Cloud Free Night is a weather forecast information service for the benefit of the Australian astronomy and photography communities featuring cloud forecasts from the United States GFS global model.
*** LATEST NEWS *** Downloading of NOMADS GFS model data has switched from OpenDAP to Grib Filter. Necessary for the continuity of GFS model forecasts in Cloud Free Night. Changes to Meteograms include the addition of rainfall and visibility. - CFN Team (26 December 2025)Cloud Free Night displays GFS model cloud forecast maps over specific Australian regions, and forecast meteograms for a variety of locations around Australia, summarising the weather forecast over the next five days. The official weather forecasts from the Bureau of Meteorology and links to local (WeatherWatch, Oz Forecast) and overseas (Yr, Clear Outside, meteoblue metcheck, 7Timer!) cloud forecasts are ailable to enable further comparison of these weather predictions.
Cloud Free Night displays high-definition Himawari-9 satellite images and cloud camera images over Australia. The satellite imagery are displayed at their original resolution and zoomed over specific areas of Australia. The cloud camera images include those from iation weather cameras, all sky cameras and webcams around Australia. Together the cloud observations and forecasts are a valuable planning resource for your astronomical and photographic activities.
Cloud Free Night is operated by a small team from the Australian astronomy community. If you he any questions, please contact us at info@cloudfreenight.au. We would like to hear of your experience in using, or suggestions to improve, the Cloud Free Night service.