Mar. 21, 1998 Day No. 80            Ship Location: 05o48'S, 66o07'E

FY-2 data is corrupted with large amount of dropouts in the tropical region of interest. The NOAA-AVHRR cloud image clearly shows a further northward movement of ITCZ. The Sagar Kanya is under convective region and observations indicate raining cumulo-nimbus clouds alongwith broken high clouds. The all-sky camera picture shows overcast sky. Kaashidhoo cloud photograph shows clear sky. The FSU model analyses indicate the flow at Kaashidhoo to be clearly from the NE.