Daily Report for Friday October 4

Sunny, but cool with northerly breeze as a dry cold front moved through.  Expecting conditions to improve Sunday with possible IOP Sunday night.

All systems working well.  Profiler seeing winds to 2 - 3 km and RASS to 1 - 1.2 km, the sodar seeing winds to 100 - 150 m and RASS to 100 - 200 m, and the lidar seeing out to 1.5 - 2 km.  Profiler amp power is 200W for RASS and 145W for winds.

Set up more of the web site today, and now wind profiler plots are appearing http://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/apg-metcraxii

We adjusted the lidar heading and level today, which required moving the platform a little.  Previously the lidar had been pointing at about 353 deg, and from 22 UTC it was pointed directly at true north.  Note that the internal compass seems to be about 2 deg off, and claims that it is pointing at 347 deg (mag) or 358 deg true.  We also corrected the level.

Generator at late afternoon is about 3/4 on the dipstick, oil press & temp is 60 psi and 180 F.  Set up generator servicing with Sunstate Equip for Monday afternoon at 2pm.

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  1. Timothy Lim

    Bill,

    In light of the fact that the generator servicing plan is to remove and replace the generator with a different one,  I feel we should not put any further fuel in the generator- it will only be lost to us if they replace it as planned on Monday. Perhaps when they arrive, they may have the ability to drain the fuel out of the tanks before it leaves for servicing. Thanks, Tim