010926 Radar and Sounding Operation Status

The radar operated continuously without problems.  Convective 
activity increased overnight over the eastern sector of the sampling 
domain.  By 14Z, a fairly broad region of echo tops greater than 12 
km had developed with individual cells and clusters of cells 
extending to > 15 km.  The echo mass gradually congealed in to a 
region of typical oceanic convection: mostly stratiform precipitation 
with embedded cell clusters.  The echo mass moved slowly S-SW through 
the day as small cells were advected into the large echo region from 
the NW.  The feature dissipated noticeably after 20Z.

All 6 soundings returned thermodynamic data through the troposphere. 
The 00Z sounding did not return winds above the surface.  The general 
trend in the sounding data over the course of the sampling period was 
for a slight increase in the mean mixed layer mixing ratio (17 to 18 
gm/kg) and a slight reduction in CIN values.  Westerly winds were 
confined to the near-surface layer with easterly-northeasterly above.