02 August 2004

0014	IQ froze, rebooted

0015	Multi-trip clutter present over the ocean. Mountain storms still pulsing, new small cells at N & E.

0030	Went to ClimoNear -> cell to E was topping out at 14deg.

0047	Cell is dying -> will probably go back to ClimoFar.

0100	Switched to ClimoFar - cell close is a shadow of former self confined to below 14deg.

0105	Cells propogating in from E, have formed a line exstending N-S over the rain guage transect.

0232	NCS propagating in from SE, with some new convection breaking out along foothills closer to S-Pol, will go to Climo Near at 0245.

0300	Dave Ahijevych here. East quadrant filling up with storms.

0430	Switching to high PRF (960Hz). Micronear 135 centered near 90deg. Strong cells 40-60km to the east moving northwest.

0505	Still micronear 135 - center: 74deg

0550	Still some new growth, but overall intensity has decreased in past hour. Center: 65deg

0619	Since 0530, a broad bow-shaped echo has emerged from 45-90deg azimuth at 120-150km range.  Easterly flow is enhanced behind this feature as it moves westward.

0717	Sequence is running over 15 min. Started late.

0724	Will soon switch back to 720PRF.

0734	Late again! with overtime sequence causing me to miss the start of the next one.

0745	Stopping radar - switching 720 Hz PRF

0748	Restarted in ClimoNear

0801	Cutoff 26.4deg elevation angle scan. Restarted sequence.

0815	Most precip. is strat. now.

0838	Totally spaced out and started sequence 8 minutes late after previous one ran past 0830. Started ClimoFar.

0845	Started ClimoFar again.  Some anvil not topped.

1100	Everythings moving to the northwest. A mix of convective & stratiform rain to the north of S-Pol mostly beyond 100km.

1145	Uploaded images to web-manually.  Automatic process still needs to be fixed.

1200	Sarah here

1208	precipitation NNW of radar can be topped by 6.7deg scan so will switch to climoShallow.

1215	Started ClimoShallow

1408	Land breeze fine line starting to appear

1417	a few small cells along land breeze popping up (northern end again and a few on the southern end as well)...just nice to see something! :) *this convection was shallow and died quickly.

1618	Odd shaped boundary barely evident in 0deg scan at 1613 to the SW of radar, some weak & shallow cells developing on northern end of land breeze boundary again (WNW of SPOL)

1800	Nesbitt here - nada on scope

1823	A few cells have popped above 200m again as yesterday.

1934	Some cells popped up at 5.5 -> will go to climofar at next opportunity (1945)

1945	In ClimoFar -> will see if storms at 90km range, 60deg azimuth hold together

2013	Convection becoming a little more widespread to the east

2214	ClimoNear - one cell has drifted in from east -> don't hold much hope it will last long. Storms have become a little more potent to NE.

2319	Antenna got stuck -> started ClimoNear will resynch at 2330 (probably in climofar since echo is dying)

2321	Small MCS developed to N, isolated convection to E. 2 cells have popped up on the sea breeze front.

2330	Went to ClimoFar. MCSS at far range much more interesting than - 10dB anvil at 14deg.