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This morning's 500 mb chart shows a large closed low to the north and causing the prevailing flow to be from the NW.

Friday September 22 Bruce started REAL data collection at 0900 ODT after a 30 minute warmup.

M2HATS Field Project - EOL/ISFS > September 22 > Sept 22 Coulds East 0900 PDT.jpg

Cloudless sky looking East 0930 PDT

M2HATS Field Project - EOL/ISFS > September 22 > Sept 22 Clouds West 0900 PDT.jpg

Cloudless sky looking West 0930 PDT

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MPD03 water vapor and backscatter profiles Sept 22

Light northerly winds with some haze, temperature in the mid 40's, no clouds. There was frost on windshields at the motel.

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LabVIEW display at 0940 PDT

Wind field from vehicle driving to the tower array.

20:26 UTC (1:26 PM PDT) visible satellite image: