Time:1500 Local, 0300 Z
Observer:Gillman & Post
GPS Ship Position:
   Lat. 0 deg. 31.4 min S
   Long. 166 deg. 58.6 min E
   Heading: 114 deg
Surface Wind:3.7 m/s @ 088 deg. (14 m height)
Air Temp:27.8C (13 m height)
Sea Temp:29.2C (5 m depth)
Rel. Humidity:72.7 % (13 m height)
Precipitation last 24 hr:1.3 mm
Column Water Vapor: 4.5 cm (MWR)
Cloud Layer Heights:
    Ceilometer: 0.6, 1.6 km bases
    MMCR Radar: 0.8, 1.6 km bases
    Lidar: 0.6, 1.6, 8.5, 10.5 km bases
Radiosonde Inversion Height:0.7 km @ 1723 Z (Day 193)

Visual Observations:A strong band of rain showers passed just to our north in the morning. Since then it has been a typical day with MBL cumuli and broken cirrus.

Notable Events and Anecdotes:We got in 18 hours of good aerosol characterization yesterday before the wind died, ending the planned plume work. We are back on the windward side of Nauru making water, but the laundry is still secured. Today is day for rest while radiation measurements upwind of ARCS continue. 3-D color graphics of RHB bathymetric data surrounding Nauru are a big hit. A new T-shirt industry may be in the making!

Instrument Status:DABUL lives! Spares parts carried by Otten and installed by Wulfmeyer, and preparations by Sandberg, resulted in data acquisition just after nightfall July 12. Expert crane work in rolling seas got DABUL from below decks starboard to the 02 level portside, but not without a few tense moments.