Grand is starting to get stuck in a mode where it erupts almost exactly three times a day, eight hours apart. Once again went out for the first eruption of the day just before sunrise. At least today there wasn't any ice on the boardwalks.
Castle was still putting out some noise at the end of a steamphase. Despite it being well over seven hours, Grand still hadn't erupted, thanks to the Rift eruption last night.
Only waited two quick Turban eruption intervals before the One Burst Grand eruption started. It lasted only 9-1/2 minutes and should've had another burst. What little breeze there was pushed the misty rain over the boardwalk from West Triplet on north.
2025-Jun-07 : 06:27:32 T1C 06:26:57 Turban -0m35s 06:27:32 B1 --- d=09m27s 06:30:25 Vent 2m53s 06:36:59 P1 9m27s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=09m27s * * * * * 05:50:20 d=03m50s 06:09:00 Int: 18m40s d=03m44s Turban: 17m57s
Afterwards, I noticed that Uncertain was splashing and gurgling heavily. A short wait gave me a short Sawmill eruption where the starting water level was out of sight. As soon as it ended, Uncertain started to overflow and burst up. It took a while for those burst to build in height to a full, normal eruption.
For the wait for the mid-day Grand eruption the Turban eruption intervals varied greatly, from over 22 minutes to barely over 16. Then West Triplet started to erupt and Grand followed before West Triplet ended. The first burst only had about ten seconds of Big Sawmill before Grand paused. The second burst lasted nearly a minute, and an eruption lasting just over ten minutes had Vent & Turban quitting.
2025-Jun-07 : 14:13:27 T2Q 14:12:59 Vent Ovfl -0m28s 14:13:02 Turban -0m25s 14:13:20 Boop -0m07s 14:13:27 B1 --- d=08m37s 14:16:03 Vent 2m36s 14:22:04 P1 8m37s d=38s 14:22:42 B2 9m15s d=55s 14:23:37 P2 10m10s 14:24:35 V&T Quit 11m08s 14:32:29 V&T Restart 19m02s ΣB=09m32s ΣD=10m10s * * * * * 12:18:59 d=05m00s 12:37:29 Int: 18m30s d=03m33s 12:59:41 Int: 22m12s d=03m41s 13:15:47 Int: 16m06s d=03m51s 13:35:05 Int: 19m18s d=03m55s 13:54:45 Int: 19m40s d=04m00s 13:58:28 West Triplet Turban: 18m17s
Before sunset Grand had the possibility of erupting before sunset, but it didn't happen. Instead we got a series of non-descript Turban eruptions, then a long West Triplet eruption. Grand did manage to have the One Burst Eruption right after the end of West Triplet. There was still a fair amount of light, and the moon, so it wasn't necessary to illuminate the eruption. It was still fairly warm, and the wind from earlier in the day had disappeared. The only drawback was that during the wait, we were subjected to an obnoxious family that only left two minutes before the Grand eruption.
2025-Jun-07 : 21:41:12 G1Q 21:41:12 B1 --- d=11m19s 21:42:10 Turban 0m58s 21:44:34 Vent 3m22s 21:52:31 P1 11m19s 21:53:18 V&T Quit 12m06s ΣD=11m19s * * * * * 20:08:25 d=05m14s 20:26:24 Int: 17m59s d=03m51s 20:44:56 Int: 18m32s d=04m00s 21:00:38 West Triplet d=35m23s 21:03:38 Int: 18m42s d=03m52s 21:21:53 Int: 18m15s d=03m38s Grand: 19m19s
We also got to see another 3-1/2 minute Castle minor during the wait.