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Observations for 2023 August 02


A good day to sleep in and get a late start. Unfortunately, that also meant missing the nicest part of the day. By the time I got out and about, it was overcast and humid.

Did catch a Daisy eruption which lastest 3m11s. Splendid's Side Boiler vent was active up to a meter high up until the last minute before the eruption, and resumed playing about six minutes after the Daisy eruption start. A minute or so later the Main Vent joined in. There's no sign of any increased overflow from Splendid.

Went out a little early for the next Grand, in order to stay ahead of the incoming weather. It was sprinkling a bit heading out on the bike, but stopped by the time I arrived.

It took over twenty minutes before I saw the first Turban eruption, so it appeared that I had just missed a Turban Interval delay. A few Turban intervals later, the rain started up enough to require a raincoat and umbrella, but really didn't start raining until the eighth Turban eruption I saw.

It was two more Turban eruptions before Grand finally erupted. Vent started to overflow well before Turban, and it was over half a minute before Grand joined in. It was a steamy eruption, but I was able to see Vent moments after it started. The bursting quieted down and stopped giving a burst duration of 8m19s. It was hard to see Grand's vent in all the steam, so the second burst started with little warning. Vent and Turban quit less than a minute after Grand ended, which is a bit faster than normal.

2023-Aug-02:16:25:46 V1/T2Q

16:25:04	Vent ovfl	-0m42s
16:25:11	Turban		-0m35s
16:25:46	Grand B1	---	d=8m18s
16:28:13	Vent		2m26s
16:34:05	P1		8m18s	d=0m39s
16:34:44	B2		8m58s	d=0m55s
16:35:40	P2		9m53s
16:36:29	V&T Quit	10m42s

				     ΣB=9m13s	ΣD=9m53s
	* * * * *
13:25:42			d=4m25s 	
13:43:48	Int: 18m06s	d=4m02s 	
14:03:09	Int: 19m21s	d=3m43s 	
14:19:28	Int: 16m19s	d=3m41s 	
14:40:21	Int: 20m53s	d=3m41s 	
14:56:10	Int: 15m49s	d=3m53s 	
15:15:39	Int: 19m29s	d=3m44s 	
15:33:49	Int: 18m10s	d=4m01s 	
15:51:41	Int: 17m52s	d=3m35s 	
16:09:02	Int: 17m21s	
		     Turban: 16m09s

The rains stopped on the bike ride back to the cabin.