State of H1:

NLN and Observing (no lock losses)

Other:

LVEA10 Dust Monitor (beer garden according to wiki) 300NM and 500NM increased rapidly starting 1:10 UTC. The 300NM counter went past the minor threshold (yellow alarm) at 1:10 UTC and past the major threshold (red) at 1:30 UTC, where it peaked at 62k counts (the threshold for red alarm is 30k at present). Called PEM contact to no answer. 500NM did not increase to the yellow threshold). Thankfully both have been steadily and slowly decreasing for the last hour (but quite slowly). This is the highest dust event for this particular monitor since Apr 18th 2023 and the cause for this kick is still unknown (wind has steadily been decreasing so it's not that). Screenshots of various stages of this scope are below. (the vertical y-lines denote the two alarm thresholds). As of now, the dust count is 25870 - which is right between the minor (Y) and major (R) alarms. It has fluctuated in this area for the last hour, only sampling below 20k once. UPDATE: While writing this, the dust monitor counts finally settled to ~11k counts, the lowest it has been in around 2 hours and the largest decrease in that much time. Screenshot 4 illustrates this. As of now, the count is 11350 counts with nothing else of note.