Galloway Forest stargazing forecast — Saturday, August 15

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland · Bortle 2 · 55.150, -4.400 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:08 GMT

No-go (High confidence)

Overcast: mean cloud 94%, minimum 48%. Sit this one out.

Best observing window tonight

No clear window of 2+ hours during tonight's astronomical night.

Astronomical night: Sat 9:52 p.m. → Sun 6:53 a.m.
Moon: Waxing crescent · 7% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night): 94% (min 48%)

Site

Galloway Forest was the UK's first Dark Sky Park (2009) and still one of the darkest — Bortle 2 skies across 300 sq mi of Scottish forest and reservoir.

Drive from Toronto: ≈ 2 h from Glasgow or 3 h from Edinburgh via the A76 to Clatteringshaws or the Forest Drive.

Best time of year: October through March around new moon; late-summer nights are short at 55° N.

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Citations & data sources

Open-Meteo Forecast API (cloud, humidity, wind, visibility)
Open-Meteo astronomical data (sunrise, sunset, moon)
Bortle scale reference for site darkness
Editorial guide for Galloway Forest: /sites/galloway-forest-dsp.txt
Structured site data: /sites/galloway-forest-dsp.json
Live MCP server (AI agents): https://koohxdehsweadgdegrly.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=galloway-forest-dsp updates continuously.