DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998060415 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Post , M.J. Date: 1998060415 Time: 1500 Z Submitted at: Fri Jun 5 18:34:05 UT 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 76 deg. 51.4 min / 167 deg. 29.8 min ------------------------------------------------ Ship Movement in last 24 2.3 nm @ 021 deg. hrs ------------------------------------------------ Surface Temperature -2 C ------------------------------------------------ Surface Wind Chill ------------------------------------------------ Cloud Heights-from LIDAR radar: (down) ceilometer: 0.2 km (intermittant) and RADAR lidar: 0.1 - 0.2 km ------------------------------------------------ Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR ------------------------------------------------ Inversion Height 1.2 km ------------------------------------------------ Ship Orientation 007.5 deg ------------------------------------------------ Prevailing Winds 9 kts @ 165 deg ------------------------------------------------ Rawindonde Status all normal ------------------------------------------------ Tethered Balloon Status all normal ------------------------------------------------ light snow (bundles and combinations of Visual Observations needles), solid amorphous gray overcast. Visibility about 5 nm ------------------------------------------------ Lead Report leads to west growing/changing/appearing ------------------------------------------------ radar went down after 0400z on 04 June. Ship Instrument status Diagnostics underway. ------------------------------------------------ Helicopter Status 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 Simultaneous UW Convair and NASA ER-2 Recommendations overflights yesterday. Significant ship turning overnight. Expect ER-2 again today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------