The Adventures of Ryan
I got invited to help install a radio repeater on the top of Mount Terror. I got to fly on a Bell 212 helicopter. Unfortunately we could not land due to weather so we had to turn back. I got to shoot some amazing pictures and video on the way there. The second video is just me playing with the high speed settings on my camera. I just thought it looked cool.
The Food Monkeys (Food Services Supply) opened up their frozen food warehouse to the public today to let everyone see where the food comes from. The kitchen places an order for them and they deliver it to the temporary freezers in the kitchen. They keep the warehouse around -10ยฐF to -20ยฐF. The crates piled up in the center of the isles are the food we need to eat by February to make room for the food coming on the vessel. The oldest thing I could find was frozen in 2014. There might have been older but I didn’t see them. Also not everything was labeled when it was frozen.
So the IT people her convinced me to walk to Scott Base with them on American night. We could have taken a nice warm shuttle and been there quicker but no, we decided to walk. Here are some pictures.
They opened up Discovery Hut for tours on Halloween. I risked getting Anthrax and Asbestos to get these photos.
So while I was doing the balloon launch we had to go through the water plant to get to the launch site. I snapped a few pictures while we walked though. I have no clue what any of this is.
Just some random pictures as I was walking between buildings. The sun was really bright and made everything pop so I just took photos as I went. I’m not sure if all of these are good I just uploaded everything I was taking that day and tried to skip duplicates.
I got to launch a weather balloon. We launch two every day to help with the forecast.
Here arr some pictures form the setup of the balloon.
These are the readings from the sensors for my flight.
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PRES HGHT TEMP DWPT RELH MIXR DRCT SKNT THTA THTE THTV
hPa m C C % g/kg deg knot K K K
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1000.0 -106
985.0 24 -14.9 -22.9 51 0.62 20 9 259.4 261.1 259.5
975.0 99 -13.9 -25.9 36 0.48 63 18 261.1 262.5 261.2
971.0 129 -14.2 -25.9 36 0.48 80 22 261.2 262.6 261.2
952.0 274 -15.4 -26.1 40 0.48 80 19 261.4 262.8 261.4
925.0 485 -17.3 -26.3 45 0.49 125 15 261.6 263.0 261.7
918.0 542 -17.7 -26.7 45 0.47 134 16 261.8 263.2 261.9
917.0 550 -17.8 -26.7 45 0.47 135 16 261.8 263.2 261.9
888.0 788 -19.1 -27.6 47 0.45 150 23 262.8 264.2 262.9
861.0 1018 -20.4 -28.5 48 0.42 145 28 263.8 265.1 263.9
850.0 1113 -20.9 -28.9 49 0.42 145 26 264.2 265.5 264.3
793.0 1621 -23.4 -30.8 51 0.37 105 21 266.9 268.0 266.9
761.0 1923 -24.9 -31.9 52 0.35 100 19 268.4 269.5 268.5
730.0 2224 -27.5 -27.7 98 0.54 115 13 268.8 270.4 268.9
729.0 2234 -27.6 -27.9 97 0.53 115 13 268.8 270.4 268.8
728.0 2243 -27.7 -28.2 95 0.52 117 13 268.8 270.3 268.8
725.0 2273 -25.7 -28.3 79 0.52 125 13 271.3 272.8 271.4
709.0 2435 -26.1 -29.0 77 0.49 165 13 272.6 274.1 272.6
705.0 2476 -26.3 -28.9 79 0.50 175 13 272.8 274.4 272.9
700.0 2527 -26.5 -28.7 82 0.51 180 13 273.1 274.7 273.2
693.0 2599 -27.1 -29.0 84 0.51 177 13 273.2 274.8 273.3
681.0 2726 -25.3 -36.3 35 0.25 173 13 276.6 277.4 276.6
677.0 2768 -25.1 -35.1 39 0.29 171 12 277.3 278.2 277.3
662.0 2928 -26.2 -35.4 42 0.28 165 12 277.8 278.8 277.9
624.0 3351 -29.1 -36.3 50 0.28 150 3 279.2 280.1 279.3
585.0 3812 -32.3 -37.3 61 0.27 183 6 280.7 281.6 280.8
574.0 3946 -33.3 -43.3 36 0.15 193 7 281.1 281.6 281.1
567.0 4031 -34.1 -39.1 60 0.23 199 7 281.1 281.9 281.2
536.0 4422 -36.7 -41.1 64 0.20 227 9 282.6 283.2 282.6
528.0 4526 -37.3 -42.5 58 0.17 235 10 283.1 283.6 283.1
500.0 4900 -39.5 -47.5 42 0.11 210 14 284.8 285.2 284.8
498.0 4927 -39.7 -47.8 42 0.10 205 14 284.9 285.3 284.9
485.0 5108 -40.9 -49.9 37 0.08 206 14 285.6 285.9 285.6
464.0 5409 -42.7 -48.7 52 0.10 209 13 287.0 287.3 287.0
454.0 5555 -43.7 -49.9 50 0.09 210 13 287.6 287.9 287.6
444.0 5704 -44.6 -51.0 49 0.08 195 13 288.2 288.5 288.2
429.0 5934 -46.1 -52.8 47 0.07 205 18 289.1 289.4 289.1
414.0 6173 -47.7 -54.7 44 0.06 197 19 290.1 290.3 290.1
400.0 6400 -48.9 -57.9 34 0.04 190 19 291.4 291.5 291.4
390.0 6565 -49.9 -60.1 29 0.03 195 21 292.2 292.3 292.2
376.0 6803 -51.3 -63.3 23 0.02 188 19 293.4 293.5 293.4
359.0 7099 -52.7 -65.1 21 0.02 180 17 295.4 295.4 295.4
341.0 7429 -54.3 -67.0 19 0.01 195 18 297.6 297.7 297.6
328.0 7678 -55.5 -68.5 18 0.01 190 15 299.3 299.3 299.3
302.0 8198 -58.8 -71.8 17 0.01 180 10 301.7 301.8 301.7
300.0 8240 -59.1 -72.1 17 0.01 180 10 301.9 302.0 301.9
280.0 8672 -61.1 -75.7 13 0.00 205 14 305.1 305.1 305.1
276.0 8762 -61.5 -76.5 12 0.00 200 14 305.7 305.8 305.8
271.0 8876 -61.2 -77.3 10 0.00 180 11 307.7 307.7 307.7
267.0 8969 -61.0 -78.0 9 0.00 190 8 309.3 309.4 309.3
265.0 9016 -60.9 -78.4 8 0.00 205 10 310.2 310.2 310.2
250.0 9380 -60.1 -81.1 5 0.00 225 17 316.6 316.6 316.6
248.0 9430 -59.9 -82.9 3 0.00 230 17 317.6 317.6 317.6
246.0 9481 -59.7 -84.7 3 0.00 229 16 318.6 318.7 318.6
238.0 9688 -59.3 -84.9 2 0.00 225 13 322.3 322.3 322.3
231.0 9875 -58.9 -85.1 2 0.00 265 11 325.6 325.6 325.6
222.0 10125 -58.4 -85.4 2 0.00 245 13 330.1 330.1 330.1
214.0 10355 -58.0 -85.6 2 0.00 260 15 334.3 334.3 334.3
200.0 10780 -57.1 -86.1 1 0.00 255 21 342.2 342.2 342.2
197.0 10876 -57.0 -86.0 1 0.00 255 20 343.9 343.9 343.9
191.0 11071 -56.8 -85.8 1 0.00 270 19 347.3 347.3 347.3
171.0 11771 -55.9 -84.9 2 0.00 277 24 359.8 359.8 359.8
162.0 12113 -56.6 -85.2 2 0.00 280 27 364.3 364.3 364.3
150.0 12600 -57.5 -85.5 2 0.00 280 37 370.8 370.8 370.8
105.0 14834 -58.9 -87.8 1 0.00 290 68 407.9 407.9 407.9
100.0 15140 -59.1 -88.1 1 0.00 290 67 413.3 413.3 413.3
70.0 17400 -56.3 -87.3 1 0.00 295 96 463.6 463.6 463.6
50.0 19560 -51.5 -86.5 1 0.00 300 112 521.7 521.7 521.7
42.5 20620 -49.7 -85.7 1 0.01 297 130 550.9 551.0 550.9
39.0 21181 -50.9 -85.9 1 0.01 295 140 561.6 561.6 561.6
35.7 21766 -44.1 -83.1 1 0.01 297 141 593.5 593.6 593.5
30.0 22930 -45.3 -83.3 1 0.01 300 144 620.5 620.6 620.5
29.9 22952 -45.4 -83.4 1 0.01 300 144 620.9 621.0 620.9
28.9 23178 -46.3 -84.3 1 0.01 300 143 624.4 624.5 624.4
22.5 24872 -36.7 -78.7 1 0.04 296 132 699.1 699.5 699.1
21.0 25346 -39.1 -81.1 0 0.03 296 129 705.8 706.1 705.8
20.0 25680 -37.7 -79.7 0 0.04 295 127 720.0 720.4 720.0
10.0 30530 -29.7 -74.7 0 0.15 290 101 907.5 909.5 907.6
9.8 30674 -29.5 -74.5 0 0.16 290 102 913.5 915.6 913.6
9.2 31122 -32.1 -76.1 0 0.13 290 103 920.2 922.0 920.3
9.0 31279 -31.0 -75.5 0 0.15 290 104 930.1 932.1 930.2
8.4 31770 -27.7 -73.7 0 0.21 290 94 961.7 964.6 961.8
8.2 31943 -28.3 -73.3 1 0.23 290 91 966.0 969.1 966.1
8.0 290 87
Station number: 89664
Observation time: 171024/1200
Station latitude: -77.85
Station longitude: 166.66
Station elevation: 24.0
Showalter index: 15.98
Lifted index: 18.28
LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 18.29
SWEAT index: 65.99
K index: -12.50
Cross totals index: 10.60
Vertical totals index: 18.60
Totals totals index: 29.20
Convective Available Potential Energy: 0.00
CAPE using virtual temperature: 0.00
Convective Inhibition: 0.00
CINS using virtual temperature: 0.00
Bulk Richardson Number: 0.00
Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 0.00
Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 245.44
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 804.15
Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 261.22
Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 0.49
1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5006.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 1.92
A handful of updates I forgot to post to the site after I uploaded them to Youtube.
So I tried something new for this update. I think I prefer the walking updates I’ve been doing. This seemed to static. Also just some random pictures as I was checking the light and framing.
