Mar. 10, 1998 Day No. 69            Ship Location: 15o04'S, 61o51'E

The convective activity is now more organized with the center located near 84E, 12S. There is hardly any cloudiness associated with ITCZ north of equator and Kaashidhoo site is free of clouds. The Sagar Kanya is located near the boundary of ITCZ and is under patchy clouds. Most of the oceanic areas north of equator in the INDOEX region of interest remain cloud free, except for a thin EW oriented cloud band in the Bay of Bengal. The FSU back-trajectory analyses indicate the boundary layer flow to be westerly.