JD: 00-163 DoW: SAT /SUN UTC Date: 11JUNE2000

SUMMARY: MCS In Panhandle; View Blocked By Clouds

TLE PREDICTION: 0.30 [0.5 x 0.60]

RESULTS: heard sprites but could not see them

LESSONS: a little lightning imaged on the fringes of the LMA

PERSONNEL: Lyons, Nelson, Fossum, Nordem, Maria,

STEPS STATUS: STEPS operates late

YRFS OPERATION LOGS: Fairly large MCS formed as expected in the Panhandle region and drifted east-northeast. Large stratiform area with +CGs extended up into southern Kansas. Most likely was producing sprites (Sounded like it on VLF) Unfortunately weak orogenic convection drifted onto plains but did not dissipate with sunset. In fact several small cells formed over the Colorado plains and produced some lightning on fringes of LMA at times. Took 2 hours of lightning video. Shut down early due to continuing clouds and strong winds.

Blue camera problems. Can not focus. Unsure of reason. Some digital noise found

STEPS OPERATIONS: STEPS operates.

KEY RESULTS : n/a

Total TLEs from Yucca Ridge This Campaign: 230

FMA

Red Xybion (A)-Patrol: 1 tapes

Sony TRV900 3CCD: shot several scenes during day; GEN III Time lapse at night

GEN III unit; 1/2 tape after dark of clouds (slight problem with mating attachment)

JVC KY-19: shoot daytime TL/STEPS Cam (to ESE);

Pulnix CCD: shoot various TL scenes

Photodiode: lens mated to original unit, needs to be tested

Winckler PMT: available

GPS: OK

WWV Source: OK

VLF Inspire: sampled

ELF N-S: not available

ELF E-W: not available

NLDN Live: OK

NLDN Paper: 5 maps

NLDN Archive: 2 saves

MRC Data Acquisition: new trigger OK

FMA Data Acquisition: not available

Thunder Mic: available

LANL Tracker: OK

Red Xybion (B)-Zoom; 1 tapes (in patrol mode)

Red Xybion (C)-Tele: 0 tapes

Blue Xybion(D)-zoom: problems with focus

Mountain Cam: nominal

STEPS Cam: nominal

Shure Mic: OK

NEXRAD Archive: WeatherTap problems

GOES Archive: OK

RUC2 Archive: OK

STANFORD/STAR LAB:

Telescope OK

LLTV OK

ELF/VLF OK

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY: not present

MIT ELF: problems with vertical antenna?

FUELLEKRUG ELF: operational

ISRAELI ELF: nominal