I’ve been swamped lately with…. life… and other commitments and things and just haven’t had the time to keep up with the blog here.

So my apologies for that.

In the next couple days I will get the Contest going on the first 30C day. Plus, I’ll see if I can scrounge up a sponsor for the contest so that maybe the prize is a little more exciting. :)

As for the weather. We missed another big blow yesterday morning. Parts of Vancouver got hit pretty hard apparently but all was calm around here. It’s going to stay cool and cloudy for the next couple days, but the Weekend is starting to look really fabulous.

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If we’re lucky and there is a break in the clouds tomorrow morning we might get a very rare opportunity to see the Space Shuttle Discover reenter the atmospher over us!

www.spaceweather.com reports that they will making a special early morningre-entry tomorrow if weather permits in Florida.

If they go for the first landing attempt we will see it starting at 5:23AM it will start from around Mt. Klitsa barely above the horizon and it should be at its highest directly to our north over the Beauforts, hopefully it’s high enough to clear the Beauforts (for us to see it :)) and it will finish near north of Mt. Cokely, maybe over the Lookout at 5:27Am.

If they go for the 2nd landing attempt we will see it starting at 6:58AM. It will be daylight, but you might still see the fireball, or at least hear the double sonic booms. It will start from around Mt. Klitsa but this time go over the Inlet and end up going down over Mt. Moriarty to the SE. The good news is it will be about twice as high in the sky as the first attempt would be (23 degrees about 1/4 the way up).

Hope for clearer skys!

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So both re-entries tries were scrubbed Monday morning due to bad weather in Florida. They’re going to try again tomorrow morning. The new times are below:

Try #1: In the NorthWest and North sky between 4:08AM and 4:12AM

Try #2: In the North and East sky between 5:42AM and 5:47AM