Friday 25th March
John Cardwell

On this mission was John Cardwell and Dan Johnson

1330	At NCAR.  DARE station indicating cold surge moving from the
	north towards NCAR.  It is now near Ft. Collins and moving south.

1355	Leave NCAR.  Skies mostly broken - cumuliform clouds.  Skies to
	the north are overcast in the direction in which we are going.

1418	Two miles west of Longmont.  Skies are broken and the sun is out.
	Large area of blue skies above us.  Can see virga to the north
	and northeast of us.  Clouds there are lower and may be on the
	edge of the cold surge.  

1429	One mile north of Hwy. 66 on Hwy. 287 we see a dust devil in 
	a field.  Clouds associated with surge about 10 miles north
	of us.

1440	Heading east on Hwy. 56 from Berthoud.

1445	Very light rain falling one mile east of INT 25 on Hwy. 56
	Sun is out though.  We are instructed by Op. Center to head
	towards Platteville.

1511	ARRIVE AT SITE - 1/2 mile N of 38 Rd. on 23 Rd.
	3 1/2 miles N of Platteville
	LATITUDE -  40 degrees 16' 33"
	LONGITUDE - 104 degrees 51' 17"

1515	Darker convective clouds to the N and W.  Virga over foothills.
	Broken Skies over us still.  Sun is now just going through the
	clouds.  Virga about 20 miles west.  Winds from the N 10-15 mph.
	Mild outside.  Temp about 59 F.  Measured initial temp. is 15 C!
	
1526	Sky is overcast over us.  Clear patch of sky has moved to the east.
	Darker patch of clouds coming our way from the W.  We may get 
	some light rain from it.

1532	Winds NE about 15 mph and sustained.  Seeing lots of virga
	near foothills WSW to NW.  Temp still +15 C!

1536	Virga reaching ground about 10 miles to the west of us.

1542	Winds from the ENE about 15 mph.  Temp. is +14.2 C

1547	Virga is getting closer to us.  About 7.5 miles to the west.
	Sun shining to the west of the virga on the Rockies. Skies
	broken to the west of the virga. Temp. is 13.6 C.  Seeing
	long line of virga running E-W about 15 miles north of us.
	Not much vertical extension on that line of virga though.

1600	Winds have shifted to the NNW and windy - 15-20 mph.
	Temp. is 12.7 C

1602	Getting a few raindrops as virga approaches.  The rain
	stopped right away.

1608	Winds are NNE about 20 mph.  Temp. is 11.8 C.  Virga
	surrounding us on all sides.

1612	Sun almost through clouds to the west. Appears to be much
	less virga to the west now than earlier.

1615	A few drops are falling again.  Winds N about 15-20 mph and
	gusty.  Virga is going over us.  Sun is completely out to
	the west of us.  Temp. is 11.2 C.

1617	Precipitation sample is taken:
		Photo #     what seen
		#1,2,3		600 micron drop
		#4		500 micron drop
		#5		500 micron drop

1623	Extremely thin cirrostratus layer overhead.  There is 
	a patch of blue skies overhead.

1624	Droplets have stopped falling.  Temperature is about 12 C.

1630	Leave site.  Heading back to NCAR. Skies are broken and
	large clear patch to the west.  We see 1/2 of rainbow
	to the east.