PM Sat. May 7 - AM Sun. May 8, 2011 - No Observing

  After my observing session Saturday morning skies stayed cloudy and a wave of light showers was passing through the area at dawn. Skies cleared out midway through Saturday and things had a chance to dry out, but then they increased again late in the afternoon. Some storm cells popped up before sunset in the state but the worst ones, with Tornado Warnings, stayed 60 - 70 miles west and south of us. We were clipped by some thundershowers after dark and had some brief heavy rain after dusk, but then skies started to clear out by midnight. If there was any chance to do some observing overnight it would have been around 1AM - 3AM when skies became mostly clear, but the ground was wet and the air was too misty to really consider hauling the 'scope and its power cord outside. Skies were very foggy before and through dawn on Sunday. It looks like the first look for the year at the Serpens / Scutum YSO area will have to wait for better conditions.