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the weather

I keep a daily log of the weather. Each morning around 7am I record sky cover, winds, and temperature. The record helps me later on while processing the meteorological data I collect by giving me a sort of ground truth. Here is a sample from this past week:

monday - clear, downvalley winds 10 to 18 knots, -1 C
tuesday - scattered, downvalley wind continued last night, -4 C
wednesday - scattered, upvalley winds, -4 C / increased winds and cloud level dropped in p.m.
thursday - overcast, calm, -5 C / light snow fell in mountains last night as low pressure passed
friday -overcast, calm, -6 C
saturday - scattered, calm, -6 C
sunday - clear, calm, -6 C

The season's melt had begun underway early in the week and was stalled by a passing low pressure. The small storm dropped light snow on the lakes and glaciers which hasall but shut down the melt. Our team is waiting for the melt to continue so we can conduct some salt tracer experiments on the cryolakes.

I spent a night at F6 camp for my Annual Fryxell Download and Maintenance Blitz. The Stream Team were great hosts . I completed maintenance on Explorers Cove, Lake Fryxell, F6 snow fence, and the soil stations. I spent a night sleeping 'under the stars' and the passing storm provided good sleeping temperatures.

The bad news of this past week is my camera broke (another lens error). So, no more photos for a while.

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