: 39.64, -74.65
Current local time:
Light pollution: Bortle 3 · Pine Barrens dark site — confirm on Astrospheric
Cherry Springs State Park, PA
Dark-sky trip site
Coordinates: 41.68, -77.85
Current local time:
Light pollution: Bortle 2 · Cherry Springs dark-sky park — confirm on Astrospheric
Check your location
Experimental ZIP forecast
Coordinates: Enter a ZIP above.
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Live source NWS point forecast
Experimental guidance from the ZIP centroid. Use caution and verify with local conditions before setting up.
Live views
Satellite, radar, and local sky
NJAA all-sky video.
New Jersey satellite loop.
Extra checks before you set up Forecast agreement, alerts, smoke, and local aviation notes.
Comparing the local forecast with the other live checks.
Looking for active National Weather Service alerts.
Smoke can soften faint detail even when the sky looks clear.
Open smoke mapReading nearby airport conditions as a second opinion.
Forecast sources
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Weather alerts
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Smoke and air quality
Transparency checks that affect faint detail.
Airport and aviation details Local airport observations and terminal forecasts.
Local airport observations
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Local terminal forecast
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Weather source credits.
This page brings together outside observing forecasts and chart images with local dashboard calculations.
Astrospheric Astronomy-focused cloud, seeing, transparency, and smoke forecast panels. Clear Sky Chart Clear Sky Chart observing forecasts and chart images for the selected locations. Clear Outside Clear Outside forecast images and location forecast links.
Other data and chart sources
- National Weather Service Point forecasts, alerts, hourly forecast data, radar, and TAF products.
- NOAA GOES imagery GOES-East Northeast satellite imagery and animated sector loops.
- NOAA Solar Calculator Reference method for sunrise, sunset, and twilight calculations.
- NOAA HRRR-Smoke Near-surface and vertically integrated smoke model guidance.
- AirNow AQI and fire/smoke context links.
- Aviation Weather Center METAR-style local airport observations.
- NJAA Sky Monitor Sky quality, weather, and SkyEye all-sky camera resources.
- College of DuPage Regional satellite viewer link.
- Weather Underground Supplemental weather map link.
- Zippopotam.us ZIP-code coordinate lookup for the experimental location checker.