If it is foggy at SSU and you want to see what you are missing, there are a growing number of near-live images of the sky being made available on the web. Such systems tend to use CCD detectors with very wide angle fish-eye lenses pointed at the zenith. These systems tend to be largely automated and typically provide images continuously throughout the night with a lag time of about 5-10 minutes. The images are archived and are searchable from the web. Both Kitt Peak and Mauna Kea have functioning systems that are part of the Continuous Camera project (CONCAM) developed at the Michigan Technological University and funded in part by the National Science Foundation.
Additional CONCAM installations are under development around the planet.
If you would be interested in helping to fund or helping to develop a CONCAM site in or near Sonoma County, contact Dr. Gordon G. Spear, Director of the SSU Observatory ( spear@sonoma.edu ).