name2004-iss4: DAILY Messages: 85 Entries..

helium tanks: 12

balloons: 24

Sondes Left: 22
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 22
	Coeff. 2: 0

Last two launches of the NAME project at LMM had no problems.  This marks
the end of data collection at this site and all operators depart for US
on Aug. 16

We cleaned the trailer up a bit and powered down the system per ATD roving
crew instructions.

Wx on this last shift:

Pretty boring with just fair weather cumulus clouds and warm at the
18Z sounding.  


disk write: 47.0%

helium tanks: 12

balloons: 26

Sondes Left: 24
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 22
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with launches

Conditions have been mostly clear today.  A little afternoon scattered convection to the N and NE, but dissipated quickly as the sunset.  Stars are abundant.

This should be the last 00Z launch for the project unless we hear otherwise.  Two more launches in the morning at 12 Z and 18Z.  

The satellite phone is still not working.  


disk write: 45.3%

helium tanks: 13

balloons: 28

Sondes Left: 24
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 24
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with launches

Wx on this shift has was mostly clear and hot with a few shallow cumulus clouds at the 18Z sounding.

The satellite phone is still not working.  

Landings 1743 1749 1807
Takeoffs 1805

disk write: 43.5%

helium tanks: 13

balloons: 30

Sondes Left: 26
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 26
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with launches

Weather on this shift was partly cloudy to clear the entire time, and calm.

The satellite phone is still not working.  

disk write: 41.7%

helium tanks: 12

balloons: 33

Sondes Left: 27
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 27
	Coeff. 2: 0

The satellite phone is still out of order.  The motosat went completely down
around the 16Z launch, so we are without internet access until the roving
crew can look into the problem.  They are here in LMM, so hopefully will
be back on line by this evening.  We instructed the next team to send the
sounding data for the 16Z and 20Z soundings as soon as we get motosat 
functioning.

We encountered two sondes which seem to be defective and were not used:

408400801: Bad RH data (read 100%)

408400808: Did not lock on to GPS signal.


Wx: A few altocumulus clouds cleared up by 16Z, and then it cleared, warmed,
and dried by 20Z.

Aircraft

Landings 1322 1357 1403 1446
Takeoffs 1401 1430 1438
 

disk write: 40.3%

helium tanks: 13

balloons: 36

Sondes Left: 32
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 32
	Coeff. 2: 0

No major problems, but we have had weak signals throughout the shift.

Weather on this shift was partly cloudy to clear the entire time, and calm.

The satellite phone is still not working.  

disk write: 38.6%

helium tanks: 14

balloons: 36

Sondes Left: 31
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 31
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with the first two launchs

The third got a little crazy when trying to track because of the path taken by the balloon.

Weather on this shift was partly cloudy to clear the entire time, and calm.

The satellite phone is still not working.  

disk write: 36.8%

helium tanks: 14

balloons: 40

Sondes Left: 35
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 35
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with the first two launchs

the third lost the signal at around 300 and then seemed to pick up on a nother signal at 70

Weather on this shift was partly cloudy to clear the entire time, and calm.

The satellite phone is still not working.  

disk write: 34.9%

helium tanks: 15

balloons: 42

Sondes Left: 37
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 37
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with the three launches

Weather on this shift was partly cloudy to clear the entire time, and calm.

The satellite phone is still not working.  

We tried multiple ways to fix the satellite phone and it is still not working.  I was able to place a call to the states by using the incorrect jack and listening only to the computer speakers.  The quality was very poor but it worked incase we need to make a call.  Any suggestions, please let us know.
  
disk write: 33.4%

helium tanks: 16

balloons: 45

Sondes Left: 40
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 40
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with the three launches

Weather on this shift was partly cloudy to clear the entire time, and calm.

The satellite phone is still not working.  

The problem that the previous shift noted with the lights has been fixed: 
The light bulbs were burnt out in the normal lights, and the switch was off
in the halogen lights. These were both fixed, so the flourescent lights weren't
needed. :)
  
disk write: 31.5%

helium tanks: 16

balloons: 48

Sondes Left: 43
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 43
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems.  Lights were not working upon our arrival this morning.  We checked the outlets and the power and were receiving power.  Unsure what the problem is.  We used the flourescent lights.  The outside outlet problem the previous shift had was solved by resetting the outlet.  Power works fine now.

The campbell window had been closed we couldn't get numerical surface data.  The system was rebooted and everything is working fine now.

Weather on this shift was rather tranquil.  Light winds this morning with stars and occassional lightning flashes to the North.  Convection cleared then redeveloped to the southeast as winds gradually increased. Currently we are under mostly sunny skies with a few fair weather cumulus draping over the airport.


The satellite phone is still not working.  

Aircraft

Take offs and landing were bunched in around 1800 Z.
  
disk write: 29.8%

helium tanks: 17

balloons: 51

Sondes Left: 46
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 46
	Coeff. 2: 0

A couple of the soundings lost wind data prior to 100mb, otherwise no problems.

There was some deep convection and thunderstorms to the east of the site 
during this evening.  Some of them made it to LMM and produced light rain
during the 8z sounding.

The satellite phone is still not working.  

Aircraft

Takeoffs 0028 0310 0335 0348
Landings 0003 0140 0240 0318 0330
  
disk write: 28.0%

helium tanks: 17

balloons: 54

Sondes Left: 49
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 49
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with launches on this shift

We started an IOP at 18z, with launches at 12z, 18z, and 20z

The weather today was cloudy with light rain when we arrived at 10z, then
it cleared up and was partly cloudy and hot.

The satellite phone is not working.  
  

disk write: 26.1%

helium tanks: 18

balloons: 57

Sondes Left: 52
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 52
	Coeff. 2: 0

Soundings went fine on this shift with no problems.  

If sondes need to be sent to Loreto, the ISS team needs to make a decision
on this by tomorrow.  Please see additional note posted on this shift.

Satellite phone still malfunctioning.  Please see additional note posted on
this shift.

Wx on this shift:

Started out very dry and hot with few clouds in late afternoon.  An MCC
developed to the east and was very near the site during the 6Z sounding.
Vivid lightning display observed, gust front passage occurred approximately
530Z and kicked up a lot of dust at the airport.  Rainfall started a bit 
after 6Z.


Aircraft

Landings 2311 2353 0330
Takeoffs 2331 0130 0347 0354


disk write: 24.2%

helium tanks: 18

balloons: 59

Sondes Left: 54
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 54
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with launches on this shift.  

everything went according to plan

satelite phone does not seem to be working

some coluds in the early morning that vanished throughout the day

death by mosquitos

disk write: 22.3%

helium tanks: 19

balloons: 61

Sondes Left: 56
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 56
	Coeff. 2: 0

No problems with launches on this shift.  
(probably because the black cat didn't cross our path today...finally)

lunch at luis' was good.  A lot of shrimp.

The weather was quite docile this afternoon and into the night.  Consistent light winds from the SSW and clear skies.  Very humid conditions with stagnant air made for the presence of a lot of mosquitos. 

aviation activity was light this evening with planes landing and departing around 0000Z and again 0600Z.

disk write: 21.0%

helium tanks: 19

balloons: 64

Sondes Left: 59
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 56
	Coeff. 2: 3

No problems with launches on this shift.  


The weather throughout the shift has been mostly clear and calm, with some 
increasing clouds this afternoon and a breeze picking up.

disk write: 19.1%

helium tanks: 22

balloons: 67

Sondes Left: 62
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 56
	Coeff. 2: 6

No problems with launches on this shift.  No balloons popped early.

Fan on temp. sensor was out upon arrival.  The roaming crew was contacted and inquired about a spare fan.  At first, we didn't think we had an extra one after replacing the fan in the first week of the project, but further exploration led us to locating a spare fan, therefore, the fan from the aspirator was not needed. The temp. sensor is working fine now.

Wx on this shift:

No significant weather for this time period.  The skies remained clear over the airport while a lingering stratus deck remained off to the N and E of Los Mochis.  There has been a continual light breeze out of the south.

Planes were reported taking off and landing around 0400 Z and 0800 Z.

disk write: 17.6%

helium tanks: 22

balloons: 70

Sondes Left: 65
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 57
	Coeff. 2: 8

No problems with launches on this shift.

I left a message with Aeropacifico this morning inquiring on air cargo service
to Loreto (they have the only service from LMM).  It may be necessary to 
transport a box of sondes next week.  To the roving crew or Mike, please
advise us on when they want sonde transport to occur and how many sondes.
Since the ticket agents probably don't speak English well (or at all), it is 
best if I handle it.  Please give me an response on this issue by Monday
afternoon, as I will be taking a few days off after that.


Wx on this shift:

There was some rain overnight at the site and in Mochis itself.  Day started
out relatively humid with mid-level overcast.  Warming and drying occured with
daytime heating.  Low cumulus clouds present at the end of the shift.

Aircraft:

Takeoffs: 1405, 1423, 1445, 1502, 1755, 1822
Landings: 1323, 1355, 1412, 1434

disk write: 15.7%

helium tanks: 22

balloons: 73

Sondes Left: 68
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 57
	Coeff. 2: 11

No technical problems with launches on this shift during IOP.

Go figure, the last launch of the night, the balloon popped at 532 mb, so we relaunched.  Again, the balloon popped early, but made it to 260 mb.

it is almost 4 in the morning now...we are very tired and are heading home

Wx on this shift:

the shift started off with mostly sunny skies and scattered convection to the N and E.  As the sun set, the convection propogated in our direction.  It began raining at around 12 a.m. and has not stopped yet.


disk write: 14.2%

helium tanks: 22

balloons: 77

Sondes Left: 73
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 60
	Coeff. 2: 10 

No problems with launches on this shift during IOP.

Technician from Praxair Mexico removed 14 empty He tanks from site this 
morning.  His contact information has been posted for the tear down crew.
Given current rates of He use, we should have sufficient He at LMM for
remainder of project.

Wx on this shift:

Mostly cloudy at sunrise.  Clouds dissipated, especially towards 20Z, and 
it quickly warmed up to 35C and dried out.

Aircraft:

Takeoffs: 1410, 1415, 1438, 1818, 1839
Landings: 1338, 1345, 1412, 1752, 1824

disk write: 12.1%

helium tanks: 22

balloons: 80

Sondes Left: 76
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 60
	Coeff. 2: 13 

No problems with launches today.  everything went smmoothhh

disk write: 10.2%

helium tanks: 22

balloons: 82

Sondes Left: 78
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 61
	Coeff. 2: 14 

No problems with launches today.

The roving crew visited today to back-up all data.  The weather this morning was mostly cloudy with multiple cloud decks in all directions, calm winds, and a light drizzle by the end of our shift.

Planes landed: 1747
Planes took-off: 1751 and 1824

disk write: 8.5%

helium tanks: 22

balloons: 84

Sondes Left: 80
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 63
	Coeff. 2: 14 

No problems with launches today.

The weather today was mostly cloudy through the afternoon, and cloudy with 
off and on rain throughout the night.

disk write: 70.1%

helium tanks: 23

balloons: 87

Sondes Left: 80
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 66
	Coeff. 2: 14 

No problems with launches today.

Think we solved 408 sonde problems.  See roving crew's entry.



disk write: 68.5%

helium tanks: 23

balloons: 62

Sondes Left: 64
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 47
	Coeff. 2: 17 

No problems with launches today.

sucessfully used 2 408 sondes

lou arrived today

disk write: 66.4%

helium tanks: 23

balloons: 64

Sondes Left: 66
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 49
	Coeff. 2: 17 

No problems with launches today.

Encountered two more faulty "408" sondes.  Pressure values obtained from these were 1077 and 977 respectively and temps were 80 C and -15 C.  These were set aside with the other faulty sondes.

Wx on this shift:

Started off morning with a mostly cloudy stratus deck.  Convection appeared off to the east over the mountains with constant lightning flashes. The convection has since died off and the skies have cleared with some cirrus.  Temperatures have climbed to around 33 so far at the airport.  The only aircraft activity thus far is around 18 Z.  It is a pretty in active day at the airport.


disk write: 64.7%

helium tanks: 25

balloons: 66

Sondes Left: 8
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 50
	Coeff. 2: 20 

Good launches with 408 sondes.  Have instructed next teams to continue launching
these till next IOP (12Z, 8-3) so roving crew has more data on these sondes
when they arrive at LMM this week.

Wx on this shift:

There was finally heavy rain in Los Mochis during the day before the shift with some street flooding (we hope our car is still in good working order!).  At the
0Z sounding there was still some cumulonimbus to the east and north with 
cumulus elsewhere.  Weather conditions became more tranquil during the evening
hours with thin low overcast during the 6Z sounding. We noted a drier mid-level
(~500 mb) compared to last nights soundings.

Aircraft

Landings 2334
Takeoffs 2347, 0012

disk write: 62.9%

helium tanks: 25

balloons: 68

Sondes Left: 70
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 52
	Coeff. 2: 20 

No problems with launches today.

Wx on this shift:

Started off morning with overcast stratus deck.  Convection began to appear to the north and continued to build all around.  At time of 20z launch, began to rain over the site and continued for approximately 30 min.  At this time there are still cumulus towers around and thunder in the distance.

Aircraft

Landings once near ending of 20z launch (120mb)
Takeoffs at launch time for 16z and 20z launches

disk write: 59.7%

helium tanks: 25

balloons: 71

Sondes Left: 73
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 52
	Coeff. 2: 23 

Problem sondes: All the problem sondes at this site have been placed in a 
box for inspection by the roving crew this week.  Please see 'IMPORTANT 
IMPORTANT' note for this shift for more info.

For this IOP, we used 2 sondes according to instructions from Mike
Susedik and the roving crew.  We have instructed other crews to switch 
back to '408' sondes at the end of current IOP.

We successfully downloaded the coefficient file for the '2' sondes that
had been missing.  No longer necessary to enter in coefficients for those
sondes manually.

Wx on this shift:

There appeared to be a line of convection that rolled off the SMO and approached
the LMM site between the 4Z and 8Z soundings.  Low level moisture increased 
significantly from the 18Z 31 Jul sounding.  Though there was very intense
lightning to the south and east of the site, the convective line
dissipated towards 8Z and we observed no rainfall here.

Aircraft

Landings 2346, 0145, 0324
Takeoffs 0010, 0350, 0353

disk write: 59.7%

helium tanks: 26

balloons: 74

Sondes Left: 76
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 52
	Coeff. 2: 26 (The coefficients for these still need to be entered 
			manually because there is not a file for them.)

Again failed 2 408 sondes.  Both reported sfc pressure of 948mb.  Tried one at each launch but to no avail.  No idea why our shift is the only one with problems.

disk write: 57.7%

helium tanks: 26

balloons: 76

Sondes Left: 78
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 52
	Coeff. 2: 26 (The coefficients for these still need to be entered 
			manually because there is not a file for them.)

Successfully launched two sondes with 408 coefficients. No immediate concerns or problems observed.  

disk write: 55.9%

helium tanks: 26

balloons: 78

Sondes Left: 80
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 54
	Coeff. 2: 26 (The coefficients for these still need to be entered 
			manually because there is not a file for them.)

Trying to download 2 coeffs. to no avail.  We are now told by ATD to launch 408's during EOPs and 2's during IOPs.  Everything else good, nick accidentally erased our 12z sounding file.  Everything fine but unable to recover pre/post values.

helium tanks: 27

balloons: 80

Sondes Left: 82
	Coeff. 3: 0
	Coeff. 4: 54
	Coeff. 2: 28 (The coefficients for these still need to be entered 
			manually because there is not a file for them.)

everthing went smothly and without incident. we used the last of the 3 sondes.

Everything worked out fine for us this morning.  I did fix the sat. phone by realizing that there is a "dnd" button on the Ground Control that stands for Do Not Disturb.  It has been turned off so we are fully functional again as far as phones go.  I also found the volt meter today so I think we are running smoothly again as soon as we get minutes for our cell phone.


Sondes Left: 84
	Coeff. 3: 1
	Coeff. 4: 54
	Coeff. 2: 29 (The coefficients for these still need to be entered 
			manually because there is not a file for them.)

Arrived at 2200z
 
As of this shift:

Balloons: 85
Tanks of Helium: 26.5 tanks
Soundes : 87
  Coefficient of 2: 29
  Coefficient of 3:  4
  Coefficient of 4: 54

The weather has been partly cloudy and breezy throughout the entire shift, with
thunderstorms and lightning visible far to the northeast. We have not had any 
rain at the airport.

We were told of problems before this shift with sonde coefficients and files,
so we tried three different boxes of sondes, one for each launch, to test the 
different coeffiecients. 

All three launches went smoothly, the two sondes beginning with "408" worked 
fine. We do not have a file for the "2" sondes, but we manually entered the
coefficients which worked fine also. There do not seem to be any more problems,
 the previous shift probably just happened to have 2 bad sondes. We don't think
that there should be any more problems with sonde shortages right now.

Disk write at 49.0%

Arrived at 1030z
 
As of this shift:

Balloons: 88
Tanks of Helium: 27 tanks
Soundes : 90
  Coefficient of 2: 30
  Coefficient of 3:  4
  Coefficient of 4: 56

In continuum of Chris Castro's observations and suggestions (See his IMPORTANT 
message)regarding an immediate sounde shortage for tomorrow, ATD's response was to not post any coefficient files on website, but rather maually enter files for both "4" and "2" soundes, since it was believed this was our best bet. 

Upon hearing this, we attempted to manually enter coefficient values for our 
last shift launch, but similiar inaccurate measurements were produced. 
(Read previous IMPORTANT log file for details.) At this rate, we believe that
the "4" soundes are simply faulty and cannot be used since no other methods
are available.

However, no attempt was made to manually enter files for the "2" soundes.  
We suggest for next night shift launch to try to do this for the 00Z sounding.  It should require an additional "10 mins" of prep time to read values and imput into GLASS.  

In order to do this: intentionally enter incorrect file of serial number on 
sounde in GLASS. Once GLASS realizes incorrect file, an option allowing for
manually entry will pop-up.  The series of values appearing on coefficient tape
are in same order as the GLASS value entry page.  Read off one by one.  


Weather was climatologically normal.  Hail was observed upon our drive in, with
evidence of outflow boudaries and nocturnal ligtening embedded within convective
updrafts.  Winds remained moderate throughout morning, and began to veer during
late morning hours.  Presently, cumulus field and some congestus are observed
in all directions. We will anticipate another late-afternoon and early morning
rain event. 

Disk write at 47.3%

Arrived at 2330z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 91
Tanks of Helium: 27 tanks
Soundes : 93
  Coefficient of 2: 30
  Coefficient of 3:  7
  Coefficient of 4: 56

Not a good shift here at LMM. Several important issues that kept us busy:

1. Launches

Had successful launches for all three synoptic times in this IOP, but the wind 
data are missing for the 0Z and 8Z soundings.  Given our new criteria for
relaunches as suggested by ATD, we did not attempt relauch for mixing wind
data.  One of the balloons had a couple of small holes in it, so we had to use
four balloons on this shift.  The damaged balloon was saved in case it may 
be salvaged.

2. Sonde situation: MOST URGENT!!

PLEASE READ E-MAIL SENT IN REPLY TO MIKE SUSEDIK REGARDING THIS ISSUE.  WE NEED IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM ATD AND/OR ROVING CREW WITHIN NEXT 24h.

In short, we MUST obtain the coefficient files for the "2" sondes by 0Z Friday 
or we are OUT of workable sondes at LMM as of the current IOP.  We have
instructed the morning shift to take immediate action on this first thing Wed.
morning.  In addition, we have taken an inventory of sondes and their
respective coefficients and are now including this information in our daily
log (see sonde count above). 

3. Security bill

There is a bill for security services provided here at LMM which is due 1 Aug.  This bill was forwarded to Mike Susedik this evening and our team leader has 
been provided with copies of the bill in Spanish and English.  Please direct 
all inquires on this matter to myself (Chris Castro) as I am serving as the 
translator on site. ATD should have known about this beforehand, so hopefully
this is not a surprise.

Wx conditions:

As today's Wx discussion noted, LMM is directly under a high pressure ridge. 
So our balloon had an almost vertical ascent for the sounding which we have
wind data.  There was the typical diurnal convection and some stratus clouds 
that rolled in on the SE breeze from the GoC.

disk write is at 45.7%

Arrived at 10z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 95
Tanks of Helium: 28 tanks
Soundes : 97



Signal strength fine for this shift.  

Sounding data otherwise look fine.

Partly cloudy most of day with haze in distance.  Clear skies all night.  

disk write is at 43.7%

arrived at 23z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 97
Tanks of Helium: 28 tanks
Soundes : 99

Aircraft took off at 0433.

No problems with equipment.  The signal from the sonde seems to be cutting out a bit on ascent compared to soundings in similar Wx conditions from days before.  We are not losing the sonde signal, but this may be of interest to the roving crew.  We have asked the other shift to monitor.

Sounding data otherwise look fine.

There was some convection to the east today with overshooting tops and anvils during the 0Z sounding.  The anvil was directly over the site at the time of launch.  Weather cleared during the evening and calm conditions for the 6Z sounding.

disk write is at 41.9%

arrived at 10z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 99
Tanks of Helium: 28 full tanks
Soundes : 101

All outside equipment is working properly

Both soundings went smoothly

The weather has been mostly sunny and calm throughout the entire shift.

disk write is at 40.1%

arrived at 2300z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 101
Tanks of Helium: 28.5 full tanks
Soundes : 105

All outside equipment is working properly

Both soundings went smoothly

The weather has been partly cloudy and calm throughout the entire shift.

plane landings at 2248, 0509

takeoffs at 2312, 0535

disk at 38.4%

there was a previous misscount on the helium tanks.  there was one more than was counted last time.

arrived at 10z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 103
Tanks of Helium: 27.5 full tanks
Soundes : 105

All outside equipment is working properly

Both soundings went smoothly

The weather has been partly cloudy and calm throughout the entire shift.

disk at 36.6%

arrived at 2200z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 105
Tanks of Helium: 28 full tanks
Soundes : 107

All outside equipment is working properly


Nothing terribly exciting.  Brad Agee arrived today around 7:00LST, and a new
schedule was devised for subsequent work week.  After negotiations and other
compromises, all seemed to have worked out after a switch in teams.
Peter Rogers is also expected to arrive tommorow in the late afternoon and will begin training the following day with Chris and Issac. 

Weather was convectively active today, however with no observed precip at 
site.  Couple of overshooting tops were observed which indicative of cap breaking sometime in the mid-afternoon towards the NE with ambient developing cue's in surrounding directions.  LL moisture appeared ample, as prevailing winds from 
the south were responsible for sufficient advection.  Presently, rising pressure
at the site, clearing skies with no nocturnal lightening. 


disk at 34.8%

arrived at 10z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 107
Tanks of Helium: 28 full tanks
Soundes : 109

All outside equipment is working properly

There have been mostly cloudy to cloudy skies all day, with steady rain this 
morning. The sun came out for a while and heated the area, with the humidity
staying very high. Storms are building again this afternoon

The first launch went well, but for some reason aspen did not have all of the
data (only to 300 mb, then the pressure and altitude stop and rest of data 
continues). We have attempted to contact the roving crew to see if there 
is a way to retrieve the data, but have not heard back.

Second launch was good.

disk at 33.1%

arrived at 22z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 109
Tanks of Helium: 28.5 full tanks
Soundes : 111 

nothing significant happening on this shift.  Both launches went smoothly, with no problems.  

When we arrived, we had a pretty good cumulus field betwee 3-5 thousand feet.  As the sun set, the sky gave away to some starlight with convection and some lightning to the N and NE.


disk at 31.4%

arrived at 10z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 111
Tanks of Helium: 28.5 full tanks
Soundes : 113 

there was a powerfailure at around 1130Z during a sounding.  after calling the roving crew we terminated the launch at about 600MB because we felt it unwise to continue on backup power and risk loosing all data.

there has been a contiunes light rain shower throught the day.

lou called to tell us that we must conserve helium at all costs.

disk at 29.5%

arrived at 22z
 

As of this shift:

Balloons: 113
Tanks of Helium: 29 full tanks
Soundes : 115 

No launch problems this shift. It has been cloudy all day with low level 
moisture and light sprinkles when we first arrived and some rain during our 
first launch. It has also been windy which complicated launches but we were ableto handle it. 

No word from roving crew or any info about coeffs. yet.  

disk at 27.8%

Arrived at 1000Z

In regards to yesterday's email concerning sounde shortages, it appears that 
the initial course of action taken upon to inventory all sites is the 
posted report of remaining soundes, balloons, and tanks of helium for every 
daily log submittal.  From here, this reports will then posted on the ATD web
site so that the transportation of sounde surplus can be completed.  

As of 20Z:

Balloons: 115
Tanks of Helium: 30 ( + half empty tank still being used)
Soundes: 117 

Other orders of business as follows:
Coefficient files for soundes beginning with "2" are yet to be found by crew 
and authority.  Expect an e-mail with this file so these soundes can be 
launched. 

The current Roving Team, John and Steve are MIA, while their cell phones 
aren't working.  Mike and Lou have been attemptingto contact them for most of 
theday regarding our "power issue" and the malfunctioning 3rd UPS box.  A call 
was placed by Lou today requesting the location of the voltage meter within ISS 4 trailer so we can measure the potential power flow.  However, Chris and myselfcould not locate this device,and speculate that John and Steve acquired it 
upon their departure to Kino Bay.  

Arrival of two new student crew members are still expected to arrive within 
this week.  Preparations should be made by teams to determine who will be 
able to pick them up from here, and back to hotel.  Other details concerning 
this are on the note. 

Lastly, IOP ended upon our last launch, no word on next IOP just yet.  Weather 
was especially windy and overcast.  Based on our saturated soundings, UL dynamics appear to have decreased, while lower-levels have enhanced in more moisture 
advection.  
Light drizzle from stratiform deck was observed this morning, while oregraphic
lift towards the south produced some form of convective banding.  As inverted trof draws near within next 24hrs, the question remains how much diurnal heating 
will the SFC recieve in order to initiate deep moist convective activity for MCS/MCC development. In either case, moderate amounts of precipitation can be expected. Temperatures were significantly cooler throughout morning, and wind direction veered to the south.  

disk at 24.6%

Arrived at 2200Z

All launches in this portion of the IOP were successful.  One more shift to cover this IOP.

The issue of supplies and sonde count for the remainder of the period has been noted.  We are now down to 120 sondes remaining and 31 tanks of helium.  The issue of relaunches has been revisited and hopefully delt with.

The water has been replenished and should last awhile.  Also, the GSM phone has been recharged with minutes so the morning crew may be contacted regarding the UPS problems/solutions.  

The equipment seems to be working fine at the moment.

Log entry #139 has been modified with title and site location.

The shift started with some convection just north of city proper Los Mochis and gradually spread southward.  Some light scattered lightning was observed, but winds remained calm following the end of business at the airport.  The air feels more humid than previous.  Soundings looked really good.


disk at 24.6%

Arrived at 1000Z

Rather successful launching day. An e-mail to UCAR employees was sent earlier 
this morning regarding the potential shortage of radiosondes expected to be 
exhausted around the last week of operations.  

Be advised: Any reply regarding this issue will concern preparations or 
arrangments to correct this problem.  Moreover, the transportation of surplus 
sondes from other ISS sites to sites reporting deficits will probably be 
the main course of action.  

One balloon popped today before the release of a sounde.  Chris and I speculate it touched something sharp or hot along the side of trailer, everything else 
was operational, though it scared the sh*t out of us. 

Water is low, and hopefully to be replenished sometime tomorow. And cell phone 
minutes also needs to be readded. 

Lower-Level South-Easterlies progressively increased throughout morning, 
as many balloons imediately become dominated by STJ streak deepening 
over sonora and sinaloa.  Winds speeds in early morning were less than 1m/s, where they presently appear to be upwards of 8 m/s.  

According to zone forecast discussion on JOSS homepage, 
heavy precip maxes and the occurence strong 
convective activity are forecasted to begin within next 24hrs.  
According to our soundings, we can see the intrusion of dry air at 
mid-levels (also indicated on current water vapor imagery) and moderate 
saturation at lower-levels in conjuction with advection from threatening 
inverted trof towards the east.  This should provide sufficient convective 
instability as we have already begun to observe developing cumulus and 
congestus throughout the day, indicative of the developing deep moist 
convection. 

123 sondes left

disk at 22.8%

arrived at 2330Z

landings at 2308, 2345, 0206, 0327 Z

take offs at 2327, 0025, 0245, 0350 Z

third sonde launch at 0800Z had no wind data, unable to contact roving crew, and so we had to relaunch.

126 sondes left

disk at 21.1%

Arrived at 1000 Z 

Some problems regarding the previous three launches executed by the night shift. It appears that after 3 attempts the 08Z sounding still did not register nor submit to GFS, due to serveral sounding computer freezes and inaccurate observations with their selected radiosondes. Upon our arrival, first course of duty was to shut-down entire system to avoid any computer freexes for subsequent 12Z launch.  In doing so, there was another problem regarding a power failure for the 3rd UPS unit.  As a temporary solution, the power cords running laptop and motosat devices are now being run into 2nd UPS unit for the time being.  This 3rd UPS indicated green lights suggesting that the unit was functioning, but to no avail, there was simply no flowing power.  To avoid any potential mistakes, Chris and I thought it was best to run these systems through 2nd UPS unit.  After this switchover, systems and launches throughout the morning revealed no signs of error or problems. We will leave power setup as is, until next arrival of crew team can determine how to better handle this problem.

Weather was normal today, some nocturnal lightening was present early this morning, with mostly mid to upper level moisture dominating throughout morning and early afternoon.  Tendencies in SFC pressure remained minimal, and prevailing winds out of the south were observed with some backing and veering.  RH progressively decreased, and wind speed had abruptly increased after 1800Z.  Development of fair-weather cumulus off to the N and NE, with the possibility of congestus and some deep moist convection later this afternoon.


There are 130 sondes remaining at this site.

disk write is at 19.4%          

Arrived at 2200 Z 

The morning shift reported problems with the frequencies, and our 
first sonde may have had the same problems. We had a 0 db for the signal
the entire way, and the wind data was in and out for the first couple hundred 
millibars (only about 50-70% of the data was received) but was good after that.
The sonde made it to about 220 mb, and the signal was lost. We decided not to 
relaunch because of what seemed like good enough data, and a possible 
shortage of sondes later on in the project at this site.

The second sonde went smoothly to 35 mb.

The third launch appeared to be going well, but at 307 mb the sounding
system computer locked up, and the desktop, LABVIEW, or anything else could
not be accessed. The roving crew did not answer a call, and we could not get 
any data out of the launch, so we decided to re-launch and prepared
another sonde. This sonde had a problem with the sensor, and was 
receiving relative humidity data at 95-100%, which was far from correct. We
opened ANOTHER sonde, and kept the broken one for possible repair. This launch 
did not go well either for the souding computer, with the raw MET data not 
scrolling, and possibly not coming in at all, nor was the position data, or the 
ten second data. We tracked the sonde as best as possible, and hoped that the 
data would be in ASPEN. There wa no raw MET data in ASPEN. There is only wind 
data available for this launch.


The weather was partly cloudy for the shift, and windy at first
but calmed down later.

Our shift was the start of IOP #3 with 6 launches per day.

There are 133 sondes remaining at this site.

disk write is at 17.9%          

Arrived at 1000 Z 

no problems with the sonde launches.  We had one sonde pick up two signal spikes.  The frequency was manually changed and seemed to work after that.  Turned out to be the best sonde all day.

Received an email from Mike Susedik today.  We did a count of our remaining sondes.  We have 138 sondes left in our supply.  The helium guy came and took our empty containers the other day too.  We have 36 helium tanks left, one of which have already been expended.  

The only general aircraft traffic occurred right around 1800 Z, both landing and take off.  

disk write is at 15.7%          

Arrived at 2300 Z 

no problems with the sondes during the 
night shift

campbell was not working so we had to restart the system 

plains landed at 2305, 0558 Z

takeoffs at 2357 Z

disk write is at 13.8%          

Arrived at 1020 Z

All equipment working properly and no problems with the sondes during the 
morning shift.

Weather today has been partly cloudy with some convection over the mountains. There was some lightning when we first arrived and the soil seemed to be moist. 

the roving crew has not been here today

today we started the new rotation schedule, there will now be three teams of two people


disk write is at 12.0%          

Arrived at 2200 Z

All equipment working properly and no problems with the sondes on the 
evening shift.

Weather today appears to be more tranquil than yesterday.  Usual daytime 
convection over the mountains produced some distant lightning observed 
during the evening sounding.

Landings: 2344 UTC

Takeoffs: 0011 UTC


disk write is at 10.4%          

Arrived at 1000 Z

All outside equipment is working properly. 

Steve and john arrived at the site around 14 Z to continue backing up files.  These backups were logged.  The mentioned the new on/off switch, but said no further.  They plan to show us before they leave. 

We returned to town and arrived back on site at 1600 Z.  Steve and john had left by the time we returned. 
      
Plane landed and took off on and around 1800Z

The weather was partly cloudy most of the morning.  A field of fair weather cumulus dominated the sky. No significant convection is to be noted.  There was a light breeze out of the SW and temperatures are at 33 C. 

Both balloon flights were successful.  The receiver was able to track the radiosonde a lot better after the adjustments steve and john made to the power.

The guy from Praxair came and took up our empty helium tanks.  We had 10 empty tanks.  We have 36 left.

disk write is at 8.6%          

Arrived at 2200 Z

All outside equipment is working properly. 

Steve and john were at the site again, and john installed an
on/off switch for the added power to the receiver. The sounding system is 
working well, and both launches went smoothly. 
      
Plane landed at 2337 and took off at 0000 Z

The weather was partly cloudy and there was convection building to the 
north and east throughout the day. The storms seemed to move closer to
los mochis in the late evening, but the airport received no rain. 

John and steve also backed up some of the data on the profiler today and 
cleared more space in that system.

disk write is at 33.6%          

Arrived at 1000 Z

Congrats to Steve and John for improving total signal strength for YAGI and OMNI antennaes.  Both Launches exceeded 40mb with an average remaining signal of 20db upon descent after popping. There is, however, a new concern for interference with another power source with our enhanced signal.  Possible 0Z and 12Z sounding from Mazatlan or Airport traffic may pose a threat.  Otherwise, launch times will be prolonged.   

This new increased signal may have to be monitored in Campbell box, since this where it is recieving its voltage. Steve and John had purchased switches that would permanently allow this power source for the remainder of the experiment.  However, authority to do so wont be approved till this afternoon

The other main issues for today is the Campbell coeffieient adjustment within the SFC obs program.  John will also be working on this will collaboration with UCAR via phone and e-mail this afternoon

No important weather events of note this morning. 

disk write at 56.7%          

        Arrived at 2200 Z

        Steve and John were trying to improve the signal strength by boosting
        the power to preamp.  Signal has been fine since and had a successful
        launch tonight.

        Planes landed at 2321 and 2332.  

        Light winds, some high clouds during the day.  Cleared during the
        night with calm conditions.

        disk write at 54.9%          

All outside equipment was funcioning well.

Arrived at 2200z and Steve and John were still in the trailer. Our first 
radiosonde marked the end of the IOP, therefore we only were scheduled for 2
launches tonight.

The first launch @6Z was much more successful than yesterday much stronger
signal strength, and much more stable.
Airport traffic was at a minimum.  Also notice that the sondes were heading
to the S/SE instead of N/NW which may be a factor.
Last night (early Z), mostly overcast with episodes of rain and drizzle.
Thunderstorms in the area. Clearing skies throughout the morning.
Temps were much cooler indicative of outflow boundary produced by an MCS
in the vicinity.  Pressure did rise as well. 


Ten second data in the GLASS system is still not functioning.

We are currently in the process of changing around the work schedule.


                  

Disk write is at 54%

All outside equipment was funcioning well.

Arrived at 2200z and Steve and John were still in the trailer. Our first 
radiosonde marked the end of the IOP, therefore we only were scheduled for 2
launches tonight.

The first launch encountered problems and only climbed to about 650 mb. The
sonde there after began to fall, we suspect it was a slow leak in the balloon.
The balloon had not gone far from the trailer, and we were actually able to 
recover the radiosonde which landed just off the airport grounds. We did a 
relaunch about 45 minutes after synoptic time, at 0045z. We figured it was 
better to launch late than never. The relaunch was a success and made it to
75mb, after some initial concern with the signal strength. Steve and John are 
looking into the signal strength display on the rack.  Our second launch of the night at 0600z had no problems.

It was mostly cloudy for a great majority of the day. As many clouds as I've 
seen in my 3 weeks in Los Mochis. A few sprinkles fell today at the airport and in the city. Winds were light earlier on and calmed some around sunset. The
winds have increased some since then. There is again some lightning visable off
to the north and west.

Ten second data in the GLASS system is still not functioning.

We are currently in the process of changing around the work schedule.

Airplane activity: 2330z 0035z 0445z 0507z
                  

Disk write is at 51.3%

Mostly cloudy today with moderate mid-level cloud deck, with developing cumulus indicative of shallow moist convection, and patchy congestus throughout early afternoon.  LL moisture appeared to increase throughout morning, and winds shifted from the E towards the SW after sunrise.  

All equipment remained functional today, however signal strength after launches appeared relatively weaker today.  Intrusions of static began to appear shortly  before 500mb, though this data was sufficient to be processed, and QC'ed on Aspen

The addition of two more crew members arrived today at approx 1700Z.  John and Steve were mostly concerned about the preceding problem, and were curious of protocol and lauch procedure.  They participated for the 20Z launch and inquired on the location of Operation Manuals in the trailer. They plan on maintaining the data manager, and perhaps cleaning disk on profiler computer. 

Chris Castro is expected to also arrive at 6:40 LST, and will catch a ride with John and Steve  later tonight. After the departure of Chris Franks on Friday, Chris Castro will presumably take his place, with the possibility of alternating team member shifts for the weekend. 

IOP is expected to end on 0Z Thursday. And Night Shift will switch to EOP phase. 

No other major problems/issues, though water supply needs to be replenished. 


Disk write is at 50.0%

All outside equipment was functional

The weather today was mostly cloudy to cloudy throughout the entire shift with thunderstorms to the north and northeast.

The new roving crew of john and steve arrived at about 0100 Z with the new
pyrgeometer and installed it. They plan to test it during the day tomorrow.

The 0400 launch had faulty wind data, so a re-launch was done. 

A balloon popped after being filled with helium during the third launch, so another balloon had to be used. 

Planes landed at 0205 and 0308 Z 

Planes took off at 0245 and 0305 Z

There were light sprinkles around 0330 Z

Disk write is at 48.2%

two of our launches were delayed to due aircraft traffic and departure.  Weather was mostly cloudy with moisture at the mid- to upper-levels with light drizzle.
Covective activity to the north and foothills expected. 

Still having problems dialing tower to request permission to launch.  Problem now realized as having no more minutes left on UCAR phone. Student crew might have to start manually walking over to tower/directors office to request permission, however, they Los Mochis really hasn't mentioned anything.

Night Shift's turn to buy more water, and stop putting so much coffee grinds in the coffee maker.  You guys are making a mess...

disk is at 46.5%



all systems functional

we had no RH info coming in during0 our first launch, so had to terminate and relaunch

plains landed at 2330, 0125, 0260 Z

took off at 0001, 0151, 0233, 0352 Z

disk is at 44.7%

convection to the north

all systems functional

new version of Aspen installed was successful. This new updated version maintains to utlilize old configurations, so navigation around the program should not be significantly different.  

Disk write is at 43.0%

arrived at 1000z

There were no problems with the outside equipment

no problems today with computers all three IOP launches went well

downloaded and installed a new version of Aspen

there was some haze today over the mountains and it was breezy, something the 
morning shift usually does not experience 

IOP extended through Wednesday

Disk write is at 43.0%

arrived at 2200 z

There were no problems with the outside equipment

There was a power failure at around 0100 Z, and the wind profiler wasn't working after that, so the entire system was rebooted, and everything began working 
well again

Noticed plane takeoffs at 2339 and 0240 Z
Noticed plane landings at 2317   0206   0308   and 0323 Z

IOP started at 0000 Z, with three launches tonight, all went smoothly

The weather started out partly cloudy with thunderstorms in the distance, and 
became cloudy during the night with some light showers.


Disk write is at 41.1%

arrived at 1000 z

Outside equipment checked out fine.

Very little activity at the airport.  Only one plane has landed thus far, at around 1800Z.  

Two launches today, both went smoothly, and signals were strong for both with flights ending at 49 mb and 100 mb respectively.

The rain and thunder that hammered the city of Los Mochis was a distant thought to the airport overnight.  Luis the night security guard stated that nothing fell overnight at the airport.  This was confirmed by the tipping bucket reporting zero rain as well.  Skies remained mostly cloudy until around 1600Z and the stratus deck in the mid layers began to finally burn off.  The diurnal winds at the airport began to pick up as well.  Temperatures today have not yet reached its climax, but as of now, it is at a warm 35 C.  

Disk write is at 39.2%

arrived at 2200 z

There were no problems with the outside equipment

Notcied plane takeoffs at about 0230 and 0315 Z

Two launches tonight, both went smoothly, except signal was weak for both, and
was lost somewhat early, around 200 mb

Clear skies throughout the shift, calm winds, some lightning in the far distance

Disk write is at 37.3%

arrived at 1000 z
brian, however was present from previous shift. 


IOP ended at 12Z, and normal EOP began. Next suitable IOP looks to be called on Tuesday. 


No significant problems here today, with the exception of an 18Z mis-launch due to initial loss of satellite signal.  Problem probably due to the string not deploying, which was the same situation yesterday. 

No computer problems, as Tklog appears to be functioning fine.  Another tank was consumed today, making this our 5th tank. 

Sunny skies, with little Upper and mid level moisture, morning winds shifted from E to SW as day progressed with decreasing RH at the surface. 



Disk write is at 35.7%

arrived at 2200 z

There were no problems with the outside equipment

The previous shift was having many problems with the computers and tklog, which was the reason for no daily log for that shift

We took data by hand until tklog was fixed by charlie, which happened at about 
0100 UTC. The data was transferred into tklog.

Problems with computers continued throughout the shift, we rebooted the entire system, which worked well, but during the 0600 sounding the sounding system 
restarted itself, causing a loss of sounding data.

Both soundings during our shift were launched twice, the first due to the string from the balloon to sonde not releasing and not wind data being received and the second due to the crsah of the sounding system computer.

Everything seems to be working fine now, and no computer problems are expected for the next shift. Brian will remain at the site through the next shift so he 
can work the day shift for the next several days with Nick and Rebecca. Chris will be working the night shift with Liam and Isaac.

Clear skies throughout the shift, calm winds, some lightning in the far distance

Disk write is at 33.9%

arrived at 2200 z

talked to home base of operations regarding this IOP.  This event was unusual that we are to do the normal 6 hourly launches instead of every 4 hours.  

Launched balloons at 2300 UTC and 0500 UTC

airplane landings and take offs were normal

early in the shift spotty convection was occurring to our north, but dissipated before sunset.  Skies have been clear and full of stars ever since.

luis, the night security guard, was friendly as usual.  He even assisted and observed the balloon launching at 0500 UTC.

sondes were somewhat normal.  The surface pressure anamoly observed by the day crew was absent throughout our shift.  Our only problem was GPS tracking of the sonde at the surface immediately before launch.  We went ahead and launched the balloons and the satellites were tracked easily upon take off.

we left the wagon at 1:15 in the a.m.

disk write percentage today is up to 30.4%

Bug within 10sec smoothed GLASS sounde data still present, otherwise lauches relatively successful.  With respect to yesterday, flight times were more prolonged as crew members enhanced signal strength and aspirator was moved into field. 

IOP extended until saturday 6Z, and student schedule spreadsheet was changed for this adjustment

Greatest concern today was the significant deviation from sounde pre-testing obs from that of the SFC obs.  Hal and Charlie were present, and suggested that future shifts monitor this problem, and delay further progression on GLASS system until observations from both sounde and SFC tower appear with sufficient range. Moreover, the fan on the aspirator should be left on the sounde for awhile before measurements are recorded.   

Weather was especially nice today, upper-level moisture dried out from yesterday, light to moderate winds prevalent out of the south, and mostly fair wx cumulus with some developing tops were observed all morning.  Surface RH and pressure gradually fell today as well.  

Rebecca Torres, the sixth member for Los Mochis is expected to arrive today at approx 5:00 LST and subsequent shift arrangements will probably be redesignated. All students feel confortable with handling 12hr shifts, however word from UCAR says that a surplus of this overtime may have not been budgeted. Three 8hr shifts may have to be worked out.  The third rental car was also left here today

Runway traffic was heavy during the times of 14-15Z, and 18 -19Z which may have caused interference with profiler measurements.  Otherwise, good shift...a huge thanks to team green for the bug spray, and we'll bring you water tomorow.  

Disk write is 29.0 % full

arrived at 2200 z

hal and charlie were here

they launched a sounde one hour ahead of time to test system for problems

hal and charlie were able to improve signal between ballown and base.

airplane landings at 2336, 0214, 0303 z

takeoffs at 2357, 0243, 0335 z

lots of dark clouds with ocational lightning

dramatic wind change around 0430 z from southwest to north

deep conversation with security about meaning of life.  i think there on to us.

soundings showing strange behavior where they suddenly jump in one direction for
6 or so KM and then seem to continue on normal path.  we are unable to explain 
why

left around 0830 z

we found a bug

We arrived at about 1000z and made all checks of equiupment.
Mostly cloudy skies persisted for the entire morning, with sprinkles and light rain observed most of the morning.

All three soundings failed to really get above 200mb...when the signal was lost.
We sem to be struggling to get power.  
Charlie and Hal arrived early this afternoon to look into the problem.

There was a lot of aircraft activity after 1400z, which persisted for about an  hour. 

Rain picked up a little after 1700z, but remained light.

IOP begin at 1200 Z today at the beginning of the day shift.

Disk write is 25.4% full

Charlie and Hal returned from Kino Bay with radiosondes and permission to begin operations at 0000 Z 7 July and brought Nick

Setup was completed this afternoon with training, and shifts were decided

Two soundings done today, both went well with data well above 500 mb before
signal was lost

Some convection throughout the day to the north and east of here, but partly 
cloudy skies throughout the day in Los Mochis, with some light winds in the 
afternoon

IOP Scheduled to begin at 1200 Z today with the day shift

Disk write is 23.6% full

Site setup nearing completion.  Remainder of radiosondes now present from Kino Bay, as the rest are being shipped to Loreto and Puerto Penasco.  There will be a final training session and launch at 0Z with the students, and operations are expected to be in full swing tomorrow as the first IOP was called for 12Z July 7.  
Additionally, few Problems exist with the IR sensor, where measurements appear abnormally amplified for incoming radiation.  

Today was the students first day back from the trip to Loreto.

Arrived at the airport at 2100 UTC and started the system.

We started up RASS and everything seemed to be running fine.

WE checked the voltage on the Amp and let RASS run for about 2 hours.

It was hot and breezy with a isolated clouds.  Evidence of rain the night
before, which makes the air feel a little muggy.

A couple of airplane landings ocuured after 2300 UTC.

The disk write is at 15.4%.

Weather has been hot and slightly more humid today than normal.  A strong haze 
lingers in the horizon.  A controlled burn is being run on a field just to the 
N and NE

picked up and replaced amplifier for rass system.  seems to work ok

fan broke and was replaced, temp spiked.

disk is filled 15.1%

loaded all of loreto supplies into van, tight fit.

off to loreto, will be back on friday, we hope.

Temperatures were warm (37 C)

Convection firing again to the N and NE of Los Mochis in the afternoon.

A few clouds around this morning.

Tested powering down and rebooting systems around 2300 UTC.

Repairs on amplifier for RASS is not yet complete.  

Charlie and Hal left for the Kino Bay site this morning around 1600 UTC.

Helium tanks arrived this morning.  

Disk write percentage is at 14.6%.

..

Daily Report Monday 28 June 2004

Weather warm, high around 37C, 
sea breeze (peak 10 m/s) from SSE from about midday.
Line of small cumulus clouds inland from Los Mochis.
A couple of large thunder storms inland (N and NE of here) later afternoon.

Finishing up setup, everything seems to be working.

RASS power amp had some component burnt out yesterday afternoon,
and Mike (with translator Paco) rented a replacement until it is fixed.

Profiler labelling as found to be incorrect (fixed, see separate log entry).

Profiler are fairly clean however it is seeing a little moving clutter at about 800 metres.
This may be the airport's radar which is about that distance to the east.