[nicmarlo]

Sac, here's what I put together, re weather and moon. Full Moon is 10/21. You can get more info from this site: weather:

Richmond (Ashland area) County:

Friday, October 18

Temp:

Mean Temperature 50.0 °F / 10.0 °C
Max Temperature 62.0 °F / 16.7 °C
Min Temperature 38.0 °F / 3.3 °C

Length of Day 11:08
Sunrise 7:20 AM EDT
Sunset 6:28 PM EDT
Moon Rise (10/18) 5:41 PM EDT
Moon Set (10/18) 4:41 AM EDT

Saturday, October 19

Temp:

Mean Temperature 55.5 °F / 13.1 °C
Max Temperature 68.0 °F / 20.0 °C
Min Temperature 43.0 °F / 6.1 °C

Length of Day 11:05
Sunrise 7:21 AM EDT
Sunset 6:26 PM EDT
Moon Rise (10/19) 6:04 PM EDT
Moon Set (10/19) 5:38 AM EDT

Fredericksburg, VA

October 18:

Temp:

Mean Temperature 50.0 °F / 10.0 °C
Max Temperature 64.4 °F / 18.0 °C
Min Temperature 35.6 °F / 2.0 °C

Length of Day 11:07
Sunrise 7:20 AM EDT
Sunset 6:27 PM EDT
Moon Rise (10/18) 5:41 PM EDT
Moon Set (10/18) 4:40 AM EDT

October 19:

Mean Temperature 54.5 °F / 12.5 °C
Max Temperature 66.2 °F / 19.0 °C
Min Temperature 42.8 °F / 6.0 °C

Length of Day 11:05
Sunrise 7:21 AM EDT
Sunset 6:26 PM EDT
Moon Rise (10/19) 6:04 PM EDT
Moon Set (10/19) 5:38 AM EDT

Moon Phase (for both areas):

Oct 18, (almost full)
Oct 21 Full
Oct 29 Last Quarter
Nov 4 New
Nov 11First Quarter

[Route66]

Thanks very much for that weather history link. I appears to show that the weather was not consistantly clear last week and there were several overcast days in that area.

SO - the shooter was not just waiting for cloud cover to protect from possible sky surveillance and there was another reason(s) he waited 5 days to shoot again.

However, if he's worried about the 'eye in the sky', it's possible that all future shootings related to this case [unless he moves further outside of the D.C. area] will take place under overcast conditions.