The moon was nearly full, but the sky and view seemed off, thanks to the considerable smoke still in the air. Shadows were faint and indistinct, and filled in from light scatter by the smoke.
With Grand having erupted during Rift the previous evening, it was hoped that this next Grand eruption interval would be shorter than average. Instead, several Turban eruption intervals after arrival there was a longer Turban interval. It wasn't long enough to be considered a formal Delay, but it felt much like one. Afterwards, the next Turban eruption was accompanied by no runoff from Grand, also typical of a Delay type eruption.
During the wait, I kept checking the weather radar map, because there was a small patch of showers that first appeared over Jackson Lake, and was slowly moving north. Every time I looked, it seemed like it was about an hour away.
So it took Grand five Turban eruption intervals to finally have its One Burst Eruption.. Turban started well before Grand. By that time the clouds had started to move in, so the moonlight, combined with steam from the water column in windless conditions, made viewing difficult. No chance for moonbows.
2025-Sep-07 : 03:19:29 T1Q 03:18:59 Turban -0m30s 03:19:29 B1 --- d=10m59s 03:21:58 Vent 2m29s 03:30:28 P1 10m59s 03:31:27 V&T Quit 11m58s ΣD=10m59s * * * * * 00:52:59 d=03m52s 01:12:37 Int: 19m38s d=03m54s 01:35:13 Int: 22m36s d=03m39s 01:51:46 Int: 16m33s d=03m40s 02:10:41 Int: 18m55s d=03m51s 02:27:54 Int: 17m13s d=03m43s 02:45:20 Int: 17m26s d=03m37s 03:02:53 Int: 17m33s d=03m34s Turban: 16m06s
Some point after we returned to the cabin, the showers finally came through, as everything was wet when awakened by the call that Beehive's Indicator was erupting. Didn't have enough time to make it out of the cabin area before the Beehive eruption started.
Thanks to the longer intervals, Grand was finally going to have an eruption wait starting at a new time of day. West Triplet was in eruption, quitting without a Rift eruption. As it ended, Grand had a long Turban Delay interval. Three Turban eruptions later, we got another long wait as the pool slowly filled, but never started pulsations until the last minute.
Even after Turban started, it seemed Grand was reluctant to erupt. The Vent overflow was well after Turban started, and then Grand had at least 15 seconds of Boops before finally erupting. The first burst lasted well under nine minutes, and there was a short pause. Then the second burst lasted almost two minutes. After the eruption, it took Vent & Turban, which quit, about twenty minutes to restart.
2025-Sep-07 : 11:54:32 D3/D0/T2*Q 11:53:50 Turban -0m42s 11:54:06 Vent Ovfl -0m26s 11:54:16 Boop -0m16s 11:54:32 B1 --- d=08m44s 11:56:59 Vent 2m27s 12:03:16 P1 8m44s d=22s 12:03:38 B2 9m06s d=01m58s 12:05:36 P2 11m04s 12:06:21 V&T Quit 11m49s 12:28:00 V&T Restart 33m28s ΣB=10m42s ΣD=11m04s * * * * * 10:07:51ie West Triplet 10:12:44 d=03m38s 10:46:30 Int: 33m46s d=05m20s D0 11:04:52 Int: 18m22s d=03m52s D1 11:22:06 Int: 17m14s d=03m37s D2 Turban: 31m44s
Went out for Grand's first overflow, which was relatively short at 4h17m. Once again, this took place during an eruption of West Triplet and a Turban Delay interval.
Made it back to the cabin just ahead of the first thunderstorm. The second one featured raisin sized hail that turned the area white, along with at least one lightning strike nearby, as I saw now flash but heard what sounded like a gunshot.
The rains continued up to the time to head back out for the next Grand eruption, and I decided I'd rather not get wet for a One Burst Eruption, or even a two burst eruption.