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Observations for 2024 August 30


Got up at dawn expecting to confirm that Grand had erupted recently, and that was the case. Based on the empty vents and lack of activity, I put the eruption around 05:00. I also noticed that Castle was having a deep, rumbling steam phase, also indicating that there had been a major eruption much earlier. Sawmill was also in eruption, but Spasmodic had a wet runoff channel, and looked it was near overflow again, but I didn't stay to see if that would happen.

The wait for the midday Grand eruption was relatively short. Saw Turban in eruption, and the next eruption was about 33 minutes later, so definitely a Turban Delay interval. Shortly after, a bison wandered across Grand's runoff channels, headed toward Economic. The One Burst Grand eruption came four Turban eruption intervals later.

2024-Aug-30:12:39:31 D4/G1C

 12:39:29	Boop	-0m02s
 12:39:31	B1	--- d=10m08s
 12:40:22	Turban	0m51s
 12:41:22	Vent Ovfl	1m51s
 12:43:05	Vent	3m34s
 12:49:39	P1	10m08s
Vent & Turban continue

				     	ΣD=10m08s
	* * * * *
 11:24:56			d=05m20s  D0	
 11:43:29	Int: 18m33s	d=04m08s  D1	
 12:02:31	Int: 19m02s	d=04m02s  D2	
 12:21:03	Int: 18m32s	d=03m54s  D3	
		      Grand: 18m28s

Afterwards, noticed that Uncertain was having occasional splashes while Sawmill was low. The latter slowly rose over the next half hour, and the splashing in Uncertain decreased, until Sawmill finally did erupt.

Once again, arrived to a Turban Delay Interval. This time saw the preceeding eruption from the bike rack, and there was a small boop that resulted in and immediate drop in Grand's pool level. On the third Turban eruption there was strong overflow, and the subsequent Turban eruption had no overflow, but it lasted far too short to be a true Delay. Then on the fifth interval, Grand had another Turban Delay, just over the limit. The One Burst Grand eruption was just visible in the twilight. Toward the end of the eruption, there were several slowdowns that behaved like Grand was trying to pause.

2024-Aug-30:20:34:29 D5/D0/G1Q

 20:34:24	Boop	-0m05s
 20:34:29	B1	--- d=10m00s
 20:35:13	Turban	0m44s
 20:37:37	Vent	3m08s
 20:42:59	FP	8m30s
 20:44:00	FP	9m31s
 20:44:29	P1	10m00s
 20:46:08	V&T Quit	11m39s

				     	ΣD=10m00s
	* * * * *
 19:00:18			d=04m16s  D0 Boop: 18:56:13	
 19:16:22	Int: 16m04s	d=04m29s  D1	
 19:34:31	Int: 18m09s	d=03m56s  D2	
 19:53:45	Int: 19m14s	d=03m15s  D3	
 20:09:21	Int: 15m36s	d=03m50s  D4	
		      Grand: 25m08s