TRMM Tethered Balloon Site: Meck Island

Daily Activity Report for August 16–17 GMT

Tower and radiation systems functioned well. Temperatures at Meck ranged from 299K to 305K, and relative humidity from 42% to 86%. Winds started out southwesterly, then switched to easterly and northeasterly. Wind speeds were generally less than 5 m/s, although for a brief period they exceeded 10 m/s. Soundings were done at 23:00Z on August 16th, and at 05:00Z and 17:00Z on August 17th. The 11:00Z sounding on August 17th was cancelled due to rain.