TITLE: 07/03 Owl Shift: 07:00-15:00 UTC (00:00-08:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 65Mpc
OUTGOING OPERATOR: Jeff
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT:
    Wind: 15mph Gusts, 12mph 5min avg
    Primary useism: 0.03 μm/s
    Secondary useism: 0.05 μm/s

Sustained winds at beginning of the shift but appear to be dying down a little....luckily!
QUICK SUMMARY: 

As Jeff has already summarized, this shift started with a fire burning out to the west (slightly north).  As I drove in, SR240 was closed at the RT10 intersection.  Mike was on-site with Jeff when I arrived.  We could clearly see a fire line in the roof camera (& also by eye when we went up to the roof shortly after midnight).  From Jeff's photos, and maps estimating the fire to be out on a hill/ridge about 18-19miles out (on the Umtanum Ridge which runs along the Columbia near Priest Rapids Dam and ends near the Vernita Bridge).  We monitored the fire for a few hours and then after smoke obscured our view at about 1:30am, we had another view clear up at around 2:30am and at this time we could not see any flames.  Mike left at around 2:45am.  Called Hanford Patrol (non-emergency line) at 1am & then again at 3:05am & they had no update other than they are still fighting the fire.

On the scientific front, H1 has been humming along.  It has been locked for 6hrs hovering around 65Mpc.