Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Nov 5 17:02:43 GMT 1994 Year: 94 Doy: 309 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Nov 5 17:02:48 GMT 1994 Medium to thick, patchy low level cloud cover. Sleet/Hail covering Mauna Kea so I guess there were thunderstorms yesterday. Wind ~5 mph from the SE, temp WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Nov 5 19:42:15 GMT 1994 Orographic clouds are coming up from the east. WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Nov 5 20:17:28 GMT 1994 Getting some fog now, observing is unlikely. COMMENT: Sat Nov 5 22:12:16 GMT 1994 *********************************************** chu relieving koon at obs *********************************************** In heavy low-level cloud cover. First snow of season was reported on Mauna Kea and on Mauna Loa above 11,500ft. Temp currently dropping. Light drizzle turning to sleet outside. Anyone for skiing? LOW-L COMMENT: Sun Nov 6 00:55:14 GMT 1994 Low-l has crashed. Will reboot and recycle current tapes, since new tape was installed yesterday during inclement weather conditions. WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Nov 6 02:00:12 GMT 1994 Have been in fog and occasional sleet and drizzle since beginning of shift. Chances for obs today are poor. No Observations. Tapes: MKIII: recycled DPMON: recycled LOW-L: L00128 running in unit 0 Sun Nov 6 02:02:26 GMT 1994: Filemark