Aug 09, 2000Morning Weather Briefing - 500 mb
The 500-mb charts indicate a small shortwave west of the low and rotating around the southern periphery of the upper level low. We'll need to keep an eye on this. Lift from a trough aloft can deepen a surface low if it passes overhead.
Through the evening of August 09 the charts maintain the strength of the low as it passes over the dateline. The consistency of the progs gives me some confidence that the model runs have a good handle on the weather forecasts.
The captain gave night orders to awaken him if the wind rises above 30 kt. I made arrangements with the bridge crew to wake me, as well.