12-22-2017, 08:24 PM
The observatories get emails from the rangers about road conditions, and we've not received one about the road being closed tonight. However, the road was definitely opened on Friday afternoon and confirmed by the views from the observatory webcams.
I checked the MKWC road conditions web page and it does say the road is closed due to ice, but none of the observatories have been informed and I've not received any automatic ice warnings from a detector MKSS placed at UKIRT.
To say I'm a little miffed would be an understatement. I'll email the relevant people and try to find out what's going on and post it here. However, I'm pretty certain the road will be opened again early Saturday morning. Conditions are quite benign tonight.
I checked the MKWC road conditions web page and it does say the road is closed due to ice, but none of the observatories have been informed and I've not received any automatic ice warnings from a detector MKSS placed at UKIRT.
To say I'm a little miffed would be an understatement. I'll email the relevant people and try to find out what's going on and post it here. However, I'm pretty certain the road will be opened again early Saturday morning. Conditions are quite benign tonight.