Weather Report for March 18, 2018


Plenty of residual high humidity and clouds made observing a challenge after a cold front swept through southern Arizona during the early afternoon. Some snow fell at the observatory as the front came through. The sky was dominated by thin cirrus early in the evening, but specropolarimetry was possible through the cloud cover. Heavier clouds started forming a couple of hours into the night and forced the dome to be closed for over an hour before midnight. After midnight, observing was very limited and fog ended the night just before 0200 local time. In all, fewer than 10 blazars were observed for polarization in seeing of 1.2-2 arcsec.