Mar. 14, 1998 Day No. 73            Ship Location: Port Louis, Mauritius

ITCZ in the Indian Ocean region has become more active and the convective cloudiness has advanced northwards in the 80-100E sector. A cloudband has formed in the Bay of Bengal. Arabian Sea has remained mostly cloud free. Sagar Kanya is in the Mauritius EEZ and no data are available. The boundary layer flow near the Réunion Is from the east. No cloud pictures are available from Kaashidhoo.