DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998051107 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Uttal , Taneil Date: 1998051107 Time: 0719 UT Submitted at: Mon May 11 19:45:41 GB 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 17 08.55N 165 21.92 ------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 5.7 nm=10.8km west ------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature -8 degrees C ------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill -22 degress C ------------------------------------------- Cloud Heights-from LIDAR andLidar attenuated. Ceilometer sees bas at RADAR 240m. Radar has solid echo to 6km. ------------------------------------------- Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR ------------------------------------------- Inversion Height 1km from 0575 UT sounding ------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 359 degree true N ------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 14 knots at 40 degrees ------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status Normal launches ------------------------------------------- Tethered Balloon Status Launches planned ------------------------------------------- Hazy, blue sky, significant precipitation, solar disk significantly obscured but Visual Observations visible. Last evening and night we had significant precipitation with snow accumulation and drifting on the deck. ------------------------------------------- Lead Report Lead to west opened up last night. ------------------------------------------- DOE/ARM computer back on line thanks to Ship Instrument status Paul Roode.(?) ------------------------------------------- Helicopter Status Helicopter is on site ------------------------------------------- Ultralight Status Not deployed ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Air CommunicationVHF/AM 121.5/126.7 Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Land CommunicationHF 6200/6501 Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Heading west again. Atmosphere is Comments and Missionsaturated! The ice comp is on the move Recommendations west. There may be twin otter flights today, weather allowing. Present conditions would indicate storm pattern mission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------