ISPA-2002: DAILY Messages: 51 Entries..

BULLETIN:
none

WEATHER:
 blue sky. 

MAPR working fine today. 

HPA is showing 46% power.

1299:
Shut down.

GONDOLA SONDE:
A thing of the past.
 
SOUNDING:
system down

SURFACE STATION:
started bring surface met down at 19:45z


MISC:
For 2 Mar 2
#Checked Radiation stand and a-okay
#RASS Shut down at approx 17:10z
#MAPR fine
#1299 Shut down an       GLASS Shut down and packed                                   .                    Tapes changed and labled. collected 24 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 19G. 
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting

BULLETIN:
none

WEATHER:
Broken cloud cover can see some blue sky. 

MAPR working fine today. 

HPA is showing 46% power.

1299:
Shut doiwn at approx  21z.

GONDOLA SONDE:
A thing of the past.
 
SOUNDING:
none

SURFACE STATION:
No snow.

Pressure steady at 792 Stronger winds and direction from the eastish. RH range between 80 to 50 and 100 %. Temperature from -27C to -0C. 

MISC:
For 2 Mar 2
#Checked Radiation stand and a-okay
#RASS speakers all raising hell, water at 2200utc
#MAPR fine
#1299 fine,58.4%.
#GLASS finish,                                   .                               Tapes changed and labled. collected 18 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 19G. 
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting

BULLETIN:
none

WEATHER:
Cloudy all day and snowing very lightly. 

MAPR working fine today. 

HPA is showing 26.58 % power.

1299:
Working fine. 58.6 percent full. Seems to correspond well with the mapr returns.

GONDOLA SONDE:
A thing of the past.
 
SOUNDING:
none

SURFACE STATION:
No snow.

Pressure steady at 784 and falling.Stronger winds and direction from the eastish. RH range between 80 to 50 and 100 %. Temperature from -22C to -0C. 

MISC:
For 28 Feb 2
#Checked Radiation stand and a-okay
#RASS speakers all raising hell, water at 2200utc
#MAPR fine
#1299 fine,58.4%.
#GLASS finish, one sounding today and it went great. 
#Tapes changed and labled. collected 18 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 17G. 
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting

BULLETIN:
none

WEATHER:
Cloudy all day and snowing about 2200 UTC very lightly. 

MAPR working fine today. 

HPA is showing 50 % power.

1299:
Working fine. 56.4 percent full. Seems to correspond well with the mapr returns.

GONDOLA SONDE:
A thing of the past.
 
SOUNDING:
none

SURFACE STATION:
No snow.

Pressure steady at 784 and falling.Stronger winds and direction from the eastish. RH range between 80 to 50 and 100 %. Temperature from -22C to -0C. 

MISC:
For 28 Feb 2
#Checked Radiation stand and a-okay
#RASS speakers all raising hell, water at 2200utc
#MAPR fine
#1299 fine,56.4%.
#GLASS finish, one sounding today and it went great. 
#Tapes changed and labled. collected 18 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 15G. 
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting

BULLETIN:
Copied the Gsonde data to 1299 computer and the JAZ disk on the table. Probably a backup disk. It is also on the original computer.

WEATHER:
Cloudy early, but no snow over night. Calm in town, but heard tell of the winds being high up on the mountain. Looking at MAPR shows some gravity waves. Looked to have started up at 1700 UTC and still happening at 2300UTC, but look to be subsiding.

MAPR working fine today. It is seeing an interesting layer. Seeing some gravity waves. See comment earlier.

HPA is showing 72 % power, which is reasonable and the voltage is 1.417vdc at 2325 UTC the 27th. I'm going to send off the power percentage monitoring program to KALMUS. 

1299:
Working fine. 56 percent full. Seems to correspond well with the mapr returns.

GONDOLA SONDE:
I believe it has been deactivated and the computer program stopped too. Copying data to Prof and a Jaz disk. File is Gsonde_data.zip
 
SOUNDING:
One today at 2031UTC. Went right through the G-waves.

SURFACE STATION:
No snow.

Pressure steady at 792-794.Stronger winds and direction from the eastish. RH range between 40 and 80 %. Temperature from -17C to -5C. 

MISC:
For 27 Feb 2
#Checked Radiation stand and a-okay
#RASS speakers all raising hell, water at 2200utc
#MAPR fine
#1299 fine,56.1%.
#GLASS finish, one sounding today and it went great. 
#Tapes changed and labled. collected 16 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 16G. 
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting

#Launched one today and it was Tians, replaced the radiation cap on the RH sensor. Sounding looked great. Still have 5 unopened and one more open, total 6.  

BULLETIN:
None

WEATHER:
Clear and colder than an eskimo fart.

Last 24 hours about -10C down to -30C at 2346UTC. 

MAPR working fine today. It is seeing an interesting layer. No gravity waves seem to be present. 

HPA is showing 99 % power, which is reasonable and the voltage is 1.484vdc. I'm going to send off the power percentage monitoring program to KALMUS. 

1299:
Working fine. 40.1 percent full. Seems to correspond well with the mapr returns.

GONDOLA SONDE:
I believe it has been deactivated and the computer program stopped too.
 
SOUNDING:
None today. No gravity waves

SURFACE STATION:
No snow to clear today.

Pressure peak at 805 and rapidly dropping, 804 7 hours ago. Parking lot frozen,  stronger winds and direction veriable. RH range between 80 and 20 %. 

MISC:
For 26 Feb 2
#Checked Radiation stand and a-okay
#RASS speakers all raising hell, water at 2200utc
#MAPR fine
#1299 fine,50.1%.
#GLASS finish. 
#Tapes changed and labled. collected 14 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 16G. 
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting

#Launched 5 yesterday, 2 today got 6 more, might fix 2 for 8 total.
#no snowborad measurement, no snow!

BULLETIN:
None

WEATHER:
Snowed of and on over night. Windy at the surface causing drifting.

Last 24 hours about +3C down to -13C and falling at 1545UTC. 

MAPR working fine today. Snowing today, Randy says ise crystals make it look as though there is clouds to the surface. RH isn't so high. Cleared ant at 16:15 UTC. 

HPA is showing 16 % power, which is reasonable? I'm going to send off the power percentage monitoring program to KALMUS. 

1299:
Working fine. 46.9 percent full. Seems to correspond well with the mapr returns. cleared snow from ant at 1600 utc. powered down during.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 11.9 this morning and  this evening. Raw cloud voltage between 2.5 and 3.5v. Told Randy the power voltage.
 
SOUNDING:
2 soundings so far today at 15 utc and looks like there will be more. 

SURFACE STATION:
Cleared rad stand about 1330utc or 6:30am. Sun starting to rise. 

Snow gauge reporting throughout the night. 799 and rapidly rising, 788 7 hours ago. Parking lot frozen,  stronger winds and direction veriable. RH range between 50 and 100 %. 

MISC:
For 25 Feb 2
#Checked Radiation stand at 1300UTC and a-okay
#RASS speakers all raising hell, clearesd snow at 14:30utc
#MAPR fine
#1299 fine,46.9%, cleared snow at 1600 utc.
#GLASS finish. locked up this morning. rx seems like problems, but rxs okay.
#Tapes changed and labled. collected 12 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 19G. Clear5ed and blanked at 16:15 UTC
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting

#Launched 5 yesterday, 2 today got 6 more, might fix 2 for 8 total.
#snowborad measurement lots of drifting, so no meas so far.
 the snow depth is ?5.5 cm
 the water equivalent depth is ?0.3 cm (denisty is 03./55=0.054)
 snow gauge show 12 ticks and the water equivalent depth is 12*2.54/100=?  0.304cm

BULLETIN:
IT'S PROBABLY FINE, BUT THE HD FOR THE WORKSTATION IS KIND OF NOISEY SOMETIMES.

WEATHER:
Snowing hard somewhere around 2 am or 9 utc. Things breaking up now about 1600 and shutting things down till next storm about 2 in the anoon.

Low last night about -10C, high today about 3Cat 16 UTC 

MAPR:
Working fine today. Some layers shown, Clouds are thin though and the sun can beseen through them. 

HPA is showing 50 % power, which is reasonable. Voltage is 1.254. What does it all mean? It needs some thorough testing when it returns home and maybe off to Kalmus.

1299:
Working fine. 41.5 percent full. Seems to correspond well with the mapr returns.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 12.0 this morning and  this evening. Raw cloud voltage was down to 3.1 during storm and now up to 4.
 
SOUNDING:
3 soundings so far today.

SURFACE STATION:
Cleared rad stand about 1330utc or 6:30am. Sun starting to rise. 

1600 UTC 22-2-2 No snow gauge reporting, Low last night about -15C. Pressure 790 and rapidly dropping, 796 7 hours ago. Parking lot frozen, Winds light and direction veriable. RH range between 90 and 30 %. Temp 0 to -15C.

MISC:
For 24 Feb 2
#Checked Radiation stand at 1500UTC and a-okay
#RASS speakers all raising hell, clearesd snow at 13:30utc
#MAPR fine
#1299 fine,44.1%
#GLASS fine?
#Tapes changed and labled. collected 10 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 19G
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting

#Launched 3, got 5 more, have 10 and might fix 2 for 12 total.
#snowborad measurement at 1550 utc
 the snow depth is 5.5 cm
 the water equivalent depth is 0.3 cm (denisty is 03./55=0.054)
 snow gauge show 12 ticks and the water equivalent depth is 12*2.54/100=0.304cm

WEATHER:
Heavier high cloud cover throughout the area. Looks like its gona happen.? Clear yesterday afternoon. 

Low last night about -15C, high today about ?C.  

MAPR:
Working fine today. Some layers shown, Clouds are thin though and the sun can beseen through them. 

HPA is showing 50 % power, which is reasonable. Voltage is 1.254. What does it all mean? It needs some thorough testing when it returns home and maybe off to Kalmus.

1299:
Working fine. 41.5 percent full. Seems to correspond well with the mapr returns.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 12.3 this morning and  this evening. Raw cloud voltage is 
5 V flat.huge inversion now 1600 utc. -6C at bottom and 6C at the top. 

SOUNDING:
Maybe sondes tonight.

SURFACE STATION:
1600 UTC 22-2-2 No snow gauge reporting, Low last night about -15C. Pressure 790 and rapidly dropping, 796 7 hours ago. Parking lot frozen, Winds light and direction veriable. RH range between 90 and 30 %. Temp 0 to -15C.

MISC:
For 23 Feb 2
#Checked Radiation stand at 1600UTC and a-okay
#RASS speakers all raising hell, 
#MAPR fine
#1299 fine
#GLASS fine?
#Tapes changed and labled. collected 8 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 19G
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting
#no snowborad measurement
#only got 8 sondes and 4 + bottles of helium left, may be able to fix 2 other sondes and Bill may send 5 more sondes.

WEATHER:
Heavier high cloud cover e-w-n and broken to the south, more like this cirus and not cumulus. 

Low last night about -15C, high today about ?C.  

MAPR:
Working fine today. Some layers shown, but not obvious from looking at the sky. Starting to see the high cloud layer, but it must be up near 4 km which is maprs limit currently. MM5 says dry today and MAPR not see shite.

HPA is showing no powr percentage. I hate their interface! Not a lot of signal coming out, but I do see power on the spectrum analyzer. It is becoming more and more necessary to develop our own interface from a power meter and volt meter. Measured power supply voltage on red and black tabs from back of power supply and get .836 vdc... 

1299:
Working fine. Doesn't seem to see the layers as well as MAPR. 38.9 percent full.Not seeing shite. MM5 jameson says dry today and maybe that is why. 

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 12.7 this morning and  this evening. Raw cloud voltage is 
5 V flat.Inversion now 1800 utc. -4C at bottom and 0C at the top. Looked like early morning fog in the area or heavy haze from my hotel room, but appears gone right now. 

SOUNDING:
No sondes launched today. Bill got Tim to send up 5 more sondes. Bill should be shipping them tomorrow.

SURFACE STATION:
1800 UTC 22-2-2 No snow gauge reporting, Low last night about -15C. Pressure 802 and slowly dropping. Parking lot frozen, Winds light and direction veriable. RH range between 90 and 40 %. Temp 0 to -15C.

MISC:
For 22 Feb 2
#Checked Radiation stand at 1800UTC and a-okay
#RASS speakers all raising hell, 
#MAPR fine
#1299 fine
#GLASS fine?
#Tapes changed and labled. collected 6 so far 
#MAPR disk space available 19G
#asp fan running
#surface sensors reporting
#no snowborad measurement
#only got 8 sondes and 4 + bottles of helium left, may be able to fix 2 other sondes and Bill may send 5 more sondes.

# estimate no IOP till Sat night. Yuck.

WEATHER:
Clear all day. Light cirus very high up and looks heavier to the west and north west, but is it? 

High today about 0C. In town they say more like 40F. 

MAPR:
Working fine today. Some layers shown, but not obvious from looking at the sky.Winds out of the north-northwest.

1299:
Working fine. 36.6 percent full. 

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 12.7 this morning and  this evening. Raw cloud voltage is 
5 V flat.Temperature starts at 0 and goes to -5C at the top.

SOUNDING:
No sondes launched today. Bill got Tim to send up 5 more sondes. Bill should be shipping them tomorrow.

MISC:
#Leveled radiation stand at 2300UTC

#no snowborad measurement
#only got 8 sondes and 4 + bottles of helium left, may be able to fix 2 other sondes and Bill may send 5 more sondes.

WEATHER:
Snowing in the morning, and the visibility is low, couldn't see moutains.
snow stops at 1725 and becomes partly cloudy and sunny in the late
afternoon. The visibility is better in the afternoon. 
however, heavy clouds and wind on top of moutains. 
Last night low is -7C at 0615 and stead increase till now.
High today is -0.1C. 
MM5 show heavy riming today. 

MAPR:
Good signals. Blanked HPA at 19:20ut and cleared snow from the top of antenna.
MAPR winds seem to be steady out of the E-NE for the last 24 hrs.
Changed and labeled tapes.Light green. 

1299:
Working well. Cleared snow from the antenna and shut it down about 1830. Had
10 inches of snow on the radome. Seeing layers of clouds currently.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 12.5 this morning and  this evening. Raw cloud voltage is 
2.8 V flat, report to Doug.@ 1755 ut voltage heading up to 4v, temp incr too.
Cloud heavy and looks to be hanging just below gondola midpoint. 20:00ut Gondola midpoint visible and RAW CV up above 4v. Temp near 0 at bottom and near -5c near top. Interesting wave int he temp while coming down on the last trip about 20:33ut. 2 jumps in temp over a 10 mb stretch. Gone during the trip up. BV 12.8.

SOUNDING:
Down to 7 sondes, so reducing the frequency. Snow event whimpy so stopping for a few hours at 1800 utc. Only launched one today.

MISC:
#Cleared radiation sensors at 1620
#clear path and RASS speaker cover at 1710.
#snowborad measurement at 1620
 the snow depth is 13.4 cm
 the water equivalent depth is 0.9 cm (denisty is 0.9/13.4=0.067)
 snow gauge show 34 ticks and the water equivalent depth is 34*2.54/100=0.86cm
#MM5 Says snow stops reaching the surface at 1800utc and is correct, maybe slightly late. Clouds breaking up in the valley, but there is still about 90% coverage and clouds definitely over SPL. Snow flurries in and out along with heavier cloud coverage. Layers are thin. 0000, 50% cloud cover for the valley, but edges of the valley are covered extensively by clouds, including SPL.   

#only got 7 sondes and 4 bottles of helium left, may be able to fix 2 other sondes and Bill may send 5 more sondes.
#Tian left, I hope Rabettears didn't treat him too poorly..

#### Added 1/2 gal of antifreeze to both Snow gauges. First Time this was
done during the experiment. I unplugged the cable from the snow gauges and 
plugged them back in and heard a series of beeps from both gauges.

WEATHER:
Snowing in the morning, and the visibility is low, couldn't see moutains.
snow stops at 1825 and becomes partly cloudy and sunny in the late
afternoon. The visibility is better in the afternoon. 
however, mists on top of moutains. 
Last night low is -4.5C at 1430 and high today is -0.1C. 
MM5 show heavy riming today. 

MAPR:
Good signals and four sondes can be seen on MPAR, although they are not as 
clear as in clear air condition. 
MAPR winds shift from SW to NW smoothly from 1400 Feb 18 to
1400 Feb 19 above 1 km.
Cleaned exabyte drive 1.

1299:
Working well. Strong signals up to 2 ~ 2.5 km for most of the day. 

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 12.8 this morning and 13.0 this evening. Raw cloud voltage is 
1.8 V flat, report to Doug.

SOUNDING:
4 sondes today.

MISC:
#Cleared radiation sensors at 1520
#clear path and RASS speaker cover at 1530.
#snowborad measurement at 1840
 the snow depth is 8.5 cm
 the water equivalent depth is 0.7 cm (denisty is 07./8.5=0.082)
 snow gauge show 19 ticks and the water equivalent depth is 19*2.54/100=0.48cm
#MM5 shows the first period of snow at 12Z ~ 21Z, the first tick shown for both
 snow gauges at 0600 UTC and MAPR show strong signals near surface at 0545.
#MM5 also shows the cloud top is low at 2km for the first event (12Z ~ 21Z),
 four sondes all show RH drops out at 1.5~2 km ABL. clouds are thin, the sun
 can shine through occassionally during snow. 
#only got 9 sondes and 4 bottles of helium left, will talk to Mike and Doug.
#Mike arrived today and will take over tomorrow.

WEATHER:
The las night low as -7C and the high today was 2.5C.
Snowing most of the morning and snow stops at 1915. Mt Werner can be
seen occsaaionally. Partly cloudy in the
afternoon and the sun breaks through occassionally.


MAPR:
strong signals caused by snow. MAPR shows snow reaching surface for
several periods of time in the morning starting at 1040 UTC, while
the snow gauge shows fisrt tick at 1300. 

1299:
Working well. In the morning, radial velocities increasing at 0.8~2 km
suggests some riming may occur. MM5 also show lots of riming process occur
in this event.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 13.0 this morning and 12.9 this evening. No inversion was shown
in the morning.

SOUNDING:
3 sondes todays capturing the event well.

MISC:
#Cleared radiation sensors at 1725
#COMM was down this afternoon and /tmp was full. Killing idl jobs makes /tmp
 to be 1%, however, the COMMS is still down. Reboot iss at 2143, COMM fixed.
#clear RASS speaker cover at 2006, most of snow has melted due to the warm 
 temperature.
#clear the path to instruments at 2030.
#snowboard measurement was made at 1950.
 the depth of the snow is 1.5 cm and the density is 0.2/1.5=0.13.
 7 ticks are shown in surf_met suggesting the density is 7*2.54/100 ~ 0.178cm.
 8 ticks are shown in sur_met2.
 Note that some snow has melted before measurements due to the warm temp (0.5C).
 The snow depth in front of the trailer is 3.6 cm.
#forcast 2-3" snow tonight.

WEATHER:
Suuny and partly cloudy in the morning and become more cloudy in the
afternoon. An increase in IR with time was observed in the 
afternoon (>2000 UTC). High today is 4.9C at 00UTC and low last night 
is -18C at 0800 UTC. Surface winds are below 2 m/s for most of day.    
No precipitation at surface. MM5 shows mide-level cloud today. 


MAPR:
Hot air ballon was visualized at around 1620 but not shown clearly in 
MAPR plot. It is probably shadowed in the RASS period.
A layered structure with SNR at 0~-5 dB was observed at 2.5 km during
1720~1850, while the other altitudes with SNR only -15 dB.
A layered strcture at lower altitude of 1.5 km was developed after 1915
and exhibited wave appearance. Alternating updraft and downdraft with time
was shown at 2115~2200.Stong signal aloft at 3~4 km was shown after 2205,
which was also observed by 1299 at similar heights.
MM5 predicts snow aloft beginning at 1800 at similar heights.   


1299:
Working okay, strong signal at 3~4 km was shown after about 2226, the real
starting time should be earlier.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage is at 13.4 this morning and is at 13.1 in the evening.
An inversion was shown in the morning with 2C at top, -8C at base, and
-11C at ISS. 


SOUNDING:
One sonde today at 2330 UTC to verify the MM5 output. 

MISC:
#clear radiation sensor at 1630.
#MM5 shows snow reaching at surface after about 0900 UTC (18-Feb).

WEATHER:
Sunny day, thin cirrus occured in the north in the morning and more 
was developed in the afternoon.
Last night low is -28C and today's high is -2C. Surface winds
are light (<2 m/s) for all day.


MAPR:
Winds up to 1.0 km most of the day except after 2200 UTC, winds were up to
1.5km. The hot air balloon was observed at 1610.  
Cleaned exabyte drive 0.

1299:
Working OK.Spurs are still strong at the first few gates. 

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage is 13.4 both in the morning and evening.
This morning showed inversion with
-2.5C at top, -15C at base, -22C at ISS.

SOUNDING:
No soundings today.

MISC:
#cleared radiation sensors at 1615.
#COMM works OK after reboot yesterday.
#MM5 shows alternating layers of upward (1-2.5 km) and downward (below 1km)
 vertical velocites.
 MAPR shows a layer of upward motion (very small) at 1 km from 
 0400~1600.

WEATHER:
Sunny day, almost cloudless. Last night's low
was -27C and the high today was -6C. Surface winds were light, maximum wind
speed from surf_met is 4m/s before 1200 and 2 m/s after.

MAPR:
MAPR show snow stops at 0200 (Feb 15), which is close to the MM5 prediction
at 0300.
Weak signals due to clear air condition, wind estimates are up to 1 km.
Hot-air balloon was observed at 1500 and 1615.


1299:
Working ok. Returns are weak and spurs are strong.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 13.4 this morning, and up to 13.5 this evening.
Temperature inversion was observed this morning, -13C at the base and
-8C at top. 

SOUNDING:
No soundings today.

MISC:
#Cleared radiation sensors at 1645.
#shovel paths this morning, clear the RASS speaker covers.
#COMM: failed this morning and reboot iss twice at 1644 and 1517. It worked
       for a while but failed again. Gary told me to remove the mini-tester
       and cycled the power of modem. This didn't work. Reboot iss again
       at 1840. Then it worked OK.
#Weather forcast snow may occur in the Sunday afternoon and Monday. 

WEATHER:
Snow observed at surface about 1300 UTC and RH jumps up abruptly at that time.
Snow and cloudy most of the day and the cloud broke up for a while in the
evening (0000 UTC). Snow stop for a period from 2100~2210 UTC and after
about 2350 UTC. It's pretty foggy on the Mt Werner for most of time.
Last night's low is -16C and today;s high is -2C.
Surface winds were light (<2m/s). 


MAPR:
Good signals for snow, with winds to 3.0 km. The front edge of snow strom
aloft was observed by MAPR at 0800 UTC. Snow near surface weren't observed
by MAPR until 1315UTC. MAPR winds aloft (>1.2 km) shows north easterly
wind and northerly wind after 0145. SNR dies down at 0210. 


1299:
Good signals due to snow. Spurs are still observed.


GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 13.1 this morning, and also 13.1 this evening.
Works OK

SOUNDING:
8 sondes were launched. Two of them (#27 and 24) don't have reliable
wind estimations due to the loss of satelitte tracking.The RH drops out
sharply at 6Km and another layer with relativley high RH was observed
at 8K` km for the first few flights and dies down.

MISC:
#Clear radiation sensor at 1659,1915 ,and 0210 UTC.
#Clear the RASS speaker covers at 1925.
#COMM was up and down all day.
#Snowboard measurement was made at 0030 UTC,the depth of the snow is 9 cm
 and the density is 0.8cm/9cm. The snow gauge is 26 bars = 0.26*2.54=0.66cm.
#Randy said they got the best data today.
#Nice firework starts at 0206 on Mt. Werner.
#James MM5 predicts heavy snow (6-12 cm) at 1400~1900 UTC and tapering off
 by 0300 UTC, which are pretty accurate compared to iss data.
 MM5 also predicts the wind shifts from westerly to northeasterly after
 00 UTC. MAPR observed such transition at about 0145. 

WEATHER:
Another sunny day, almost cloudless, thin cirrus in the morning. 
Last night's low
was -27C and the high today was -5C. Surface winds were light, and winds
aloft were less than 10 m/s below 1km for much of the day.

MAPR:
Good signals for clear conditions, with winds to 1.5 km.

1299:
Working ok. Returns are weak and spurs are strong.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 14 this morning, and up to 13.4 this evening.
Works OK

SOUNDING:
One test sonde at 2250. Dry layer between 3.5~6 km and relatively humid
layer above. But the data quality is not very good.

MISC:
Test connector between 1930~2120 for comm.
Reboot ISS at 2055 to fix a modem problem. The reboot worked.
The radiation sensor was cleared at 1635. 
20% chance of snow tonight and 40% of snow tomorrow.
Comm is down again at 0056. 

WEATHER:
Another sunny day, almost cloudless, even absent cirrus. Last night's low
was -24C and the high today was -2C. Surface winds were light, and winds
aloft were increasing to 15 m/s at 2km for much of the day.

MAPR:
Good signals for clear conditions, with winds to 2 km.

1299:
Working ok. Returns are weak and spurs are strong.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 5.4 this morning not working well, and up to 15.3 this evening.
Looks like Randy charged the battery.

SOUNDING:
No soundings today.

MISC:
Cleared radiation sensors at 1640
Reboot ISS again to fix a modem problem. The reboot worked.
Tian arrived today. Will take over logs tomorrow. Weather forcast Wednesday
night or Thursday.

WEATHER:
Sunny today with thin cirrus all day. The low last night was -23C, the high
today was +1C (havn't seen above zero for a while).
Solar radiation result looked ok today, so will assume yesterday afternoon
was a frost effect.

MAPR:
Pretty good signals considering the cold. Winds to 1.5 km most of the day
Cleaned exabyte drive 1.

1299:
Working well. Changed jaz disk (J:\ drive) and deleted SPC files on D: drive.
Disk now less than 10% full. The new jaz should last through the end of the
project.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 6.3 this morning and 8.3 this evening. I left a message for Randy
that he will want to charge it soon. This morning showed inversion with
-2C at top, -8C at base, -16C at ISS.

SOUNDING:
No soundings today.

MISC:
Cleared radiation sensors at 1610
Installed spare helium regulator and flow meter on backboard. Checked ok.
Modem not working again today. Will reboot tomorrow when help is around.
(this time is is not a full swap space)

WEATHER:
Today was mostly a day off after yesterday's IOP. Sunny all day. Last nights
low was --28C and the high today was -9C. The solar radiation sensor data
looks suspect. There may be some frost on it. (Did not clear frost this
morning).


MAPR:
Weak backscatter most of the day. Some better winds early in the day and
after 0Z tonight.

1299:
Working well. Disk 93.5% full tonight.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 8.1 this evening. Low, but maybe solar cell will charge it or 
Randy will need to recharge.

SOUNDING:
No soundings today.

MISC:
Fixed modem connection with Gary's help. The swap space (/tmp) was
full because of several IDL jobs hanging around. A reboot solved it.

WEATHER:
Snow today beginning about 13 UT at surface. Snowed much of the day ending
at abbut 21 UT. SPL was not in cloud but collected crystal data beginning
at 15 UT. We launched 5 sondes, capturing the event well.
At 8am (15 UT) Randy reported no cloud at SPL, but they are collecting
crystal observations.

MAPR:
Good signal all day. Good winds.
Interesting data 1615-1645. Snow is falling from 2.3 km and strengthens at
1.3 km. Between 1.0 to 1.3 km the fall velocity becomes nearly zero (the fall
speed is around 1 above and below this layer). Is there some convection due
to heat release from riming? The velocities below don't seem to increase,
but the plot scale is crude. Worth a closer look.

1299:
Working well. Disk 90.1% full tonight.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 5.3 this morning, rising to 11.0 by mid afternoon. Maybe this is
temperature dependent. Nephlometer voltage varied a lot. During snow it was
sometimes a constant 2.1 or so. But there was no cloud. Could it be registering
snow obscuration? Was the sensor path blocked by snow? Is the value somehow
depending on the battery voltage?

SOUNDING:
Five soundings today. Filling balloons straight from the Helium cylanders
so widely varying ascent rates. Worked ok though. More gas works better to
keep sonde from being blocked behind mountains.
Inversion about 4 km MSL strengthened through the afternoon - looks like
a subsidence inversion.

MISC:
NOTE: The final sounding needs to be reprocessed to recover lower
data. Because of very slow ascent, software didn't detect launch until
almost 9 km aloft.
Pressure increased rapidly through the day, about 15 mb in past 24 hours.
Cleared radiation sensors 1545, 1800, 2120 UT. Obscured between these
times by falling snow.
Cleared RASS of snow at 23:30 (after snow ended).
Modem not connecting to Boulder. Cycled modem/freewave power both in
ISS and in tennis court. Still no connection. 
Three tests of snow depth/density:
1. Depth measurement in front of trailer is 20 cm and fluffy.
   A melt test shows the density to be 0.03 so water equivalent of 6 mm.
2. Snowboard depth (a little later so some consolidation possible) was 18 cm.
   And the melt test shows this equivalent to 8 mm (density of 0.044).
3. Another snowboard test at 00Z (later): depth: 17 cm;  melted depth: 8 mm;
   density: 0.047

Snow gauge shows about 23 hundreths of an inch water equivalent or 5.84 mm
over the past 24 hours (0Z to 24Z on 9 Feb 2002).  

WEATHER:
Today was a "snowy" day. Overcast all day with several pulses of snow. We
launched 4 sondes, but SPL did not collect much data because of high
(50 mph) winds. No crystal observations because of winds.
At 1910 UT could see clear orographic cloud over Mt. Werner, We are just
outside of it and can see sun through thinning clouds overhead. Snow or
virga to north.
Interesting double updraft this morning at 14:40. Many more updrafts
through the day (convection?). Clouds thinning this evening (0 UT) and
we will see what happens overnight 

MAPR:
Good signal beginning with snow aloft at 10 UT. High wind speeds above
3 km. Very interesting "split jet" 20-22 UT. 

1299:
Working okay. Should show snow pulses well. Disk 87.5% full tonight.
Will need to check backup and delete from D: drive soon.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 10.8 this morning, 10.3 this evening. Still not sure it
works. There were periods of constant 2.1 voltage today when there
should be no cloud. Gondola stopped for part of the afternoon because
of high winds. Maybe G-sonde become snowcovered.

SOUNDING:
Four soundings today. After the first one, I tightened the rotater and
checked all connections. The signal strength improved. However, the final
two sondes were lost behind the mountain at 8-6 km MSL. This may be
because of high winds aloft and the wind direction (out of the WSW).

MISC:
Radiation sensors were clear this morning.
Snow on our snowboard ranged from 2.5 to 4.5 cm (because of wind).
Melt density test resulted in 0.12:1.00 ratio so 3.0 mm to 5.4 mm
water equivalent. Note that snow gauges showed values of 5 and 8
hundreths of an inch which are 1.2 and 2.0 mm. Did blowing snow cover
our snowboard deeper or did the wind make the snowgauge measurements
inaccurate?

WEATHER:
Clear all day with some high cirrus. Low last night was -27C, and the high
today was -4C. No precipitation. Winds light through the day.

MAPR:
Winds sometimes to 1.5km. Tape 0 failed last night. Wrote most of it.
Not rewriting since it is also backed up to Raidzone.

1299:
Working okay. Disk 84.5% full tonight.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 11.5 this morning, 12.1 at 20Z and 11.6 this evening. This morning
the temperature at the top was -2C, at the base was -11C, and at the
ISS was -18C.

SOUNDING:
No soundings today. Expect some weather tomorrow.

MISC:
Cleared frost from radiation sensors this morning.

WEATHER:
Clear all day, AGAIN. No clouds at all. Low last night was -28C, and the high
today was briefly -4C. No precipitation. Winds light through the day.

MAPR:
Weak signals but ok winds sometimes 1.5km. Hot air balloon at 15:55.
Tape 1 failed to check out last night, but was fine this morning.

1299:
Weak signal, clutter, but working okay. Disk 81.5% full tonight.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 11.9 this evening, and 12.0 tonight. Note that this morning
the temperature at the top was -7C, at the base was -14C, and at the
ISS was -21C.

SOUNDING:
No soundings today.

MISC:
Cleared frost from radiation sensors this morning at 16:15Z.

WEATHER:
Clear all day, not a cloud in sight. There were a few clouds last night
based on radiation data, but no snow or cloud at SPL. Low last night
was -27C and this afternoon the high was -7C. No precipitation. None
expected tomorrow. Winds light all day today..

MAPR:
Weak signals but ok winds sometimes 1-2km. Apparent hot air balloon
(Wild West?) at 16Z.

1299:
Weak signal, clutter, but working okay. Disk 79% full tonight (was 78% this
morning and 75% yesterday morning so filling up about 4% per day).

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 11.7 this evening. Took some photographs of chair 17 from
the station today.

SOUNDING:
No soundings today. Tightened RF input cable on rack. Maybe this will
help the weak signal strength.

MISC:
Cleared frost from radiation sensors this morning at 17:10Z. No effect
in data.

WEATHER
WEATHER:
Clear in the morning; mostly clear the rest of the day with a few
afternoon clouds and a brief period of snow at the summit and virga
over downtown. Low last night was -27C/-16F. High this afternoon was
about -4C. No precipitation at our site. Surface winds light but picking
up to 3 m/s by 20Z.

MAPR:
Weak signals but winds filling in by the end of the day. One updraft around
22Z a little after surface winds freshened.

1299:
Working okay. Weak signals but stronger late afternoon..

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 11.9 this morning at 12.0 this evening. Morning had the
top 8C warmer(!) than the base.

SOUNDING:
One sounding at 23:05Z in anticipation of a little snow. Had weak signal
and possible no winds (looked ok on 1-second data, bad on 10-second and
reprocessed). Reading coefficients from disk worked well. Probably no
more soundings this evening.

MISC:
Cleared frost from radiation sensors again this morning at 16:30Z. Not much
change in readings.
Used cleaning tape on exabyte drive 1.

WEATHER:
Clear all day. High near -7C with a low last night
of -27C at 15Z (8am). Surface winds light. No precipitation,

MAPR:
Weak signals in cold air. Winds below 1km generally light, or maybe
influenced by clutter in the weak echoes. Winds near 1km about 5 m/s

1299:
Working okay, but very weak signals.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 12.0 this morning (16Z) and also tonight at 12.0.
Still some longer signal dropouts.
Randy and Doug looked over Gondola 17 this morning and found no
indications of trauma. The antenna looked fine. We stared at the
G-sonde output today. Note that the nephlometer voltage sometimes
goes to 3.1 when in the base and top stations with weak signal.
Also, sometimes the pressure is erroneous. Will try to document
this more and speak with Ned or Terry.  

Note on yesterday's observation of a repeatable section of lower
nephlometer voltage (782-770 mb). This is in the flat spot where
the transmission may be poor. Randy notes the controls for the
snowmaking equipment is there, but that shouldn't produce much
aerosol/fog. However, in light of the other 3.1 values, we suspect
this is "missing" data.

This evening (01Z 4 Feb), with the gondola stopped at the base, the
battery voltage is steady at 12.0 and the nephlometer voltage is steady
at 3.1. (The temperature is steady at about +2C "inside"). 

SOUNDING:
No soundings today. We will do one tomorrow.

MISC:
Cleared frost from radiation sensors again this morning at 16:45Z. Not much
change in readings. Solar decreased slightly.
Uaed cleaning tape on exabyte drive 0.

WEATHER:
A little warmer and clear today. High near -4C with a low last night
of -24C. This cirrus this morning but crystal clear by 11am (18Z).
Surface winds light. No precipitation,

MAPR:
Weak signals in cold air. Winds below 1km generally light, or maybe
influenced by clutter in the weak echoes.

1299:
Working okay, but very weak signals.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 12.3 at 16Z (morning) and tonight is at 12.2. Must have charged
up in today's sun so maybe 12.3 is about as high as it gets.
Still see data dropouts but also alot of good data. At 16Z showed much
warmer at top than base (-5C vs -15C) and -18C at the ISS. At 0Z(Feb 3)
showing a 2C inversion from the base (790 mb) up to about 770 mb.
Note: Seems to consistantly show a slightly lower nephlometer voltage on 
a section of the lower part of mountain. Today was 782-770 mb.

SOUNDING:
No soundings today.

MISC:
Clearde frost from radiation sensors this morning at 16:45Z. Not much
change in readings.

WEATHER:
Sunny and cold day. High of -10C low of -28C. No precipitation, Partly
cloudy in the afternoon.

MAPR:
Weak signals in cold clear air. Few winds all day (after 7Z). Again today
clutter began at 14Z so probably traffic.

1299:
Working okay, but very weak signals. Echoes this morning to 700 m, and this
evening to 500 m with a seperated signal at 1km.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Voltage at 12.2 at 16Z (morning) and tonight is at 12.1. Still dropouts,
but fewer than yesterday based on my small sample of observing times. No
word from Randy on checking it out.

For reference: high pressure (base) around 795 mb;
               low pressure (top)   around 730 mb
               spotty data often    around 762 mb, maybe in depression

SOUNDING:
No soundings today. Received sonde coefficients on disk from Lou yesterday.
Today Ned helped me change to read coefficients from the floppy.

MISC:
Clearde frost from radiation sensors this morning at 16:40Z. Significant
change in net rad (decrease). No change in vis or ir.

WEATHER:
Very cold past 24 hours. Lows of -34C last night, high was -14C at 4pm/23Z.
Sunny to partly cloudy most of the day. no precipitation.

MAPR:
Weak signals in cold clear air. Some good winds above 700 m. Clutter below
700 m begins at 14Z/7am does not correlate with surface wind speed. Maybe
it is related to traffic on the mountain?
Got laptop used to monitor Tx running, but not yet Labview monitoring program.
Will talk to Mike again Monday

1299:
Working okay. Apparently the POP icon is minimized at 0Z. No problem though.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Tonight the battery voltage is 12.1. Problems with the G-sonde today. We had
a lot of data dropouts (reporting 0's in all fields). During investigation,
the power supply became flakie, but worked ok after being recessed. Dropouts
were less later in the day. Bill noted about (less than?) 10% data drouputs.
Asked Randy to charge battery and examine antenna on gondola.

SOUNDING:
No soundings today. Recieved sonde coefficients on disk from Lou. Perhaps
tomorrow Ned will tell me how to switch GLASS to use them.

MISC:
Hair dryer would not remove frost from radiation sensors this morning in
-32C. Not enough power?

WEATHER:
At 8:15 this morning (1515Z) Randy reported crystals falling at SPL, but
no cloud. Crystals also at base. Sun broke through at 16Z, thin overcast
occasionally throughout day. There was a total of 4.0 cm of snow on the
board accumulated from 18Z on 1/20 through 18Z on 1/30. (No density test,
sorry Bill). At 18Z the G-sonde voltage was 12.3 with no cloud present.
Its getting cold overnight.
  AMEND: snowmelt test showed 3.6 mm liquid water. Again this is very close
  to measured value of 14/100 inch=3.556 mm. (Did this now that I found
  the bottletop).

MAPR:
Looking ok, but some odd vertical velocity in lowest 800 m. Looks like
clutter, but not strong reflectivity. Light winds in valley, stronger
above 2km where measured.

1299:
Working okay. However, I found the windows screen messed up (text across and
no spectral plots) at 02Z (31st). Fixed by minimizing/maximizing POP icon.
Apparently no data lost.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Gondola seemed to be working much of the day. Didn't see cloud while I was
monitoring it. Battery this evening at 12.42

SOUNDING:
No soundings today. Lou is sending sonde coefficients on disk, and Ned should
tell me how to switch GLASS to use them.

MISC:
Snow removed from radiation sensors at 1715Z. No frost.
Snow removed from RASS covers at 18 Z

WEATHER:
The "big storm" didn't develop so much, although we got nearly 4 inches.
SPL was below cloud base all day, but collecting crystal types.
Light snow all day. Very light in afternoon. Some periods just dusting 
ith sun penetrating.
Snow depth measurement at 18 was 9cm, which melted to 6.5 mm 
Snow gauge shows 26 hundreths of an inch from 5-18Z which is 6.6 mm.
(Amazing agreement, non?). Negligable accumulation (about 0.5 cm snow)
for remainder of day.

MAPR:
Good winds in snow to about 3km. Generally light winds at surface, but
30+ m/s winds at 3km.
Interesting updrafts at 3Z and 4:30Z before snow began.

1299:
Working okay, although SOAP plots weren't working until we rebooted the sun.
NOTE: that NIMA plots for 28 Jan show constant and unrealistic updraft
for much of the day.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Gondola seemed to be working much of the day.
Battery this evening at 12.4V

SOUNDING:
Did one sounding today. Trouble with paper tape. Weak signal strength,
difference in RH with surface station. But got data to 300 mb. This was
mostly a practice sonde. Contemplated another in the late afternoon, but
the weather is not interesting.

MISC:
Snow removed from radiation sensors at 16 Z and 18 Z. No frost.
Snow removed from RASS covers at 18 Z

Gathered SONDE ID numbers. Maybe Ned can get the coefficients on a disk.
For the record there are 40 sondes remaining:  149206xxx where xxx=
  614-615   900-903
  701-715   905-907
  800-810   909
  812       911
  814-815

WEATHER:
Mid level cloud all day, with occasional brief sunny periods.
Mild and breezy at times.  

MAPR:
Seeing more clear-air signal.  For a time there were winds at 1-2km,
but unusally light winds above that which we should check.
X-windows locked up on one desktop again, so had to reboot at 2152UT.
Later locked up again, but found I could use the ALT-F5 key and tab keys
to move between desktops, and after that is was okay.
Worked more on the scripts to do backups to exabyte and the raidzone.

1299:
Working okay, although SOAP plots weren't working until we rebooted the sun.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Gondola seemed to be stuck at one level (the base station) most of
the day.  Finally moving again at 2330UT.
Battery this evening at 12.5V

MISC:
Rebooted armiss sun at about 7pm (2UT Jan 29).
There were /tmp full and no more processes messages, and soap wasn't 
running because of this, so rebooted. 
Had to restart iss 3 times before both campbells came up.

Replaced aspirator on surface met (see separate log entry).

No frost on radiation sensors this morning.

Steve arrived this afternoon, and will be taking over as of tomorrow,
just in time for an expected snow storm.

Blow dried frost off radiation sensors about 1650UT.
Mild temperatures leading to melt, moved some cables to get them out of it.

WEATHER:
Fine and mild. Scattered thin high cloud this morning, 
thickening during the afternoon to cover most of the sky, 
although clearing some this evening.
Faint mist on mountain this morning.

MAPR & 1299:
Working okay. Decent clear-air signal, some strong updrafts.
Re-levelled both antennas (see separate log entry).

On Mapr, worked on automatic data transfer to raidzone based on 
Gary's raidsync script.  The transfer is started by the same job
that zips the tms files, mapr_scripts/compresstms_and_copytoraid
Both cor and tms files for winds and rass modes are transferred,
about 10GB per day.

Also worked on automatic backup to tape mapr_scripts/auto_mapr_to_tape
based on Charlies mapr_to_tape.  Copies just tms files, which are
placed in dir /data/mapr/to_put_on_tape/ by compresstms_and_copytoraid.
There are about 7GB per day of tms files 2 exabyte tapes.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Nephlometer saw some mist and an inversion again this morning.
Temperatures on mountain warm, eg 17UT 0C at base & 4C at 780mB.
Battery at 17UT 12.8V, this evening 12.7V.

MISC:
Blow dried frost off radiation sensors about 1650UT.
Mild temperatures leading to melt, moved some cables to get them out of it.

WEATHER:
Fine, scattered thin high cloud this morning, thickening during the afternoon
(though still widely scattered). Faint mist on mountain this morning.

MAPR & 1299:
Working okay. More clear-air signal than recent days.
Hot air balloon again this morning.  MAPR seing either waves or deep
rolls this evening (0UT). RASS seeing inversion sometimes during day.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Showing inversion most of the day. Step shaped this morning.
Nephlometer saw some mist again this morning.
Battery voltage this evening 12.8V
Rebooted laptop a couple of times around 0040UT to remove zip
drive (which didn't work) and install networking.
Tried to install DHCP, but it didn't work, perhaps DHCP server on
sun is still giving problems. Will wire Gary for instructions.

MISC:
Blow dried snow and frost off radiation sensors about 1710UT,
a lot of frost on vis and net.
Added insulation to old antenna inset of trailer, tricky with only 2 hands.

WEATHER:
Fine, clear most of the day, some scattered high cloud.
Some faint mist on mountain this morning and again this evening.

TEMPERATURE/R.H.
Discovered asperator fan on temperature/RH not working this evening.
Can't find a replacement here, put in call for Steve to bring one up
on Monday.

MAPR & 1299:
Working okay. Not much signal, finally getting a good clear-air signal
late in the afternoon, apparently as winds aloft picked up.
James reported MM5 showing updrafts in afternoon & evening,
seeing a little of that though only < 0.5 m/s compared with > 1 m/s in model,
maybe later.  Mapr saw hot air balloon again this morning.
Did an extra RASS run at 1730 to look at inversion.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Seeing some interesting features, a strong inversion around 1730,
and stepped inversion around 0015 this evening.
Nephlometer saw the mist this morning & this evening, 
eg around 1730UT was 3.8V 775 - 785mB.
Battery voltage this evening 13.0V

MISC:
Blow dried snow and frost off radiation sensors about 1710UT
More vented steam from tennis centre occasionally shadowing the sensors
this morning.

WEATHER:
Fine, scattered thin mist this morning with occasional high cloud,
clear skies in afternoon.  Just 2mm snow last night.

MAPR & 1299:
Working okay. Not much signal.  James reported MM5 model showing
interesting narrow but persistent updraft layer 0.8 - 1.5 km,
not enough signal to be obvious on Mapr, but should do some filtering
to see if it shows up.
Mapr did see a hot air balloon round 16UT.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Nephlometer saw the mist this morning, eg around 17UT was 4V 770 - 790mB
and a little mist was visible on the lower slopes. 
Battery voltage this evening 12.9V

MISC:
Blow dried snow and frost off radiation sensors about 1740UT
Tennis centre letting off steam again this morning, may be shadowing
radiation sensors occasionally.
Some more snow shovelling.

WEATHER:
Fine with scattered low clouds this morning, clearing in afternoon
a few more scattered mid-level clouds in late afternoon & evening.
This morning some very fine precipitating ice crystals. 
Some snow last night, about 3.5 cm accumulation from 2UT - 15 UT
making a total of about 14cm for storm.

MAPR & 1299:
Working okay. 

GONDOLA SONDE:
Nephlometer voltage recovered as snow melted during day.
Battery voltage this evening 13.1V

MISC:
Brushed snow off radiation sensors about 17UT
Did lots of snow shovelling.

Comments in a message from Randy 4:30pm yesterday afternoon.
Seeing pristine denrites, about .7-.8mm diameter, with a little aggregation.
Running video distrometer on 1/2 hour schedule for 5 minutes.
Only had liquid drop clouds in first part of storm.

WEATHER:
Fine this morning (no snow last night), snowing and blowing snow
from midday to about  7pm (1UT).  Launched 4 radiosondes.
From 18 UT - 2 UT, just over 10 cm accumulation, about 4 mm melted
(consistent with snow guages which both measured 16/100 inch or 4 mm).
Randy reported some rimming early in storm (around midday),
later clouds dried up at the lab.
More snow begining about 2UT (23rd Jan) in evening.

At 4:30 pm (23:30 UT) Randy reports high snow rate, with mostly
pristing dendrites and only a little aggregation. Crystals 0.7 to 0.8 mm
diameter. No liquid cloud, except a very few droplets. Running the 2D
imager, and crystal concentration measurements 5 minutes every half-hour.

MAPR:
Working okay. 
Lost about 40 minutes data from 20 UT because of mis-calculation of
disk space (didn't allow for some files recopied to raidzone).

1299:
Working okay.
This morning a couple of "sampling did not finsh in 6 secs" messages,
but seems okay. 
Brief interuption about 18UT to remove RS232 minitester for checking modem. 

GONDOLA SONDE:
Running well, voltage during day 13.4, evening 13V.
During afternoon nephlometer voltage dropped to zero, probably
covered in snow.

COMMS: 
More comms problems, logging on to ISP, but problems getting ppp link.
Changed modem dip switch 6 to set Carrier Detect over-ride.
Switched to NCAR RAS for a while, then Gary worked out a fix, added
P prefix to ppp login and it's working.

MISC:
Small but dense patch of frost on visible radiation,
blow-dried at 1720.  Brushed off snow at 8pm (3UT).

Started 2nd bottle of He for 2nd sonde of day.

WEATHER:
Snow last night, finishing at ground level early this morning, however
continued aloft to mid morning.  About 1.5 cm accumulation.
Fine and mild in afternoon with scattered high cloud.

MAPR:
Working okay. 
Worked on RASS today, running but having problem with low gates.
Tweaking HPA and blanking settings, but lowest reliable level 400m,
occasionally get 300m.  Should be able to get lower.
Just running hourly for now.  Got RASS plots up on web site.
Manually resynced MAPR clock to armiss at 2216UT, was 28 secs fast.

1299:
Working okay.

SOUNDING:
Tried to launch a radiosonde, but had lots of trouble with paper tape
reader.  Tired to read one tape many times, (cleaning out holes each
time) but eventually the tape started to tear, so tried a 2nd sonde.  
Finally after repeated attempts and blasting air through the reader,
could read the tape but too late for a launch.
Failed sonde is 044269413, keeping sonde 044269405 for later use.
Really should scrap the paper tapes and go to the file system of
inputting coeffients.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Saw few signals last evening as battery voltage down as low as 6V.
Randy and Doug recharged the sonde's battery so no observations most
of the day.

COMMS: modem wasn't dailing out this afternoon.  Had to cycle its power
a few times to get it to reset.  Okay now.

MISC:
Brushed snow off radiation sensors around 18UT and cleaned soon after.

Visited by group from Steamboat Weather Summit (broadcasters meeting).
One trampled snow around net radiation sensor around 21UT.

More snow shovelling.  Some melt occurring around profilers,
hopefully we don't get the lake we had last year.

WEATHER:
Snow last night and this morning.  About 5.5 cm accumulation (2-3 mm melted).
Too windy at Storm Peak Lab for their measurements.
Fine with scattered high cloud in afternoon.

MAPR:
Working okay.  
Shut down 2315 for about 25 minutes to clear snow from radome.

1299:
Working okay.
Shut down 23UT for about 15 minutes to clear snow from radome.

GONDOLA SONDE:
Shut down about 21UT for 15 minutes to try & install zip drive again. 
Installed driver software from Iomega web site.
Still can't insert zip disks into drive, spindle is obstruting it.

Around 2345UT laptop came up with blue windows screen saying
an exception had occurred... hit any button to continue.
I did and it seems to be working ok.
Voltage this evening down to 11.2, was 11.7 during afternoon.

Randy & Doug visited this afternoon.  They were curious about the
large decrease in nephlometer voltage (ie, decrease in visibility)
as gondola sonde goes into building at top and bottom end of runs.
The temperature & RH is also higher in the buildings, probably heaters
melting the snow and all the people breathing.
Randy suggested that perhaps condensation occurs on nephlometer
as it goes into the buildings.  

MISC:
Brushed snow from radiation sensors about 20UT.
Snow guages both registered 9/100ths of an inch, ie 2.25mm,
similar to the 2-3mm melted noted above.

WEATHER:
A little snow last night (less than 1 cm accumulation).
Fine and sunny during the day, a few storm clouds to the north late
afternoon.

MAPR:
Working okay.  Good obs of of hot air balloon this morning.
Strong clear-air echoes as some snow began at 7UT.
Some wave looking activity this evening (1UT Jan 20).

Had to reboot last night (2:13UT), as x windows locked up.
System seemed to be running okay, but could get no rsponse from
console (could connect via armiss).  Restarted 2:25, seems ok.
Fixed a bug in idl plotting routines that left occasional gaps
in plots, such as yesterday evening.

1299:
Working ok, hot air balloon not as obvious as MAPR.
Also seeing waves, though not as clearly as MAPR.

MISC:
Snow around radiation sensors, cleared off about 1730.
Interestingly vis dropped, rather than jumped, probably because
snow wasn't on directly top, but rather built up around it and was 
scattering extra sunlight onto sensor. 
Noticed that tennis centre generator putting out a lot of steam
that was shadowing the sensors around 1730 - 1800. Sky was clear then.

Gondola sonde:  Nephlometer showed a dip 780 - 770 mB this morning, 
and could see slight mist on mountain.
Tried to install zip drive so we could get some data off.  
Had to reboot laptop and didn't know password to startup
(turns out hitting cancel is okay).
Zip drive not accepting disks, perhaps because no driver installed?
Gap in obs from 19UT to 0UT. Voltage around midday 12.2V, this evening 11.7

Visited Storm Peak Lab this afternoon, very impressive.
They said they saw a little riming early on in the Tues evening event.

Had to shovel thru a good sized snow bern created by the lot crew 
to keep a path clear for the trailers.

WEATHER:
Snowing last night through midday.  About 5 cm accumulation (2mm melted).
Launched sonde at 17UT. Doug & Randy say they weren't in cloud.

Another snow storm late afternoon, 2330 - 0UT, brief but breezy, about 1cm
additional accumulation.  Launched another sonde at 0UT.
Randy says they are in cloud, and getting observations.

MAPR:
Good snow observations.  Storm this evening almost looked convective.
Strong clear-air echoes around snow around 20 and 2330 UT.
Clock sync to armiss doesn't appear to be working, 
did manual sync at 1816 (was 27 sec fast). 

1299:
Similar observations to mapr.
Had error message about 1UT (19th): averaging did not complete in 6 secs
but seems to be working okay.

MISC:
Radiation sensors covered in snow until cleared off about 1705UT,
had a little frost, blow dried off about 1740.
Brushed off a bit more snow about 1950.

Gondola sonde voltage at little low, 11.9 early morning, 12.2 afternoon
(as solar panels catch a few rays), then down to 11.7 in evening.
Doug & Randy will recharge.
Nephlometer showed a slight dip (indicating cloud) at around 770 mB
about 1730UT, the 17UT sounding showed a slight peak in RH at the
same level.  Doug also report light cloud below the lab.


Saw Andy Rossy this afternoon.  He's going to email me a copy of
his snow board observations.

WEATHER:
Fine and cold today, scattered high cloud this morning, 
increasing lower clouds during afternoon.  
A little snow last night, about 2 cm fell at site (about 1mm water equiv),
similar at Storm Peak Lab.

MAPR:
Observed snow last night okay.  Around 6UT appears to be strong clear-air
echoes mixed with snow echoes.

1299:
Similar observations to mapr, clear-air not as strong.
Got program to plot nima results working (that & nima runs on mapr).

MISC:
Radiation sensors covered in snow until cleared off about 1730UT.
Comms okay today, tested old modem on workstation in condo and it didn't work.

WEATHER:
Fine and cold today, snow last night, did IOP.
About 5-6 cm fell at site (melted a sample and it was about 2mm),
very light and puffy.  At the Storm Peak lab about 35 cm fell.
Doug described it as very pristine.  Initially they found low ph,
but later ph approached neutral, indicating very clean snow.  
Did two soundings last night. 

A little more snow aloft this evening.

MAPR:
Working well.  Good observations of snow storm.  There seemed to be
strong oscillating up & down motion during storm.  There were strong
winds aloft and may have been gravity waves or deep eddies.
Shut down for about 30 mins at 1830UT to clear snow off radome.

1299:
Similar observations to mapr.
Shutdown at 1805 for about 20 mins to clear snow off radome.

MISC:
Radiation sensors covered in snow until about 1830UT,
big jump in vis and drop in ir after clearing off snow.

More trouble with comms. 
Last night asppp log indicated connection to ISP okay but then:
process_ppp_msg: PPP_ERROR_IND Maximum number of configure requests exceeded
then connection would drop-out.
This morning modem wasn't responding so replaced with a new modem.
Seems okay for now.

WEATHER:
Cloudy.  Snow aloft from late afternoon, may be doing IOP tonight.

MAPR:
Working okay, seeing clear-air echoes to 1 - 1.5km and snow aloft 
late afternoon.
Power meter flucuating from 90 - 110%.
Checked orientation - 0-1 side orientated 224 d E of true N  
recalculating and plotting winds (previously used approximation only).

1299:
Similar echoes to mapr.
Restarted about 2345UT with corrected orientation
xvert (X+) 241 deg.

MISC:
Radiation sensors had frosting this morning, cleared with hair dryer
about 10:05am (1705UT).  Vis jumped about 50W/m2, net about 10W/m2,
ir no change.

More trouble with comms, cycled power on modem to fix.

Andy Rossy, a grad student with Doug & Randy visited the site.
He'll be leaving a snow sampling board at the site (and at a few sites
on the mountain).  Will look at snow crystal type, ph, and water equivalent.

WEATHER:
Fine with scattered high cloud during morning.

MAPR:
Working okay, seeing clear-air echoes to about 1.5km and occasional
echoes around 3km.
Power meter flucuating from 30 - 110%, though echo power fairly steady,
probably a meter problem as usual.
Wave-like echoes on mapr and 1299 late afternoon (about 20UT - 1UT).
Got mapr realtime page working for ispa on atd web site.

1299:
Also saw waves.
Rebooted about 2340UT to set sharing so that mapr can pull spectral
files over for nima processing.
(Set using control panel -> network -> share files and also
on D drive properties).
SOAP not running for some reason - could be because too many processes
on armiss - killed off a few and it seems ok now.

MISC:
Vis and net radiation sensors had a little frosting this morning.

Had more trouble with comms.  Cycling power to modem seemed to
fix it, though had to do it several times for it to come back on
sucessfully.

Art Judson (of snow and avalanche fame) visited the site.
Said that yesterday's snow only amounted to a few 100s of an inch
(water equivalent) which is probably why the snow guages didn't trip.

WEATHER:
Snowing from about 9am all morning, then more lightly and intermittantly
during the afternoon.  Cloud base around 1/2 way up gondola.

IOP:
Launched a sonde about 10am (17UT), good flight.
Setup aspirator near front of trailer, however it interferred with 
the gondola sonde - should try further away next time and adjust sonde freq.
Doug & Randy had some of their instruments working,
however had to shut them down during afternoon when wind there
hit 30 mph.

MAPR:
Ran in tms mode from 1612 to 2150UT.
It and the 1299 are seeing snow echoes to about 3 km,
(sonde also indicated cloud top about 3km).

MISC:
Had some trouble with comms, which Gary sorted out.
(ppp had been resetting at midnight, turned off).
Got extra sonde plotting working on MAPR and updated web site.
Also setting up automatic downloading of CSU RAMS model pages
on ale (http://rams.atmos.colostate.edu/cases)

Could not get either of the pc's to map a drive or ping the sun system using 
dhcp. Got things working by entering ip adresses etc.
Sounding system is 128.117.80.88
1299 profiler system is 128.117.80.89
mask is 255.255.255.0
gateway 128.117.80.251.

Even after giving set adresses didn't fully work but after several reboots redoing settings things strated to work.