New Dogstar weather station

by | Feb 19, 2022 | Weather

Finally we have a brand spanking new RainWise MK III station at Dogstar. If you are interested in becoming a weather geek with your own station be sure to check out RainWise. Its definitely a ‘pro-sumer’ brand and more expensive than Davis and the other...

Another Snow Day at Balsam Mountain

by | Feb 7, 2021 | Balsam skies, Weather

This makes the fourth snowfall since Christmas and more than three weeks of some snow on the ground. It started around 6:00 PM last night and snowed steadily until early this morning. We got about 4 inches on this side of the mountain. Lexi just loves this snow and...

Happy New Year! (with a bit of hoar)

by | Jan 1, 2018 | Balsam skies, Weather

Happy 2018 everyone from Dogstar Observatory. It was a chilly 5 degrees F this morning. Balsam was blanketed last night with hoar frost which, while beautiful, resulted in cancellation of the highly anticipated New Years Eve party. In case you are interested, hoar...