Sunday, September 3
Here's this morning's 500 mb chart:
Shane is still under the weather. Bruce in Bishop.
The flash lamps have 6 million shots on them and to increase the flash lamp voltage to 1.49Kv. The data collection program needs to be restarted to increase the voltage. Bruce needs to look at the LabVIEW code to fix this feature of the program so that it changes the FL voltage as the flash lamps age.
Gust front with some nice rain bands from the NE a 1600 PDT.
Below is a GOES visible image from 22:47 UTC. The intense convection north of the Tonopah area rolled in later in the day.
Note for future data analysis: Very fine-scale linear streaks in backscatter data. These may involve precipitation. Not sure. Examples below.
Some examples of winds:
Here are some screenshots from the cameras on the REAL:
Lidar turned off remotely by Bruce at 1725 PDT.