Today we heard back from Halo about the status of the lidar. An optical amplifier appeared to be malfunctioning, so it was replaced. The data acquisition card that gave us troubles last time it was sent to Halo was also replaced out of caution. They also repaired the lidar enclosure which was damaged in transit to Portugal. They hope to have it on a van and shipped to us either Friday or Saturday depending on when they can secure a driver. Have not yet heard a more specific ETA.
A minor crontab issue was cleared up with the help of Dave, and the AERI and MWR appear to still be behaving.
Petra assisted with the 6:15am balloon launch this morning. Matt will be assisting with the midnight launch tonight.
The weather was quite nice today. Skies were clear all day. Winds were light, and it is definitely warming up as compared to earlier in the week. This lends to expectation of stable layers forming over the next few nights. Warmest temperatures are expected Thursday afternoon. No precipitation is expected until Friday when a front approaches, then behind the front temperatures will fall sharply.