Day 1 of the campaign on Nov. 15 and overall things went well, considering all the things we are trying to get finalized, like replacing communications radios at each site. Data collections from the instruments are starting to hit the pipeline, but we’re still working on transferring them to the Date Archive. Then we’ll be able to see “quicklooks” of the data plots, and I know people are anxious to see those.

The ski area is planning to do some “snowmaking” around Thunderhead so we were holding off on installing a few instruments as a precaution. However, considering the temps and snowfall to date, we’ll be moving forward with the MFRSR [Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer] and IRT [Infrared Thermometer] and take our chances. If they get covered with snow or rime, a hair drier can be an amazing tool. — Brad