Went to Kettle Ponds in the afternoon of 3/15/23 with Danny and Eli. We also had Ben (RMBL) and Alex Hager (KUNC reporter) join us.
The temperature was very close to 0 C, and it was snowing heavily at times.
All sensors where looking good, the Center SHT 1m still has the inlet in the snow. The movement of the WU sonics has helped keep them out of the snow. The D 2m sonic is just touching the bottom of the snow pack, and may be partially buried by the end of the storm. Below is a picture of the site as we arrive - lots f snow.
The D tower with the C tower in the background. Sonic is touching the snow pack.
Ben set to digging out the power panel to help keep the site humming along. While Danny and Eli dug their second to last snow pit.
Alex Hager is a reporter from KUNC (Ft Collins NPR station), and he reports almost exclusively on all matters concerning the Colorado River. He was notified about SOS by Julie Vano of Aspen Global Change Institute (one of the co-PIs), and he wants to do a story on SOS - so stay tuned.
Alex recording for his story as Danny and Eli are doing their snow pit work.
I retrieved the TRHs from the store room and will return those to Boulder.
Anyone making future SOS site visits that require a TRH swap will need to grab one from me before they leave Boulder!
On 3/16 I plan on swapping out the Lidar USB drives and make a final check of the site.