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AERI-bago Daily Summary
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Date: 24 May 2002 CST (Friday)
Location: Homestead Site, IHOP
Operator: W. Feltz, R. Tanamachi, T. Achtor
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/ihop

Weather Conditions:

Strong cold frontal passage occurred after thunderstorm activity last night.  In its wake, low clouds, drizzle and low-40 F temps.  Strong NNE winds.  AERI hatch has been opening and closing. 
Instrument Status:
AERI has been operating, however with low clouds, rain, and drizzle, very little useful data today (00 - 24 UTC).  Wayne turned the stirling cooler off at 2025 UTC to let the subsystem rest over night. 
http://scooby.ssec.wisc.edu/aeribago/


Science:

Down day at the homestead and S-Pol sites.  Convective initiation experiment was conducted 100 miles to the southeast of site near cold front.

Miscellaneous:
Tom Achtor and Wayne went on a sight seeing excursion to do some storm chasing but to no avail, just lots of  stratus and some rain.
;-)