The Transit of Venus - June 5, 2012
An Observing Project in Canada's Northwest Territories

Weather Resources
"Yellowknife offers the most promising cloud and sunshine statistics of any northern site, Europe or
North America, with sunshine hours averaging 64 percent of the maximum..."
- Jay Anderson

Satellite Images (NOAA data)

GOES-West (Western Canada)
   IR(infra-red: 10.7 µm)
   Visible
   IR + Visible

HRPT (NOAA polar orbiting) (NWT)
   IR(infra-red: 10.7)
   Visible


Astronomy Sky Conditions Forecast
(Environment Canada)
   Cloud Forecast: Western Canada
   Zenith Seeing Forecast - North America
   Sky Transparency Forecast - North America
   Weather Forecast near the Ground
         Surface Winds Forecast
         Temperature Forecast
         Relative Humidity Forecast
     

Clear Sky Charts

Fort Providence

Stagg River

Yellowknife

Clear Sky Chart Homepage
   Attilla Danko's excellent site


ECLIPSER
Climatology and Maps for the Eclipse Chaser

   Jay Anderson's excellent site


READY - Real-time Environmental Applications and Display sYstem

Air Resources Laboratory
 

Environment Canada Public Forecasts

Ekati (for the folks at the Ekati Mine Site)

Fort Providence

Hay River

Yellowknife


Historical Data for Yellowknife
(May & June)

Note: As the Transit of Venus is on June 5th, I have displayed the data for both May and June. Also note that the Bright Sunshine data is for at least 20 years.
   - source Environment Canada

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