INSTRUMENT STATUS: Shut lidar down around 2:30 pm local time due to a high internal temperature. Turned back on around 7pm.
WEATHER INFO:
Today: Clear sky conditions. Very light wind were observed at Proenca a Nova over night, shifting to NE in the morning. Northerly winds less than 4 m/s gusting at < 8 m/s are forecasted for the afternoon, increasing to 7 m/s in the late afternoon; at night winds will be light and variable. A nice inversion is expected during the night. No precipitation, very low RH at all levels. Tmax 34ºC
Tomorrow: Possibility of high clouds, developing medium clouds from early afternoon. Winds will be temporarily SW between 12-15 UTC (< 4 m/s), becoming NW ~ 7 m/s during late afternoon (16-19 UTC). Tmax 35ºC
PREVIOUS DAY OPS: 9pm extra sonde was scrubbed. Most lidars were shut down in the afternoon due to overheating. Goal of the Supersonde IOP was to capture the full evolution of boundary layer, but without lidar support, the last sonde didn’t make sense.
SITE PHOTOS: None
NEXT DAY OPS: Nothing big planned. Will be monitoring the lidar temperature throughout the day.
AUTHOR: Tyler