[Geysers] Upper Geyser Basin this week

[GARY EINSTEIN]

Thanks for the reports.

Gary Einstein




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 From: "Bell, Catherine" <cathy_bell at nps.gov>
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu 
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 1:33 PM
Subject: [Geysers] Upper Geyser Basin this week
 


Greetings from Old Faithful!

I had a lovely geyser predict shift this morning with a couple of noteworthy sightings.  

First, Fan and Mortar erupted within the last day.  I assumed overnight 12/27-12/28 at first, but Kristine Branstetter reported that F&M was post-eruptive when she stopped by yesterday afternoon.  It likely erupted sometime on the morning or early afternoon of 12/27.  We didn't see and no one reported a big steam cloud down basin.  However, yesterday had a strong inversion layer that trapped a dense geyser fog until late morning, so if it went during that time it would have been difficult to observe.

Once the fog cleared yesterday, we had a beautiful (though too warm for happy snowpack) bluebird day.  As many of you already know, we were treated to a lovelyBeehive-Old Faithful dual at midday (Beehive 1156 12/27/2013, Ind 1141).  Many visitors got to enjoy it.

We had another mid-day Beehive today (1237 12/28/2013, Ind 1230ns), shortly after an Old Faithful eruption.  A helpful guide spotted the Indicator and we were able to get many visitors out to see and hear Beehive.

Not geyser-related, but interesting: I saw wolf tracks at Scalloped Spring this morning.  This is the first wolf sign we've noted in the immediate vicinity so far this winter.  Last night's Steam and Stars snowcoach tour reported seeing four wolves heading southbound along the road near the Fairy Falls trailhead.

Otherwise, things proceed normally.  Nothing from Giant or Giantess.  Castle has had almost all majors, but did have a minor early yesterday morning (12/27/2013 0433E min).  Daisy has been its consistent self, erupting at intervals of 2 hours 45 minutes to 3 hours.  After striking out with Riverside during the first week we were open, we've had more success this week at seeing it (or seeing it in overflow).

We're doing our best to get electronic times posted to geysertimes.org.  Please bear with us as we try to get caught up. :-)

Happy almost-New-Year!


--
Cathy Bell
Park Ranger
Old Faithful Visitor Education Center
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
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