<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Here is a summary of the geysers I saw last week.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Chromatic was in overflow all the time – Mike Keller reported on the listserver that Beauty was in overflow on 2/11 so they switched over sometime before 2/17.  I never saw Penta erupt and it had a snow bank around it all the time.  Giant and Grotto group are covered in my other email.  I saw Grand every day which was great but saw only 10 bursts during the 8 eruptions I have data on, burst count average 1.25……I hope it picks up soon!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Sunday 2/18<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:place w:st="on">Borah Peak</st1:place> (or some other small geyser on the ridge above Beehive) was active.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Grand erupted at 1544 T2C d=9m50s – West Triplet was in overflow but drained 11 minutes before Grand erupted.  Turban started strong but Grand’s pool dropped.  I think this is the strongest Turban eruption I have seen and Grand’s pool refilled and it erupted over 2 minutes after Turban started.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Daisy interval ~ 3h 26m.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Monday 2/19<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Daisy intervals 3h0m, 2h51m, 3h3m, 2h56m – very regular.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Little Squirt was ie.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Grand 1349 T2C d=11m<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Grotto Fountain was at 1433 but no Grotto!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Tuesday 2/20<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Daisy interval 3h33m<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Grand 1047ie 1C, 1736 T1Q d=11 (the only Q eruption I saw)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> At Fountain group, Fountain had high water, Clep, Spasm and Twig were active at 1350m Jet had a 9m interval and Super Frying Pan erupted 1407.  Unfortunately Fountain did not erupt before my Snowcoach left.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> “Salt and Pepper” in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Biscuit</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> were very active, erupting 1-3’.  The new spring near the bridge was just a hot spring, no bubbling visible.  Avoca had a bit more water than in September but still nothing like the picture that Scott posted.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Wednesday 2/21<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Daisy sightings were almost 10 hours apart, so I expect I missed some eruptions.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Grand 0946 T1C d=5m15s, 1618 T (I couldn’t see if it was one or two bursts as the wind blew right towards me at Oblong where I was standing when the second burst might have happened).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thursday 2/22<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Rift 0730ie<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Grand 0743 T1C d=10m20s, 1424 T1C d=11m30s<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Daisy intervals 3h18m, 3h8m<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Little Squirt active<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Plume intervals 62 and 55 minutes<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Friday 2/24<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Giant overnight so I spent most of the day on Geyser Hill.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Little Squirt still ie in the morning.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Daisy intervals 2h51m, 2h19m, 2h36m – noticeably shorter intervals today.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Plume intervals 54, 59, 53, double 1h55m (while I was at Grand), 57m, 58m, 59m, 58m – very predictable!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Dome active, intervals 26-37m all day, durations around 5m<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Grand 1217 T1C d=9m30s<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Bulger major 1140ie, d>=8m<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 2/25<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Beehive 0805ie cam-time – I missed the only daytime eruption waiting for Riverside down basin but this was the only day Beehive looked like it would erupt when I walked by it earlier in the morning.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Wonderful early sunny morning Oblong eruption at 0815ns – I bet the webcam steam clouds looked good this morning.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Grand 1114 T1C d=10m30s<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> There were a couple of Castle minors during the week.  Aurum was on short intervals and I saw one eruption up close.  Arrowhead Spring was very low and the geysers between it and Depression were very active- at least 3 of them frequently active but I didn’t see anything over 2’.  Riverside had some short interval days and other long interval days making it a bit hard to predict especially as only 1 or 2 eruptions were seen a day.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> That’s about it for 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