JD: 00-171 DoW: SUN/MON UTC Date: 19JUNE2000

SUMMARY: No storms within range

TLE PREDICTION: 0.20 [0.4 x 0.50]

RESULTS: n/a

LESSONS: n/a

PERSONNEL: Lyons, Nelson, Nordem, Gerken,

STEPS STATUS: STEPS on standby

YRFS OPERATION LOGS: Finally clear skies, but no targets anywhere within range. Few showers did form in eastern Colorado, and grazed the LMA. Just a few CGs reported by the NLDN during afternoon. Skies still a bit hazy, though most of thick forest fire smoke gone. Full Moon.

STEPS OPERATIONS: STEPS on standby for late day ops.

KEY RESULTS : Total TLEs from Yucca Ridge This Campaign: 241

FMA

Red Xybion (A)-Patrol: 0 tapes

Sony TRV900 3CCD: shot TL scenes of clouds;

GEN III unit; 0

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: OK

GPS: OK

WWV Source: OK

VLF Inspire: sampled

ELF N-S: not available

ELF E-W: not available

NLDN Live: OK

NLDN Paper: 1 maps

NLDN Archive: 0 saves

MRC Data Acquisition: OK

FMA Data Acquisition: not available

Thunder Mic: available

LANL Tracker: OK

Red Xybion (B)-Zoom; 0 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