Time:1445 Local, 0245 Z
Observer:Gillman & Post
GPS Ship Position:
   Lat. 0 deg. 31.9 min. S
   Long. 166 deg. 58.4 min. E
   Heading:133 deg
Surface Wind: 5.0 m/s @ 116 deg. (14 m height)
Air Temp:28.1C (13 m height)
Sea Temp:28.9C (5 m depth)
Rel. Humidity:74.8 % (13 m height)
Precipitation last 24 hr:3.3 mm
Column Water Vapor: 4.7 cm (MWR)
Cloud Layer Heights:
    Ceilometer:0.6, 2.4, 7.0 km bases
    MMCR Radar: 0.6, 0.8 km bases, 12 - 14 km
    Lidar: 0.9, 1.2, 3.0, km bases, 12 - 16 km
Radiosonde Inversion Height:0.6 km @ 1128 Z (Day 191)

Visual Observations:Diffuse sunlight all day today because of cirrus, plus scatterred lower clouds. Wind is moderate. No whitecaps.

Notable Events and Anecdotes:We completed 11 circumnavigations of the island in 23.8 hours at 8:30 this morning; all circuits except one (3 km distant) were at 1 km from the coast. Chlorophyl samples taken en route indicate increased chlorophyl productivity in the water below the cloud of phosphate from dockside loading operations. Chuck Pavloski and ship's engineers Mike Gowan and Pat McManus visited the ARCS site to fix sun photometers and air conditioners; both efforts were successful. The ship will hold position 2 km offshore on the windward side of the island until tomorrow morning; then we plan to move to characterize the gradient of the island's aerosol plume downwind from Nauru, provided phosphate loading has ceased. Mystery of the day: Will Jeff Otten's luggage appear at midnight? (The reverse Cinderella effect)

Instrument Status:All is well.