<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" 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 12 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the detailed info David.  I agree that these look like separate series given North Goggles was under close observation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For the record, there was another North Goggles minor seen today at 1634ie 2/15/2012.  Also it's interesting that no Lion eruptions have been reported for the last 3 days which makes me curious if it is erupting at night or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Go North Goggles Go!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Graham Meech<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Schwarz<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> Geyser Observation Reports<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Geysers] North Goggles data on GOSA web site<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>   Briefly, those are actually:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   A series of 5, a series of 4, and a series of 2 on June 29-30, 2000.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   A series of 1 and a series of 8 on July 22, 1994.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   Longer explanation:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   In the '90s, the rule of thumb was that North Goggle majors were exceedingly rare, but series of minors tended to start within two or three hours after a Lion series.  The related extended overflow (see next paragraph) often started around the time Lion would have been expected had the Lion series continued.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   North Goggles eruptions were always preceded by an exceptionally long overflow of 20+ minutes.  Majors occurred during the overflow--an overflow that lasted over 60 minutes generally prompted some hope for a major.  Minors occurred after an extended overflow ended, on a subsequent refill--oddly, usually not the first after the extended overflow, although the first fill _would_ usually be accompanied by some splashing and boiling.  Once one minor had taken place, a followup (ie, part of a series) could occur on subsequent refills, with a gap of up to two non-eruptive refills on 10-20 minute intervals in between.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   With that in mind, here's what happened with that July 22, 1994 series, which I wrote about yesterday but mistakenly placed in 1995:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   The geyser had a extended overflow during the Lion series the morning of July 22, around the time of the third Lion in the series.  This was a bit early, but not an unheard of time for an extended overflow.  The overflow lasted long enough to give us hope for a minor, which indeed happened at 11:20.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   Then things got weird.  Normally, a North Goggle minor meant that we were done with the Lion series, so we were pretty taken aback when Lion erupted again at 11:29.  We were even more taken aback when North Goggle refilled and immediately went into another extended overflow--sort of--starting sometime around 11:40.  I say "sort of" because the water level stayed high but well below overflow, pulsating the way it does when overflowing.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   This non-overflow was quite long.  Unfortunately, my note-taking discipline as a teenager wasn't what it could have been, so I can't tell you how long, but it was long enough that North Goggle started boiling and doming the way it does when it's building up to a major.  Well over an hour.  Just when it was looking really promising, it unceremoniously drained out of sight.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   Within a minute or two, both North Goggle and Goggles Spring starting loudly rumbling and thrashing at depth.  Both splashed visibly within their craters from a very deep water level, even putting some spray and droplets over their rims.  After an unusually long recovery, they refilled, boiled heavily, and failed to erupt, so we wandered off to Giantess, which was having impressive and frequent boils that day.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   From Giantess, we saw the first North Goggle eruption of the new series.  It's slightly possible that we missed an eruption or two in some of the longer gaps in the data because we really weren't expecting any more after three or four and kept wandering off.  Once we decided to settle and keep a close eye on it, it had one more eruption and then visibly cooled off (stopped boiling during overflows).  Lion started a new series shortly thereafter.<br><br>   At the time this was by far the longest series of the 1993+ active phase, and the only time that a series lasted essentially until the next Lion series.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>   I wasn't there in 2000, but that data looks very clearly like three 1990's-style series.  The Lions at 1824, 0233, and 0856 are initials, as almost certainly are the corresponding North Goggles at 2355, 0605, and 1235.  At 5 eruptions, the first series is still remarkably long.  It's also remarkable, at least by the standards of the 1990s, how close the last eruptions of the first and second series came to the subsequent Lion initial.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>David Schwarz <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>