[Geysers] Geyser report May 9

[TSBryan at aol.com]

May 7 to 9 (a day of windy snow flurries following a night of about 2  inches 
of snow at Old Faithful)... and not a whole lot to report from today.  Again, 
thanks to Kendall Madsen for info.
 
Noted before, on Sunday 5/7 there was the odd, short Grotto that had  started 
with a 29 minute Grotto Fountain and Rocket major before Grotto. Later  that 
day, Grotto was i.e. at 1815 and was still in eruption at 2200 and no doubt  
was a marathon.
 
Yesterday, Monday 5/8, Grotto Fountain started at 0959, Grotto at 1006.  
Giant had so-so hot periods at 1019 and 1124, and then no more. Grotto was still  
in marathon eruption as of 1930 in "pretty hard" snow.
 
Today, Grotto was well off this morning and the Giant Complex appeared dead  
at 0730, except that the GIP was quite high. The group responded with a hot  
period at 0735., It was, however, very weak: Mastiff probably flat throughout  
(though difficult to see), Feather never more than maybe 6 feet high, duration 
 4m35s.
 
Later, the water level in GIP gradually rose. Finally there was another hot  
period at (about) 1208 (make that + or - a minute or so -- I was driving). 
This  one had a duration of about 6 minutes and did include Mastiff to 3 or 4 
feet  high. Then at 1223, Grotto Fountain started the next Grotto cycle, the 
first  after yesterday's marathon. It was threatening more snow and very windy. So 
I  left.
 
Other things:
Yesterday, 5/8 saw Grand at 0239E and 1035; Beehive at 0931 (23h43m); and  
Oblong at 0919ie and 1308.
 
Today, 5/9 Grand at 0834 was a G1--; there were Lion's at 0929 ini and  
1107ie; and everything else was seen just one time before my departure -- this  
including Plume, which had only three times entered for yesterday (slowing  
down?).
 
Bozeman tomorrow, so not back into the park until Thursday soonest.
 
Scott Bryan
 
 
 
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