Cerro Tololo Weather

This page host some useful links to monitor the sky conditions at Cerro Tololo.

Please note that some links are only available internally.

Tololo Site Environmental conditions

Internal Environmental site (VPN needed)

Live Cameras

• Tololo Webcams (outside, inside and looking up from Blanco) [Public page] 
• Mountain top camera at CTIO (VPN needed)
• Prime Focus camera at the Blanco telescope (VPN needed)
  • Blanco PFC webcam on Youtube

RASICAM

     RASICAM is a radiometric all-sky infrared camera which monitors night sky conditions in support of DECam observations (i.e. detect and wuantify the optical depth of clouds, and determine photometricity)

• RASICAM:  
  If weather conditions allow, RASICAM will be open at night. The Blanco telescope observers can check its display on observer2, by running rasicam.sh 
• RASICAM on YouTube
  • RASICAM Maintanence information

Satellite Images

• Satellite Image - WunderMap (Weather Underground)
• Satellite Images - Infrared - GOES-13 Direccion Meteorologica Chile (go to "Imágenes Satelitales" > "Tope de Nubes" > "Loop IR Coloreada")
• Latest GOES IR Satellite Images
• Latest GOES IR Satellite Images (New page with movie control, rubbable gifs)

Various websites with local forecasts

• Dirección Meteorológica de Chile - pronóstico de cordillera.
• YR weather forecast for Cerro Tololo (in English)
• Weatherunderground Forecast for Cerro Tololo
• Ventusky for Cerrro Tololo
• Meteoblue for Cerro Tololo
   
• Accuweather 15-day Forecast for La Serena
• Weather Channel 15-day Forecast for La Serena

Historical Weather Data Sites

• CTIO Sky Conditions Archive (January 1975 - March 2014) [link to old site]
• CTIO End of Night Report Environmental Conditions Archive