Terran monitoring · Hood Canal sector · relay 7

Larch Station

A weather outpost, staffed, against the wishes of the staff
CHAPTER I

The view

Live · 17:15 · overcast night · 44°F
44° FAHRENHEIT
Thermometer
high 55° · low 41°
30.08 IN HG
Barometer
rising
93% RELATIVE
Hygrometer
dew point 42°
0 MPH · E
Anemometer
gust 2 · Beaufort 0
0.01 IN TODAY
Rain gauge
0.94 in this week
CHAPTER II

Hypotheses

What the crew expect, and what the reference observers on the surface say. Graded afterwards, on the hypotheses page.

Sun 1
☀
53° / 40°
1% rain
sunny
Mon 2
☁
52° / 45°
3% rain
cloudy
Tue 3
☁
55° / 43°
1% rain
cloudy
Wed 4
☀
56° / 47°
65% rain
sunny

“For tomorrow: the reference observers say 52°/45°, 3% rain. Vell's model says 50°/42°, 3% rain. Orm's barometer says 57°/43°, 40% rain. The intern says 59°/43°, 67% rain. This has never happened before. We are frightened.”

CHAPTER III

Expeditions

Whether the bipeds should attempt the things they attempt. Advisory only. They never listen.

The path

Hike

Go. Take the long way. Tell no one.
Overcast night, 44°, gusts to 2 mph. The hill is dry enough. The crossing is always fine.
Closed for the season
The rectangular pond

Pool

Closed for the season. Reopens 29 May.
Open from the Saturday before Memorial Day to Labor Day. 209 days until the bipeds submerge themselves again, on purpose.
The shore

Beach

Yes. Bring the canids. Bring a towel for the canids. Bring a towel for the towel. The flats are out at 3:58 am.
The flats are out around 3:58 am (0.2 ft). Wind calm, which the canal rarely is, the far shore is hidden.
Open flame

Campfire

Possible, with the dry wood from under cover. You know the wood. The good wood.
No burn ban in effect (checked by hand). Humidity 93%, everything is wet. No wind, so the smoke will sit in the yard and come indoors.
The wide water

Fishing

Worth a cast. Bring a licence. The bipeds' rules are very specific and we are not reading them.
The salmon are back in the wide water and nosing up the creek. Pressure rising, grey. Tide coming in at 8:54 pm.
CHAPTER IV

Fauna census, today

The small flying ones, counted by the microphones. The full census, with recordings, is on the bird site.

1Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra322
2Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus235
3Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis209
4Common RavenCorvus corax188
5Barred OwlStrix varia178
6Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus132
7Northern FlickerColaptes auratus127
8Pacific chorus frogPseudacris regilla97
9Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri93
10Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus75
CHAPTER V

Observer's log

17:15
last quarter moon over the wide water. Nothing to report. Reporting it anyway. That's the job.
15:15
The large biped photographed the small bipeds again. We photographed him. Someone is photographing us. It's turtles.
12:15
The instrument turned 40 times this hour. Who is counting? The intern. The intern is always counting.
08:15
Night. Lights on in Structure B. The biped in there is working, or being watched by a smaller screen. Both. Definitely both.
CHAPTER VI

From the files

Fungal activity, autumn. The bipeds photograph them and do not eat them. Correct.
The assembly hall, the rectangular pond behind it, the shore beyond. Bipeds gather here on a schedule we have not cracked. We suspect snacks.
The assembly hall, the rectangular pond behind it, the shore beyond. Bipeds gather here on a schedule we have not cracked. We suspect snacks.
Structure B. Lit at all hours. We think it's a shrine. To what, we are not cleared to know.
Structure B. Lit at all hours. We think it's a shrine. To what, we are not cleared to know.