Sunday, August 21, 2005

	Today was a down day for all of the aircraft.  The plan for the following day calls 
for another test flight involving N43RF and the NRL P-3, takeoff time at 14 UTC.  This 
will be a short flight, 1-2 h duration, designed to test the communication of LF radar data 
from N43RF to the ground and back up to the NRL P-3.  Also during this flight the data 
acquisition system for the microphysics probes on N43RF will be repaired.
	The weather conditions have changed little from the previous day.  The remnants 
of T.D.#10 persist north of Hispaniola.  The system is still disorganized, but there is some 
convection within the area encompassing the system (Fig. 16).  The environment remains 
generally neutral, with moderate shear values over the system (Fig. 17).  A few models 
suggest that this system could develop, but most do not develop it anytime soon.  If the 
system maintains itself as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico, there is some possibility it 
could develop.
	Elsewhere, there is a tropical wave over the southern Yucatan peninsula (Fig. 18).  
This system has the potential of developing, but it will be in the Bay of Campeche.  The 
short duration that any developing system would have over water here precludes any 
possible operation.  Also, there is a tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa the 
previous day.  There is some convection associated with it (Fig. 19), but the system is 
very far away from being within range of any possible operations.