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SI-MWB-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG — E calm 15% cloudy, mod. swells moon waning DATE 21 Mar 65 Pg.# 1 Vin Hoeman on watch time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0600 Blackfoot Albatross follow begin birdwatch 0605 Laysan Alb. 3 NW 25' Circled once. 0607 Black foot 3 follow to 30' Layrans at distance 0610 Layran 2 0621 Black foot 4 follow to 40' species mingle at times Laysan 3 0622 apparent sunrise (horizon obscured by clouds) 0624 Black foot 9 follow to 40' exact count difficult, some of both spt lit together on water Laysan 3 can they smell chow cooking? 0627 Bonin Jr. Petrel 1 NW to 35' far out 0630 Sooty Tern 2 W " alternately low and high 0634 Laysan Alb. 1 N " not one of ship followers apparently 0648 Bonin Jr. Petrel 1 NW low 0650 " 1 N " 0652 Sooty Tern 10 W to 50' crying, a loose flock splits around us 0652 Bonin Jr. pet. 1 N low 0653 Sooty Tern 2 W to 40' 0657 " 1 SW to 25' 0700 Blackfoot Alb. 11 follow to 50' in sight at present 0702 Wedgetail 1 S low 0708 Laysan Alb. 1 - 0711 Blackfoot " 18 14 Black foot + 1 Layran lit for garbage Laysan " 1 4 Blackfeet stayed in air 0715 Pterodroma 1 E low gray back, immaculate white belly + underwings extending up behind 0718 Sooty Tern 2 N to 50' head, 0725 Wedgetail 1 W low far astern. 0727 " 1 NW " 0728 Christmas Island Sh. 1 S " BIP 6/6 0735 Wedgetail 1 E " LA 7/7 0736 Great Frigatebird 1 W to 200' in distance ST 22/8 0744 Bonin Jr. Petrel 1 SE to 30' G 6/6 0802 Laysan 1 ↓ PT 1 0802 Wedgetail 1 C/S 1 0805 Laysan 1 → GF 1 0812 Sooty Tern 1 → S-P 1 0823 Sk. Petrel 1 far off port - dark above, white below 0835 Wedgetail 1 off stern 0836 Sooty Tern 2 SW 0837 Bonin 1 S 0940 15-18 Blackfoots + 1 Layran lit astern 0843 Sooty Tern 2 N
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DATE THUR, 4 MAR, '65 TIME LAT LONG PRES WEA VIS SLP DRY B DEW PT HUM% T: SKY OPA SKY SWELL WAVES SEA TEMP WIND S WIND D SHIP COURSE/SPD. 0100 21-56N 161-01W c/200 15 1022 72/66 63 73 1 1 054/7/5 75 17 080 286/10.5 0200 21-59N 161-13W c/200 15 1022 72/66 63 73 1 1 050/7/5 75 16 075 286/10.5 0300 22-03N 161-24W " 15 1022 72/66 63 73 1 1 050/7/5 75 15 065 288/10.5 0400 22-06N 161-36W " 15 1022 72/66 63 73 1 1 054/7/5 75 15 060 288/10.5 0500 22-08N 161-47W Phy Cldy 15 1021 72 63 73 8 6 054/7/5 75 18 080 288/11 0600 22-14N 162-02W " " 15 1021 72 61 69 3 0 054/7/5 75 17 280 288/11 0700 22-17N 162-13W " " 15 1022 73 66 77 1 0 050/7/5 75 17 280 288/11 0800 22-22N 162-24W " " 15 1022 74 67 65 1 0 050/7/5 75 18 280 288/11 0900 22-26N 162-37W Fwd Cldy 15 1022 74 68 71 1 0 056-6-4 74 12 110 289 11.5 1000 22-29N 162-50W " 15 1022 78 68 71 1 0 050-6-4 74 12 110 289 12.5 1100 22-31N 163-02W " 15 1022 73 68 71 1 0 050-6-4 74 12 110 289 12 1200 22-34N 163-14W " 15 1022 73 63 71 1 0 050-6-4 74 12 110 289 12 1300 22-35N 163-26W " 15 1020 73/64 63 56 1 1 070-7-4 73 11 110 288 - 11.5 1400 22-41N 163-39W " 15 1019 77/66 64 63 1 1 070-7-4 73 9 125 288 - 11.5 1500 22-45N 163-51W " 15 1019 78/66 63 60 1 1 070-7-4 73 10 115 288 - 11.5 1600 22-46N 164-03W " 15 1019 78/66 63 60 1 1 070-7-4 73 10 120 288 - 11.5 1700 22-51N 164-15W " 20 1019 76 62 63 2 0 273/9/3 73 7 120 288 11.5 1800 22-55N 164-26W " 20 1020 73 62 62 1 0 310/15/3 73 7 120 288 11.5 1900 22-57N 164-38W " 20 1020 73 61 64 1 0 310/15/3 74 7 120 288 11.5 2000 23-02N 164-50W Phy Cldy 15 1020 72 61 64 5 2 310/15/3 74 5 120 289 12 2100 23-05N 165-00W Fwd Cldy 15 1020 72 61 67 1 0 600/ 74 5 120 289 - 11 2200 23-08N 165-12W " 15 1020 72 61 67 1 0 " 74 5 120 289 - 11 2300 23-11N 165-23W " 15 1020 72 61 67 1 0 " 74 5 120 289 - 11 2400 23-16N 165-34W " 15 1020 72 61 67 1 0 " 74 5 120 289 - 11 REMARKS: XRAY ALL TIMES LOCAL (WHISKEY); WIND DIR. IN WHOLE DEGREES; WIND SPEED IN KNOTS; TEMPERATURES IN FAHRENHEIT; VISIBILITY IN NAUTICAL MILES; WAVES IN WHOLE DEGREES; WAVE PERIOD IN SECONDS; WAVE HEIGHT IN WHOLE FEET; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN MILLIBARS SI-MNH-955 12-5-63
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DATE FRI - 5 MAR. 1965 TIME LAT (N) LONG (W) PRES WEA VIS SLP DRY D DEW F HUMID % TL SKY OPA SKY WAVES SEA TEMP WIND S WIND D SHIP COURSE/SPD. 0100 23° 17 N 165° 44 Few Clds 15 1020 72 59 65 1 0 Conf 9 130 288 - 11 0200 23° 20 N 165° 55 " 15 1019 72 59 65 1 0 " 8 140 288 - 11 0300 23° 24' /166°-06" 15 1019 72 59 65 1 0 " 6 130 288 - 11 0400 23° 27' 166° 17 " 15 1019 72 59 65 1 0 " 7 135 288 - 11 0500 23-32 N 166-31 W " 15 1018 72 59 65 2 0 " 74 6 150 292-10.5 0600 23-37N 166-42W " 15 1018 72 59 65 1 0 " 74 6 150 292-10.5 0700 23-41 N 166-54 W " 15 1019 72 59 65 1 0 " 74 10 150 292 - 11 0800 23-45N 167-05W " 15 1019 72 59 65 2 0 " 74 11 150 292-11 0900 23-46 N 167-16 W " 15 1019 74 65 74 1 0 320 74 12 180 294 - 11 1000 23-50 N 167-26 W " 15 1019 74 65 74 1 0 320 74 12 180 294 - 11 1100 23-54 N 167-36 W " 15 1019 74 65 74 1 0 320 74 12 180 294 - 11 1200 23-58 N 167-47 W " 15 1019 74 65 74 1 0 320 74 12 180 294 - 11 1300 24-04 167-54 " 2.0 1017 74 65 74 1 0 330-9-10 73 12 160 291 - 10.5 1400 24-08 168-06 " 2.0 1016 74 65 74 2 1 330-9-10 73 14 175 294 - 10.5 1500 24-13 168-18 " 2.0 1016 74 65 74 1 0 330-9-8 73 15 170 294 - 10.5 1600 24-20 168-35 " 2.0 1016 74 65 74 1 0 330-9-8 73 16 180 294 - 10.5 1700 24-22 N 168-45 W " 2.0 1016 74 65 74 2 0 Clear 73 11 180 294 - 11 1800 24-26N 168-56 W " 2.0 1016 74 65 74 3 1 330/9/8 73 13 180 294 - 11 1900 24-31 N 169-08 W " 2.0 1016 74 65 74 3 1 330/9/8 73 10 190 298 - 11.5 2000 24-35 N 169-19 W " 2.0 1016 74 65 74 2 0 330/9/6 73 10 190 298 - 11.5 2100 24-40 N 169-30 W Clear 2.0 1016 72 64 91 0 0 330-8-5 73 10 200 292 - 11 2200 24-44 N 169-41 W " 2.0 1016 72 64 91 0 0 330-8-5 73 10 200 292 - 11 2300 24-48 N 169-52 W " 2.0 1016 72 64 91 0 0 330-8-5 72 10 200 292 - 11 2400 24-52 N 170-04 W " 2.0 1016 72 64 91 0 0 330-8-5 73 10 200 292 - 11 REMARKS: CLEAR ALL TIMES LOCAL (WHENEVER); WIND DIR. IN WHOLE DEGREES; WIND SPEED IN KNOTS; TEMPERATURES IN FAHRENHEIT; VISIBILITY IN NAUTICAL MILES; WAVES IN WHOLE DEGREES; WAVE PERIOD IN SECONDS; WAVE HEIGHT IN WHOLE FEET; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN MILLIBARS SI-MNH-955 12-5-63
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DATE 20 MAR, 1965 (SAT.) Air Temp TIME LAT N LONG W PRES WEATHER VIS SLP DRY F DEW F HUMID Total OPAQUE SWELL SKY SKY WAVES SEA TEMP WIND S WIND D SHIP COURSE/SPD. 0100 27-14 174-37 Clear 10 1007 68 55 63 1 1 240/6/10 70 26 285 120/11 0200 27-08 174-26 Pity Clde 10 1007 69 57 61 6 5 240/6/10 70 34 270 " 0300 27-02 174-15 Clde 10 1006 69 54 59 8 7 240/3/10 70 27 290 " 0400 26-57 174-04 " 10 1006 69 56 64 9 9 260/3/10 70 25 290 " 0500 26-47 173-59 " 10 1226 69 58 64 7 6 270/3/16 69 25 280 " 0600 26-42 173-43 Pity Clde 15 1006 69 56 64 7 5 270/3/16 69 25 280 " 0700 26-36 173-32 " 15 1007 68 58 71 5 3 270/4/16 69 25 280 " 0800 26-30 173-21 " 15 1008 68 58 71 5 3 270/4/16 69 25 280 " 0900 26-26 173-12 Clde 15 1008 69 58 68 7 6 270/9/16 70 25 280 118/11 1000 26-21 173-03 Clde 15 1009 69 58 68 8 7 270/9/18 71 25 280 " 1100 26-11 172-54 Clde 15 1009 69 58 68 8 7 270/9/18 71 25 280 " 1200 26-03 172-44 Clde 15 1010 69 58 69 8 7 270/9/18 71 25 280 " 1300 25-58 172-33 Pity Clde 15 1010 70 57 64 5 4 270/9/19 71 28 285 " 1400 25-53 172-22 Few Clde 15 1009 73 54 59 3 2 270/9/20 71 30 290 " 1500 25-47 172-12 " 15 1009 73 54 59 3 2 270/9/20 71 25 290 " 1600 25-42 172-01 " 15 1009 72 56 57 3 2 270/9/20 71 21 300 " 1700 25-38 171-53 Pity Clde 15 1010 72 61 72 5 5 270/14/20 71 21 300 110/105 1800 25-34 171-45 " 15 1011 72 61 72 7 5 270/14/20 71 21 300 " 1900 25-30 171-32 " 15 1011 72 61 72 8 6 270/14/20 71 21 300 " 2000 25-26 172-22 " 15 1011 72 61 72 8 6 280/14/20 71 20 310 " 2100 " 15 1012 67 59 66 5 3 17 340 112/105 2200 2300 2400 REMARKS: LOCAL ALL TIMES LOCAL (WHENEVER); WIND DIR. IN WHOLE DEGREES; WIND SPEED IN KNOTS; TEMPERATURES IN FAHRENHEIT; VISIBILITY IN NAUTICAL MILES; WAVES IN WHOLE DEGREES; WAVE PERIOD IN SECONDS; WAVE HEIGHT IN WHOLE FEET; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN MILLIBARS SI-MNH-955 12-5-63
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DATE 21 March 1965 Sunday TIME LAT N LONG W PRES WEA VIS SLP DRY B DEW PT HUMO % TL SKY OPA SKY WAVES SEA TEMP WIND S WIND D SHIP COURSE/SPD. 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 24-50 N 169-43 W Pky Gdy 15 1018 67 54 66 5 3 290/14/10 71 17 340 114/10.5 0600 24-46 N 169-33 W 15 1018 68 58 71 3 1 300/14/10 71 13 340 114/10.5 0700 24-42 N 169-22 W 15 1063 68 58 71 2 1 310/14/10 71 15 315 11 0800 24-38 N 169-11 W 15 1024 69 55 59 2 1 315/14/10 71 15 320 " 0900 24-33 N 168-00 W " 15 1017 71 58 61 2 1 315/10/12 71 15 315 113 11 K0 1000 24-29 N 168-49 W " 15 1015 71 58 61 2 1 315/10/12 71 15 315 113 11 K0 1100 24-24 N 168-39 W " 15 1015 71 58 61 2 1 315/10/12 71 15 315 113 11 K0 1200 24-19 N 168-29 W " 15 1015 71 58 61 2 1 315-10-12 71 15 315 113 11 K0 1300 24-13 N 168-15 W " 15 1014 70 62 64 3 1 330/12/10 71 13 320 113 " 1400 24-08 N 168-02 W " 15 1014 70 57 64 5 2 330/12/12 71 11 320 113 10.5 1500 24-03 N 167-52 W " 15 1014 70 57 64 8 5 330/14/12 70 12 315 115 10.5 1600 23-58 N 167-42 W " 15 1014 70 57 64 6 3 330/14/12 70 14 320 113 10.5 1700 23-53 N 167-31 W " 15 1014 70 52 64 3 1 330/12/12 70 13 320 113 /10.5 1800 23-48 N 167-21 W " 15 1015 69 52 67 5 2 330/12/12 70 16 340 21 1900 23-45 N 167-11 W " 15 1015 69 52 67 3 1 330/12/12 72 15 330 " 2000 23-40 N 167-00 W " 15 1015 69 52 67 5 2 330/12/11 72 13 330 127/10.5 2100 23-38 N 166-48 W " 15 1017 69 52 67 2 1 315-10-10 72 10 315 127/10.5 2200 23-34 N 166-36 W " 15 1017 69 52 67 2 1 315-10-10 72 10 315 127 " 2300 23-31 N 166-25 W " 15 1017 69 52 67 2 1 315-10-10 72 10 315 127 " 2400 23-27 N 166-14 W " 15 1017 69 52 67 2 1 315-10-10 72 10 315 127 " REMARKS: KMAS ALL TIMES LOCAL (WHICKEY); WIND DIR. IN WHOLE DEGREES; WIND SPEED IN KNOTS; TEMPERATURES IN FAHRENHEIT; VISIBILITY IN NAUTICAL MILES; WAVES IN WHOLE DEGREES; WAVE PERIOD IN SECONDS; WAVE HEIGHT IN WHOLE FEET; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN MILLIBARS SI-MNH-955 12-5-63
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DATE Monday 22 MAR 1965 TIME LAT N LONG W PRES WEA VIS SLP DRY B DEW PT HUMO/% cloud opaque swell Total TL SKY OPA SKY WAVES SEA TEMP WIND S WIND D SHIP COURSE/SPD. 0100 23-24 166-02 W " 15 1016 69 58 67 2 2 315/6/9 73 10 325 107/N 0200 23-21 165-51 Few Cls 15 1016 69 61 76 3 3 315/6/8 73 9 345 107/11 0300 23-18 165-40 " 15 1015 70 62 77 4 4 315/6/6 74 9 350 " 0400 23-15 165-29 " 15 1015 70 62 77 4 4 315/6/6 74 10 350 " 0500 23-11 165-16 Ptly Cls 15 1015 68 58 71 7 5 315/10/6 74 11 005 " 0600 23-08 165-05 Cldy 15 1017 68 62 81 10 9 320/10/6 74 7 020 " 0700 23-05 164-54 " " 15 1017 68 62 81 10 9 320/10/6 74 9 015 21 0800 23-01 164-53 Cldy 15 1017 68 57 67 12 9 320/10/6 74 9 015 " 0900 22-57 164-32 W Few Cls 15 1018 71 53 59 3 1 340-8-6 74 10 045 106 11 105 1000 22-54 164-21 W " 15 1018 71 55 59 3 1 340-8-6 74 12 045 106 11 KJ 1100 22-50 164-10 W " 15 1018 71 55 59 3 1 340-8-6 74 12 045 106 11 KJ 1200 22-47 163-58 W " 15 1018 71 55 59 3 1 340-8-6 74 12 045 106 11 KJ 1300 22-44 163-45 Cls 15 1017 71 57 60 9 8 340-8-6 74 14 045 105 11 " 1400 22-41 163-34 " 15 1017 71 57 60 8 7 340/8/6 73 14 045 " " 1500 22-37 163-23 " 15 1017 71 57 60 7 5 340/8/6 73 13 040 " " 1600 22-34 163-12 " 15 1017 71 57 60 6 4 340/8/6 73 12 025 " " 1700 22-32 163-05 Ptly Cls 15 1017 71 57 60 6 3 340/8/6 73 13 020 " " 1800 22-30 162-56 " 15 1017 71 57 60 5 3 340/8/6 73 13 025 " / 96k 1900 22-28 162-46 Mostly Cls 15 1017 72 58 61 12 8 340/8/6 73 15 020 " 9 2000 22-24 162-37 " " 15 1018 72 58 61 9 7 340/8/6 73 14 025 " 9 2100 22-22 162-29 " 15 1019 70 59 63 10 9 340-8-6 73 12 020 105 8.5 2200 22-19 162-20 " 15 1019 70 59 63 10 9 340-8-6 73 12 020 105 8.5 2300 22-17 162-11 " 15 1019 70 59 63 10 9 340-8-6 73 12 020 105 8.5 2400 22-14 162-06 " 15 1019 70 59 63 10 9 340-8-5 73 12 020 102 8.5 REMARKS: XRAY ALL TIMES LOCAL (WHISKEY); WIND DIR. IN WHOLE DEGREES; WIND SPEED IN KNOTS; TEMPERATURES IN FAHRENHEIT; VISIBILITY IN NAUTICAL MILES; WAVES IN WHOLE DEGREES; WAVE PERIOD IN SECONDS; WAVE HEIGHT IN WHOLE FEET; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN MILLIBARS SI-MNH-955 12-5-63
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DATE TUES 23 MAR 1965 TIME LAT N LONG W PRES WEA VIS SLP DRY B DEW PT HUMID/0 CLOUDS OPAQUE SWELL TENTHS ILL SKY OPA SKY WAVES SEA TEMP WIND S WIND D SHIP COURSE/SFD. 0100 22°-13 /61°-58 Cloudy 10 1019 72° 58 61 10 9 340/6/5 73 10 010 105/86 0200 22°-11 /61°-50 " 10 1019 73 " 59 61 10 9 340/8/5 73 9 350 " /8,5 0300 22°-10 /61°-43 " 10 1018 72 " 61 69 10 9 340/8/5 73 12 025 " 0400 22°-07 /61°-35 " 10 1018 72 ° 64 77 10 9 340/8/5 73 14 030 107/8 0500 22°-06 /61°-29 " 10 1018 71 58 65 10 8 340/8/5 73 14 035 " 0600 22°-01 /61°-22 " 15 1018 71 58 65 9 7 340/8/5 73 13 040 " 0700 21°-57 /61°-13 Part Cloudy 15 1018 71 60 69 5 3 340/8/5 73 12 040 " 0800 21°-54 /61°-24 " " 15 1018 71 60 69 5 3 340/8/5 73 18 020 / 0900 21°-51 /60°-55 Few Clouds 15 1020 72 59 67 4 3 045-6-4 73 19 045 107 P.5 1000 21°-50 /60°-46 " 15 1020 72 58 67 4 3 045-6-4 75 18 045 107 P.5 1100 21°-48 /60°-38 " 15 1020 72 59 67 4 3 045-6-4 75 18 045 107 P.5 1200 21°-46 /60°-29 " 15 1020 72 59 67 4 3 045-6-4 75 18 045 107 P.5 1300 21°-42 /60°-20 " 15 1019 72 " 59 65 3 2 045/6/4 75 17 040 " 1400 21°-40 /60°-11 " 15 1018 72 " 59 65 3 2 045/6/4 75 16 030 102 " 1500 21°-38 /60°-02 " 15 1017 73 " 62 69 5 4 045/6/5 75 20 030 101 " 1600 21°-36 /59°-54 " 15 1017 73 62 69 2 1 045/6/5 75 18 035 101 " 1700 21°-34 /59°-47 " 15 1017 73 62 69 2 0 045/6/5 75 20 040 " 1800 21°-33 /59°-40 " 15 1017 71 61 72 3 1 045/6/5 75 23 040 " 1900 21°-29 /59°-32 Part Cloudy 15 1017 69 60 72 5 3 045/6/5 75 21 040 " 2000 21°-29 /59°-26 " 15 1017 69 62 74 2 4 045/6/5 75 21 040 " 2100 21°-26 /59°-16 " 15 1019 69 62 76 6 3 045-6-6 75 18 040 100 P.5 2200 21°-24 /59°-07 " 15 1019 69 62 76 6 3 045-6-6 75 18 040 100 P.5 2300 21°-23 /59°-58 " 15 1019 69 62 76 6 3 045-6-6 75 18 040 100 P.5 2400 21°-22 /59°-50 " 15 1019 69 62 76 6 3 045-6-6 75 18 040 100 P.5 REMARKS: ALL TIMES LOCAL (WHISKEY); WIND DIR. IN WHOLE DEGREES; WIND SPEED IN KNOTS; TEMPERATURES IN FAHRENHEIT; VISIBILITY IN NAUTICAL MILES; WAVES IN WHOLE DEGREES; WAVE PERIOD IN SECONDS; WAVE HEIGHT IN WHOLE FEET; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN MILLIBARS SI-MNH-955 12-5-63