ST MEETING 13 July, Forecast for 14 July - DOY 195

ST meeting 0713 Sunday

Meteo outlook

DAY N+1. Upper levels: Cold low SW of Sagres creating instability around 
the
Gulf of Cadiz. Winds turning counterclockwise around the low. Upward
movements around Gulf of Cadiz and subsidence over the remaining, quite
strong near Canarias. Low levels: high of 1032 mb over Azores extending
E to N Spain; thermal low over N Africa; related low S of Spain. Winds
mainly from N and NE with 18 Kts on average over the sea and weak over
Iberian Peninsula. MBL-depth increasing around Sagres, rising somewhat
over Canaries, decreasing around Madeira. Scattered to broken cover of
Cu and Sc around Madeira and N of Canaries, with possibility of some
rain N of Tenerife; SW of the Iberian Peninsula (including Sagres)
variable to abundant cloudiness, mainly medium and high, with possible
isolated thunderstorms; scant cloudiness or clear skies over N Portugal
and westward off-shore.  
DAY N+2. The same as N+1, but the high over Azores
tends to weaken, and the low relative pressure area shifts westward
lying under the low center aloft. Winds turn at all levels
counterclockwise around the low center, just SW of Sagres.  Abundant
cloudiness, with showers and probable thuntherstorms, SW and over the
Iberian Peninsula, including Sagres; over the remaining scattered to
broken of Cu and Sc, with still possible rain N of Tenerife. Clean air
is expected everywhere, except perhaps over Sagres since low-level
trajectories hug Iberian-coast.
DAY N+3, N+4 Both days: the low tends to fill and to move NE, becoming
absorbed by
the General Circulation. On the other hand the high tends to weaken and
to split-up, while a new deep low approaches W of Azores. Air could be
anthropogenic N of the area, near the N Portuguese coast, as a result of
the circulation around the low. Around Sagres it's difficult to decide
due to the rotating winds and expected convection over Spain and N
Africa, so air could be clean, anthropogenic, dust, or mixture of them.

Operations

Today Sunday 
1. FREETROPE Citation flight in early morning.
2. HILLCLOUD did a clean short run last night

Monday
3. C130 only available for short flights
4. CLEARCOLUMN with ship near Sagres and Portuguese aircraft. Ship to
leave for 40N at 1800Z
5. INTERCOMPARISON C130, Pelican (and possibly Merlin) upwind PDH.

Tuesday
6. Dust expected S. of Tenerife within reach of Pelican and C130. 2 A/C
radiation study considered

Wednesday
7. Ship in position near 40N 15W possibly for start of full LAGRANGIAN. 

General
- Jos L. will give Citation presentation at ST meeting of Mon.
- Lynn, Rita and Colin are supposed to present size distribution data
from the full Lag. on Tue
- Phil (D.&R) will present radiative  closure results from Pelican
flights on Wed. 
- Jean Louis will present results from clean and polluted CLOUDYCOLUMN
closures later

Hi Trish,
You can see what is planned for the ship from the above report.  Let us
know if  you have problems with the timetable.  On  SeaWiFS  this is 
from their home page.   
"SeaWiFS/SeaStar Launch Status   Updated July 6, 1997  The activities at
Vandenberg are proceeding on schedule,  so our launch date is holding
for July 18, 1997  off the West coast of the US at approximately 20:16 -
20:26 GMT ".  Let us know details about the emergency evac. at Sagres !
FMcG.