DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998072813 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Uttal, Taneil Date: 1998072813 Time: 1300 Z Submitted at: Tue Jul 28 17:42:08 UT 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 78 34.09 N 164 28.94 W ------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 5.38@34 ------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature +2 C ------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill ------------------------------------------- RADAR: Radar echo from 1.5 to 8 km AGL. CEILOMETER: Cloud Base at 3.5 km. Has been Cloud Heights-from LIDAR and seeing liquid layer at 4.6 km AGL. LIDAR: RADAR Cloud 3-4.2 km AGL. Over last hour, liquid layer at 4.6 km AGL. ------------------------------------------- Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR Intermittent and high. ------------------------------------------- Inversion Height ------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 10 deg ------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 25 kts 210 deg ------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status ------------------------------------------- Tethered Balloon Status ------------------------------------------- Cloudy, overcast, strong winds. The ship's flags are whipping!! Clear are still visible off to the east. Surface visibility excellent. 0331 Terascan showed SHEBA on leading edge of NE-SW new band of cloudiness which is moving over site. The brief window of clear was yesterday at around 0200 Z. Terascan shows middle and Visual Observations high clouds in this cloud band, and through breaks in cloud, low cloud and or fog are also clearly visible. Despite good surface visibility at present, doesn't look like it will last through the day. As report was being prepared, some drizzle started - intermittent large drops which are not affecting surface visibility. ------------------------------------------- Lead Report ------------------------------------------- Ship Instrument status All Normal. ------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------