Mar. 22, 1998 Day No. 81            Ship Location: 03o04'S, 67o30'E

ITCZ has shown further advance over the Arabian Sea and low convective clouds now reached as far as 10 N. The cirrus cloud band has moved further east. Sagar Kanya again experienced raining cumulo-nimbus clouds within the ITCZ. Kaashidhoo is also near the northern boundary of ITCZ. The all-sky cloud image from the ship shows overcast sky. No cloud pictures are available from Kaashidhoo. FY-2 images show a nearly cloud free Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. The Model analyses indicate the boundary layer flow at Kaashidhoo is from N.