Mar. 16, 1998 Day No. 75            Ship Location: 18o26'S, 59o15'E

As seen in the cloud images from FY-2 and NOAA-AVHRR, most of the ITZ activity is confined to southern hemisphere between 05 S and 25 S. There were two convective systems at 62 E, 07 S and 80 E, 25 S. The Arabian Sea and the bay of Bengal were largely free of convective cloudiness. Low clouds were present over the southern portion of the Arabian Sea. FY-2 and NOAA-AVHRR images indicate development of cirrus cloud plumes over the Indian landmass. The Indian landmass is covered by the NE-SW oriented cirrus outflow. Sagar Kanya is within the ITCZ close to the convective activity associated with tropical storm Fiona. The all-sky camera cloud picture shows almost overcast sky. Kaashidhoo is cloud free. The flow at Kaashidhoo is from NE and at the Ship Location it is from SE.