The general consensus is that the smoke from the East Fork fire should be (as Brent stated) blowing NE or E away from Wolf Creek. So unless there is a drastic change in the weather there should still be a bunch of us up at Wolf Creek this weekend starting Thursday night. Brent is right on about the transparency...anywhere you go may have smoke and haze. Ahh, the nature of amateur astronomy...gotta love it. Dave Bennett On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 12:29 PM, Brent Watson wrote:
I have flown over the Elizabeth Pass area several times in the last week. Elizabeth Pass is OK, but the fire is burning right now in the West Fork of Blacks Fork Canyon. This is IMHO one of the most beautiful areas on earth. The East Fork fire has gone through several drainages, but is south of the Elizabeth Ridge observing site by about 5-10 miles. The smoke from the fire is being blown north east to east. It should not affect Wolf Creek.
The smoke from the fires around Price and Green River will affect the transpareny though. They are probably far enough away to not cause real damage, however. The entire area is smokey. Visibility is limited to only about 50-75 miles right now. On a good day, from about 10,000 feet you can see WY, NV, ID and UT all at the same time. Its more limited now.
Brent
--- forrell@es.com wrote:
Have you considered the smoke from the East Fork fire in the Uintas? Otherwise, sounds like a great observing site.
