The weather today started mostly sunny, quickly changed to overcast with drizzle, before clearing and becoming breezy in the afternoon. All sites except s17 measured some very light rain today.
During the morning overcast and drizzle, Liz and I set out to finish repairs at s5. We dressed cables on the EC150 boom, again inspected the tower, and raised the mast before noon. We had one 70 pound sandbag on the northwest tripod leg while raising and the leg barely budged, but added a 2nd sandbag to further secure it and could add a 3rd as well if necessary. We also had to re-tension all guy wires and added zip ties to help keep them secure. At this point the tower is up and reporting data, however since then there have been no CO2, H2O, or CSAT winds coming in. I hope this is due to the weather, since the ldiag is 1 and it was precipitating when we left the site.
After breaking for lunch, we visited s18 to troubleshoot the NR01 that stopped reporting a few days ago. Everything looked visibly normal, so we reseated and loosened the NR01 cable to no avail. However, a power cycle of the mote brought the radiation back up. This time we saw about a dozen goats - so the streak of seeing new animals at every visit continues.
I had noticed that s4 was offline and unreachable since sometime this afternoon, so we paid the site a visit at the end of the day. I could not connect via usb cable, so I connected to the WiFi instead. Data was coming in and looked normal, save for nothing coming from the NR01. A couple of mote power cycles seemed to do the trick, but the site was still off the network when we left. It is now back up, as of 10 pm and the NR01 is reporting.
A few other notes:
- S16: TRH seems to have been reporting NA’s during the middle of the day, but is now alright.
- A scattering of NA’s across several variables at multiple sites, likely due to the weather.
- Jacquie left this morning and I'd like to thank her for all the help during the first week of my ops shift. Thanks Jacquie!