The current 3.5-meter shutdown will be extended through the nights of 1 and 2 August (civil time), and the night of 3 August should be considered in serious doubt. A final determination for 3 August will be made on Monday. The primary reason for the extension is bad weather. It has not been possible to exercise the telescopes and instruments on the sky since completion of the shutdown engineering work. Moreover, the forecast is not encouraging for at least the next 48 hours. We are seeing serious monsoon pattern weather. In addition, GRIM2 and SPIcam have not awoken from their long "sleeps" in normal states. Efforts to understand and fix these problems are in progress. A lightning strike at the site last night has not helped matters either. Ed Turner APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 290 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO