DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998072914 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Uttal, Taneil Date: 1998072914 Time: 1400 Z Submitted at: Wed Jul 29 16:52:47 UT 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 78 33.91 N 163 33.17 W ------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 11 nm @ 90 ------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature -0.5 C ------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill ------------------------------------------- RADAR: Two low thin layers 0-500 m and Cloud Heights-from LIDAR and1.4-1.7 km AGL. CEILOMETER: Base at 300 m. RADAR LIDAR: Lidar shows thin layer at 500 m. ------------------------------------------- Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR Yes. ------------------------------------------- Inversion Height ------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 10 deg ------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 35 kts 240 deg ------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status ------------------------------------------- Tethered Balloon Status ------------------------------------------- Solid overcast. Visibility < 1.5 nm. The Visual Observations terascan AVHRR at 03:08 show SHEBA on eastern edge of extended clear zone. ------------------------------------------- Open water around ship has refrozen for the Lead Report first time in weeks. ------------------------------------------- Ship Instrument status All Normal. ------------------------------------------- Helicopter Status No Helicopter status ------------------------------------------- Ultralight Status No Ultralight status ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Air CommunicationVHF/AM 121.5/126.7 and 2582 KHz Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Land CommunicationHF 6200/6501 Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Melt ponds are mixture of frozen and open: Some appear to have quite thick ice. Possibly freezing patterns variable with pond orientation?? Tiny ice crystal and Comments and Missionwater droplets in air. Precip. OR Recommendations mechanical mixing from surface by high winds. NOTE: High winds and drift over last 24 hours. NOTE: I will modify Hail report from yesterday to sleet. But BIG sleet. Also extremely large aggregates ~ 2.5 cm in diameter while falling. ------------------------------------------------------------------------