Lousy Weather = No April Observing

  I wasn't able to get any observing in during the month of April, mainly due to the endless cloudy and rainy weather. The average precipitation in April for Indianapolis is 3.61", the official recording station at the Airport on the Southwest side measured 7.98" for the month, and here on the Southeast side my rain gauge total was 13.12"! Here's the breakdown for the last 30 nights:

  Great Chance for Observing Nights = 0

  (Nights where we have Moonless skies and no clouds or haze from start to finish.)

   Good Chance for Observing Nights = 2

  (Nights where we only have a few clouds now and then, or clouds for part of the night, or no clouds but haze, or clear but very moonlit.)

  Fair Chance for Observing Nights = 6

  (Nights where maybe skies are halfway clear, where some observing is possible.)

  Poor Chance for Observing Nights = 12

 (These are nights where observing probably wasn't possible but some stars or the Moon may have been visible from time to time. Usually these are mostly cloudy nights.)

  No Chance for Observing Nights = 10

  (This is self-explanatory. Nights where we were socked in with cloud cover from start to finish.)

  Hopefully May will turn out to have better conditions.