DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998051814 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Intrieri , Janet Date: 1998051814 Time: 14:15 GMT Submitted at: Mon May 18 17:00:37 UT 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ all normal GPS Ship Position 76 deg 18.7 / 165 deg 7.1 ------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 4.3 @ 262 deg ------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature -7 C ------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill ------------------------------------------- radar: sfc-0.25 km, 3.0-4.5 km, 7.25-8.0 km Cloud Heights-from LIDAR and ceilometer: 0.20 km base RADAR lidar: 0.20-0.40 km cloud w/ some ice crystal precip out of base (not reaching sfc) ------------------------------------------- 0.2-0.4 km liq/mixed phase cld attenuating Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR signal ------------------------------------------- Inversion Height 500 m as of 1115 Z sounding ------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 1.2 deg ------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 21 kts 65 deg ------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status ------------------------------------------- DeRoode balloon acesnded as hi as Tethered Balloon Status inversion base (965 mb) and then line iced up. ------------------------------------------- 100% O/C, low unbroken stratus, no precip Visual Observations @ sfc ------------------------------------------- same, areal survey done yesterday shows Lead Report detailed lead structure ------------------------------------------- Ship Instrument status all normal ------------------------------------------- Helicopter Status Helicopter on site ------------------------------------------- Ultralight Status No Ultralight status ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Air Communication VHF/AM 121.5/126.7 and 2582 KHz Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Land Communication HF 6200/6501 Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Thes day (so far) is like Fri, low unbroken stratus, not an optimal Comments and Mission validation day since there is water in the Recommendations col., but upper clouds (if they persist) might be of interest (to radar) but lidar is attenuated by the water. ------------------------------------------------------------------------