Report from the Ron Brown: June 29, 1999

Photo (left):Scientists and crew muster to one of six life raft stations during an abandon ship drill, conducted at least once per week. Besides a life jacket, each person brings a hat; long pants; shirt; full-body exposure suit; and drinking water, if handy. Fire drills are also conducted at least once per week.

Other snapshots from the Ron Brown

Daily Weather Forecast

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Commentary:

A very uneventful day. The highlight was an abandon ship drill. A science talk on radiometry and photometry is scheduled for tonight.

Date:	June 29, 1999
Local Time:	1435 Local, 0235 Z
GPS Ship Position:	Lat. 1 deg. 55.6 Min. S Long. 164 deg. 23.5 min. E
Heading:	115 [deg]
Surface Wind:	100 [deg], 5.8 [mps] (14 m height)
Temperature:	28.5 C (13 m height)
Sea Surface Temperature:	29.3 C (5 m depth)
Relative Humidity:	67.6% (13 m height)
Precipitation last 24 hr:	0.0 [mm]
Column Water Vapor:	2.6 cm (MWR)
Cloud Layer Heights:	Ceilometer: 0.8 km base Radar: n/a Lidar: 1.0 km base
Radiosonde Inversion Height:	none apparent on last 4 launches

Visual Observations:

Breezy with whitecaps. Scattered low, puffy, small cumulus clouds. A very uneventful day, weather-wise.

Instrument Status:

All is well. Observations continue without event. Radar sea clutter has increased with roughened seas, as on the Mirai.

Previous Days' Updates:

June 28, 1999
June 27, 1999
June 26, 1999
June 25, 1999
June 24, 1999
June 23, 1999
June 22, 1999
June 21, 1999
June 20, 1999
June 19, 1999
June 18, 1999
June 17, 1999
June 16, 1999
June 15, 1999
June 14, 1999
June 10, 1999

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