OMG, growing up in Florida without AC...I just don't know how you hardy souls did that. You are so absolutely right about not dirtying a towel to dry off after a shower. You get your clothes wet whether you towel off or not. I grew up in the mountains of PA and also had a window fan for the 2 nights a summer when it was needed.

I went out to image last night because the forecast was favorable until about 5 am where hit and miss showers were expected. I have to set up and tear down each time I image so was all set to polar align as soon as it got dark enough. Once it got dark, I finished the setup alignments and PhD2 calibrations. The weather was fine with some passing clouds. I came in about 10:45 pm to do a short 30 min telecom with China that lasted all of 18 min. When that finished, I happened to glance at the pool and freaked. It was raining. I flew out to grab the computer and cover the camera, lens and mount (I image with an f4 400 mm lens but looking to purchase my first scope). This morning, it looks like the camera, lens and mount are fine but the computer is likely fried. I'm going to desiccate it for a few days and see if I can revive it. Between those spotty pop up showers and forgetting to turn off the sprinkler system one night when I was imaging, it looks like this will be the second computer lost to water on the ground. I say "on the ground" because I lost another on a flight when the guy in the seat behind me bumped the flight attendant pouring a Diet Coke...direct hit on my laptop...fried instantly.

My weather here on the west coast of Florida may be even worse than yours this time of year. I had one evening shortly after NEOWISE became visible in the evening to view it and no chance at all to photograph it because it was so low to the horizon. I've had but one clear night since May to do any imaging although I missed one the other night. The forecast wasn't good but went out for a dip in the pool before bed at about 2 am, it was perfectly clear. None of the forecasting apps got that right.

Regardless, thanks so much for sharing your favorite weather apps. There are several new to me so I'm excited to take a look. One that I've been using is called Astrospheric. It's about the most accurate (whatever that means regarding weather) that I've used. Check it out.

Finally, thanks also for the Sky King link! I used to watch it every Saturday at 12:30 pm after the cartoons were pretty much over. I've not thought about that show is about 152 years.

Jay