DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998052618 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Intrieri , Janet Date: 1998052618 Time: 18:30 GMT Submitted at: Tue May 26 19:44:21 UT 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 76 deg. 27.96, 167 deg. 30.12 ------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 5.81 @ 312 deg. ------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature -7 C ------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill ------------------------------------------- radar: no cloud returns ceilometer: no bases detected Cloud Heights-from LIDAR and RADAR lidar: cirrus cloud detected between 7.5 and 8.5 with very distinct generating cells and fallstreak stucture ------------------------------------------- Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR none ------------------------------------------- Inversion Height --------- ------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 6.2 deg. ------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 20 kts @ 100 deg. ------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status all normal ------------------------------------------- Tethered Balloon Status all normal ------------------------------------------- Very classic mares tails all quads except W. which is clear. Perfect cirrocumulus Visual Observations generating cells visible w/ fallstreaks streaming to the S. ------------------------------------------- Lead Report no new report ------------------------------------------- the ER-AERI has been down since 21 May and Ship Instrument status won't be back up until repaired by U Wisc. guys. ------------------------------------------- Helicopter Status Helicopter on site ------------------------------------------- Ultralight Status No Ultralight status ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Air Communication VHF/AM 121.5/126.7 Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Land Communication HF 6200/6501 Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Comments and Mission Good cirrus clouds around, but not a great Recommendations retreival validation day if the radar doesn't see the cirrus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------