Time:1500 Local, 0300 Z
Observer:Gillman & Post
GPS Ship Position:
   Lat. 0 deg. 31.2 min. S
   Long. 166 deg. 54.4 min. E
   Heading:079 deg
Surface Wind: 5.5 m/s @ 065 deg. (14 m height)
Air Temp:28.1C (13 m height)
Sea Temp:28.5C (5 m depth)
Rel. Humidity:73.4 % (13 m height)
Precipitation last 24 hr:0 mm
Column Water Vapor: 4.9 cm (MWR)
Cloud Layer Heights:
    Ceilometer: 0.6 - 0.7 km bases
    MMCR Radar:0.8 - 1.5, 10.0 - 13.1 km
    Lidar: 0.6 bases, 11 - 18 km cirrus
Radiosonde Inversion Height:0.6 km @ 0531 Z (Day 187)

Visual Observations: A cloudy day (multi-level) with little or no precipitation in the area. Winds are climatologically average from NE.

Notable Events and Anecdotes: Ship scientists had several long discussions today debating deployment options to best answer remaining scientific and instrument questions. After conferring with Chuck Long on the ship, we decided on moving the ship tonight to clean flow 2 km upwind of Nauru, and to remain there for 24 - 48 hours. Other options will then be executed depending on meteorological conditions. Large numbers of people continue to visit the island and ship via RHIB. Fire and abandon ship drills caught new arrivals and visitors by surprise.

Instrument Status: All is well.

Friedhelm Jansen of Max Planck Institute (Hamburg, Germany) tuning the DIAL lidar, which is used for continuous vertical profiling of moisture and aerosol backscatter.