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Tonight over Lake Champlain

Reading the sky…

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Wind at the water

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Was tonight actually good?

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Where the color comes from

The light path

A sunset is lit from below the horizon — the light that paints our clouds crosses the air 60–130 km west first. These are the three columns it has to get through, from the forecast for the night we're scoring.


The forecast, shown working

How we read tonight's sky

High clouds are the canvas, low clouds are the wall, the sky out west is the doorway, and dry post-frontal air is Burlington's secret ingredient. Here's tonight's math — learn it and you'll never need this page.


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    Where to watch it

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