DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998072313 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Uttal, Taneil Date: 1998072313 Time: 1313 Z Submitted at: Thu Jul 23 17:33:25 UT 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 78 24.6 N 165 31.03 W ------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 3.85nm@006 degrees ------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature +1 C ------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill ------------------------------------------- Radar: Solid Echo 0 - 500 m. Low vertical Cloud Heights-from LIDAR and velocities. Ceilometer: 45 m Base. Lidar: RADAR Attenuated. ------------------------------------------- Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR ------------------------------------------- Inversion Height ------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 8 degrees ------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 12 kts 130 degrees ------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status ------------------------------------------- Tethered Balloon Status ------------------------------------------- Foggy, wet, grey, solid overcast. Low visibility. Could not fly under cloud base in these conditions. 0341 Terascan shows the W-S band of cloudiness has not moved, but has dissapated to the South. Still clear to E and W of SHEBA site. Mixed Visual Observations areas of mid-level and higher clouds close by that might move through during the day. Tethered balloon broke yesterday - Lost instrument package which might terminate tethered balloon profile for a while. ------------------------------------------- Lead Report ------------------------------------------- Ship Instrument status All ok....?? Checking on ARM instruments. ------------------------------------------- Helicopter Status No Helicopter status ------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------- Comments and Mission Recommendations ------------------------------------------------------------------------