It rained during the night, but at dawn it was just gray and damp. I arrived at the Grand Group to see that West Triplet and its runoff channel were empty but steaming. So ended up waiting in the rain for the next West Triplet eruption. It only started to sprinkle near the end of the wait for another One Burst Eruption from Grand. Another eruption just long enough, while too long for a first burst, it appears.
2026-Aug-28 : 08:51:03 G1C 08:51:00 Boop -0m03s 08:51:03 B1 --- d=09m33s 08:51:06 Vent Ovfl 0m03s 08:51:26 Turban 0m23s 08:54:09 Vent 3m06s 09:00:36 P1 9m33s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=09m33s * * * * * 06:42:03 d=03m52s 07:01:28 Int: 19m25s d=04m01s 07:20:29 Int: 19m01s d=03m53s 07:39:37 Int: 19m08s d=03m55s 07:58:48 Int: 19m11s d=03m43s 08:18:03 Int: 19m15s d=03m36s 08:34:11 Int: 16m08s d=03m31s 08:50:53 West Triplet Grand: 16m52s
The Boardwalk Crew had arrived and were setting up by Castle. I overheard them say they were closing the boardwalk around the Sawmill junction. I did ask if the walkway would be open, and was told they'd be done around 15:00.
It does seem that too often at the start of Grand's eruption there can be light or no rain, but by the time I get back to the cabin, it's pouring and I'm soaked.
The rains had mostly ended by the next time to head out to Grand. The Boardwalk Crew removed their barricades just after 15:00. It was a bit early but I wanted to beat the shower that the weather map showed was headed our way. As it turned out, it never got here.
That began a four hour wait of a long series of Turban eruptions where the intervals slowly got shorter until West Triplet erupted. During that time we got to see another eruption of Oblong, as well as another Castle major eruption. When Turban erupted after the end of the West Triplet eruption and Grand didn't erupt, I knew that we had well over an hour of waiting ahead of us.
Finally we got a good, early fill and Grand started right after Turban with several tall spikes in the starting activity. When the first burst ended at about 9-1/2 minutes, I expected that to be the eruption. Instead, a quick 20 seconds later we got another burst. This one wasn't as tall and came within two seconds of being a Long Second Burst.
2026-Aug-28 : 19:15:51 T2Q 19:15:40 Turban -0m11s 19:15:45 Vent Ovfl -0m06s 19:15:47 Boop -0m04s 19:15:51 B1 --- d=09m27s 19:18:25 Vent 2m34s 19:25:18 P1 9m27s d=20s 19:25:38 B2 9m47s d=01m13s 19:26:51 P2 11m00s 19:27:56 V&T Quit 12m05s ΣB=10m40s ΣD=11m00s * * * * * 15:08:59 15:24:50 Int: 15m51s d=04m03s 15:44:21 Int: 19m31s d=04m01s 16:03:57 Int: 19m36s d=03m34s 16:21:44 Int: 17m47s d=03m30s 16:39:42 Int: 17m58s d=03m42s 16:56:38 Int: 16m56s d=03m23s 17:13:24 Int: 16m46s d=03m12s 17:19:29 West Triplet d=39m21s 17:31:10 Int: 17m46s d=03m29s 17:48:03 Int: 16m53s d=03m20s 18:04:37 Int: 16m34s d=03m06s 18:25:05 Int: 20m28s d=04m04s 18:42:34 Int: 17m29s d=03m35s 18:59:16 Int: 16m42s d=03m25s Turban: 16m24s
I do wonder why there are three webcam reports of Beehive erupting this morning when there was already a report from an observer in the basin. Gotta get those geyser gamer points any way you can, I guess.