WIYN 3.5m WHIRC Observing Report for 2014/12/12


Dome closed due to threatening clouds, very high humidity, and strong winds.


Observer: Kara Ponder
Telescope Operator: Karen Butler
Conditions:
wind: 34 mph 
Humidity: 100 %
Temperature: 7
Seeing: 
Moon: 61 %

Notes:
Had the second half of the night shared with Angela Cotera. Angela left around 12 am.

Had a lot of PAN errors when trying to start WHIRC. Karen had to call Dick Joyce to fix it.

Thick clouds and high moisture all evening with wind gusts well above closing (60 mph). It started raining around 1:30 am and was still raining when we shut down at 4:30.