The daily-mean sea surface temperature during GATE Phase III is as follows. date (mmdd), SST (C) 0830 27.05 0831 27.32 0901 27.25 0902 27.38 0903 27.36 0904 27.45 0905 27.11 0906 27.20 0907 27.19 0908 27.10 0909 27.09 0910 27.30 0911 27.45 0912 27.42 0913 27.35 0914 27.17 0915 27.30 0916 27.10 0917 27.07 0918 27.17 0919 27.50 In addition, the surface pressure was nowhere to be found. Dr Kuanman Xu used 1012 mb in his simulations (Xu and Randall 1996; JAS, 3710-3736).