Thursday 24th March
Dan Johnson


On this mission was John Cardwell and Dan Johnson

0750	Light snow starting to fall at NCAR

0754	Very small heavily rimed dendrites approximately 1 mm dia. falling.
	Also very small heavily rimed dendritic aggregates falling.

0755	We leave NCAR and go to K-band site.

0820	Snow has stopped falling as we approach the K-band site.

0824	ARRIVE AT THE K-BAND SITE.  No snow if falling.  Skies are
	overcast.  There is a darker band of clouds to the south of us.

0845	No snow has fallen yet.  Sky is getting brighter.  Very thin stratus
	layer of clouds.  Looks like there will not be any snowfall here.

0855	Low clouds which are thicker near the foothills to the west.
	Perhaps the upper-level flow which is from the SW will advect some
	crystals and snow our way?
	Winds are northerly and light (about 5 mph).

0906	The cloud layer over us is becoming thicker.  Low stratocumulus 
	near foothills is approximately 2000 ft. AGL at base or 7500 ft.
	MSL.  Top of SC clouds is about 8500 ft. MSL

0919	The sky is getting brighter.  The clouds are very thin.

0928	The sky is very bright.  Still overcast but extremely thin higher
	layer of clouds.  Can see contrails through the clouds even.

0930	We are leaving the K-band site and heading back to NCAR.