We have previously discussed some of the more popular and well known astronomy weather websites that you can use for your own astronomy. We would like to add 2 more sites to that mix, but it is important to note that some of these sites are not free. Some of these sites, like with the others, provide Pro and Free versions that have different level of detail. We will go through a few of these available options for you and provide our thoughts on these sites for your edification and use.

The first site is called astrospheric, available at https://www.astrospheric.com is very close to the functionality and layout of previously reviewed sites such as Clearoutside and Cleardarksky. However, there is more information provided that either one of those sites and there are several benefits/pros of this site over the others. Free tools for astronomy societies and star parties, wildfire smoke data is included in the forecasts, and updates the astronomy data 4 times a day. However the issue is that for astronomy groups to be able to get the more advanced features, astropheric must be the only RDPS forecast on the club website, which might be an issue as many clubs use cleardarksky and others. Moreover, the only version that is ad free is the Pro version, which is 2.99$ + tax per month. There are iOS and Android apps available in addition to the website.

The second site on this list is called Scope Nights, which is also similar to Clear sky charts and clear outside. What makes the website different is that it compiles data from different models, is simpler to use at a glance, and provides light pollution conditions on a map. By utilizing several different models, the site is able to provide a worldwide coverage that might not be available for some of the other websites. The website is great because it creates nightly summaries using smart weather analysis to show at a glance which nights will be most suitable for stargazing, uses NOAA and the Met Office for national updates on the hour, every hour, and provides 3 and 6 hour forecasts. It is worth noting that there is only an iOS (Apple) app, not Android only at this time. This lack of website functionality really hurts use and adoption as not having the functionality available on the web limits the use to those with iOS phones. This apps functionality looks a lot like if Clearoutsite.com had a UI and more UI related features, but were just an iOS app. Lots of great features, but would love to see this be made available to those on the web and Android.

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