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generally excellent. Borderline between Bortle 1 - Bortle 2 Occasionally excellent, often average to above average. Varies from excellent to moderate. Lot's of clear weather From mid-Spring through the Summer and into Autumn. Late Summer is wildfire season so smoke can be an issue. Winter is cloudy but not hopeless with occasional clear periods. Winter night time lows can be as low as -7oC. Weather is much clearer than that over Canberra city which tends to be a bit of a cloud bowl. The detailed ECMWF forecast, which we access through the hour by hour option of the detailed output of http://yr.no for Yass Valley gives us incredibly accurate weather prediction. If it says a totally overcast sky will clear at 11pm, you can drive up there, late pretty confident that it will clear. |
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