Heat & Humidity

Standing by for very hot rain at any second in current Taipei: it's already raining on the other side of the mountains. The clouds hold heavy accumulations of precipitation caused by daytime Pacific Ocean evaporation due the high heat levels. It is not reasonable to unveil the telescope from its protective coverings for work at this time due to the guarantee of incapacitating heat stroke.

Today is Tuesday June 23rd 2020 and the current temp has soared to 116 degrees at 3 pm. We are not far from matching the 120 deg. F. we had last summer. High humidity levels with the prediction of 50% possibility of rain and the continuance of inhuman heat-stroke-causing temperatures have canceled any outdoor work on the errant Celestron telescope mount.

We are looking at a weather prediction of ten more days with the same weather, however nights may dip down into the mid to upper 80s with partly cloudy skies. Last night Jupiter and Saturn were shining bright through breaks in clouds.