Not much rain overnight, but the radar map said more was coming.
I got out to West Triplet at dawn and expected Rift to start. It steamed heavily until West Triplet quit, then quieted down. By then the rains had pretty much paused.
Two hours later we got the One Burst Grand eruption just as the rains restarted. It was so foggy and steamy I could see the start of either Turban or Vent.
2025-Aug-28 : 08:43:27 G1Q 08:43:27 B1 --- d=11m25s 08:43:32 Vent Ovfl 0m05s 08:54:52 P1 11m25s 08:55:51 V&T Quit 12m24s 09:04:28 V&T Restart 21m01s ΣD=11m25s * * * * * 06:23:59ie West Triplet d=26m52s 06:28:28 d=04m12s 06:47:49 Int: 19m21s d=04m22s 07:09:04 Int: 21m15s d=04m10s 07:29:35 Int: 20m31s d=04m05s 07:48:57 Int: 19m22s d=03m47s 08:08:07 Int: 19m10s d=03m30s 08:26:09 Int: 18m02s d=03m41s 09:00:23ns West Triplet 09:31:25 Rift Grand: 17m18s
West Triplet started just after Grand ended. I stuck around in the rain because I was pretty certain that Rift would follow, and it did. Just before Rift started I also realized that Castle had started too. Turned out to be another major eruption, of which there have been quite a few (relatively speaking) the last few days.
All afternoon the weather radar map looked like the current rain would be the last, but every time a new shower would build and slowly move through. That was the case in mid afternoon, and not only did the rain start with the Indicator call, the wind picked up too, so Beehive had a short, gray-on-gray eruption. (So not surprising that no geyser gamer even tried to make the claim that it was the greatest Beehive eruption anyone has ever seen. At least so far.)
I then took advantage of a lull in the rain (it didn't stop completely) to head out to Grand. Fortunate timing, as the Turban preceding the One Burst eruption started just as dropped my pack beside the bench. Another steamy start to an eruption. Starting around the 8-1/2 minute mark Grand started slowing down like it was going to quit, only to pick back up. That continued for the rest of the over twelve minute long eruption.
2025-Aug-28 : 16:22:17 T1Q 16:21:52 Turban -0m25s 16:22:17 B1 --- d=12m16s 16:24:45 Vent 2m28s 16:34:33 P1 12m16s 16:34:57 V&T Quit 12m40s ΣD=12m16s
Have been keeping a log of interesting radio calls, and intend to post a summary at the end of the month. But here's a typical example: Visitor assist at Riverside. Woman at the Dan Wenk Memorial Vault needs assistance as she has dropped her iPhone into the pit. (They are supposed to be water-resistant…)