Superbird A for Tuesday night

Matson, Robert (ROBERT.D.MATSON@cpmx.saic.com)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:04:44 -0800

Hi All,

Want to thank Mike McCants for pointing out a typo in my
Superbird peak time report for 23 March:

> Intermittent clouds prevented me from timing the moment
> of odd/even phase transition, but it was probably within 1 minute
> of the expected time (3:53:30 UT, 23 March).

That should have been 2:53:30 UT.

Here are the predicted center times for Tuesday night local
(Wednesday morning, UT).  All times are UTC on 24 March:

2:54:30  Southern California
2:55  Barstow, CA; Yuma, AZ
2:56  Reno, Tonopah, Las Vegas, NV; Phoenix, Tucson
2:57  central Nevada; Cedar City, Utah; Flagstaff, Winslow
2:58  eastern Oregon; Boise, Twin Falls, Idaho; Salt Lake
      City, Provo, Utah; Four Corners; Albuquerque, Las
      Cruces, NM; El Paso, Texas
2:59  Walla Walla; Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Idaho; Logan,
      Brigham City, Utah; Grand Junction, Montrose, Durango,
      Colorado; Sante Fe, Roswell, Carlsbad, New Mexico;
      Pecos, Texas
3:00  Spokane, Washington; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Missoula,
      Butte, Bozeman, Montana; Yellowstone Nat'l Park,
      Lander, Rawling, Wyoming; Leadville, Colorado Springs,
      Canon City, Pueblo, Trinidad, Colorado; Tucumcari,
      Clovis, New Mexico; Amarillo, Lubbock, Big Spring,
      Sweetwater, San Angelo, Laredo, McAllen, Texas
3:01  Banff, Calgary, Alberta; Glacier Nat'l Park, Great Falls,
      Billings, Montana; Casper, Laramie, Cheyenne, Wyoming;
      Ft. Collins, Greeley, Boulder, Denver, Colorado; Wichita
      Falls, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Texas
3:02  Edmonton, Medicine Hat, Alberta; Havre, Miles City,
      Montana; Deadwood, Rapid City, South Dakota; western
      Nebraska; Dodge City, Kansas; Oklahoma City; Dallas,
      Ft. Worth, Waco, Houston, Galveston, Texas
3:03  Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Dickinson,
      North Dakota; Pierre, South Dakota; central Nebraska;
      Abilene, Wichita, Kansas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Beaumont,
      Texas; Lake Charles, Louisiana

3:04 and later in next message.  Flash location is at roughly
RA 11h 6m, Dec -1 deg to +2 deg depending on latitude.
(Houston is about +2; Denver is +0.6, Calgary is -0.7)

Cheers,
Rob