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NAME OF VESSEL
□ S/S
□ M/V
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
CALL SIGN
MONTH
19 67
BAROMETER NO.
2.114
NAME OF CAPTAIN
FROM
TO
Voyage
WB FORM 615-5
(1-64)
SHIP'S WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
Check (✓)
(°C)
°C
°F
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Begin a new sheet:
a. For the first observation of a new month.
b. At the beginning of each voyage.
c. Upon sailing from one ocean to another.
d. Upon sailing from one ocean to another.
2. Fill in the blanks on each page of the form. (Name of
vessel, barometer number, etc.)
3. Enter the coded synoptic (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 G.C.T.)
or special weather observations in columns 1 through 44.
Code the message in accordance with the "International
Weather Code for Ships.
4. At end of each voyage, remove all forms with completed ob-
servations and mail in the postage-free envelopes provided.
5. Radio transmission—Copy coded data for radio transmission
from the unshaded numbered groups of columns. Each
ip code group consists of five figures with a slant (/) indi-
cating missing data. Omit code group 8 and 9 in message
if no data are available.
Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258.4
POSITION OF SHIP
OCTANT
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
TIME
(Total cloud amt.)
WIND
VISIBILITY
WEATHER
CORRECTION
DATE COMPARED
PRESSURE
AIR TEMP.
TEMPERATURE
CLOUDS (Coded)
3-HOUR PRESSURE TENDENCY
TEMPERATURE
DIFF. AIR-SEA
DEW POINT
WAVES (Make 2 entries of 2nd pattern observed)
REMARKS
(Enter time of wind shifts,
frotnal passages, beginning
and ending of precipita-
tion coded ice data, waves
over 30'15. ft., etc.)
CHECK (✓) SENT
BY RADIO
INITIALS
(Degrees and tenth)
(Degrees and tenth)
(00-21)
(G.C.T.)
Di.
REC.
(Speed (True)
Meas.
(Coded)
(Coded)
(Coded)
Barometer as read
(in. mb. or mm.)
Barometer corrected
(mb.)
(ODDED Sea Level
(m.)
(Degrees and tenth)
(Dry Bulb)
(Wet Bulb)
(Degree and tenth)
(Type C1 of low cloud)
(Height of low cloud)
(Type Cu)
(Type C2)
(Course of Ship)
(Speed of ship)
Characteristic
(Amount of rain and tenth)
(Sea Water)
(D over Sea (if air
solder than sea))
(Dew Point)
(Whole degree)
Indicator
(Rounded)
Indicator
(Rounded)
Direction
Period
Height
Direction
Period
Height
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
Y Q L.L.L. L.L.L. GG N dd ff VV ww W — — PPP TT — — Nc C1 h Cu C2 Ds vs a pp — — — — 0 T.T., T.Ta 1 d,d, Pa Ha 1 d,d, Pa Ha 1
30 6 1 000 115 00 2 12 13 99 02 0 106.9 0 10 094 23 250 23.5 0 0 9 0 2 8 3 6 15 25.0 0.0 23 0 00 23 1 12 3 4 1
30 6 1 00 6 114 06 1 13 13 98 02 0 101.5 1 119 23 245 23.5 0 0 9 0 2 8 2 1 10 24 1 10.4 23 0 01 23 1 13 3 4 1
30 6 1 011 115 12 3 13 14 98 03 0 101.0 1 10 4 24 240 22.7 5 2 4 0 0 8 3 5 02 243 0.3 24 0 01 24 1 13 3 4 1
30 6 1 021 115 18 3 13 14 98 02 1 102.0 10 124 23 248 25.0 3 2 4 0 0 8 9 0 02 245 0.3 22 0 01 22 1 13 3 4 1
30 6 1 025 115 23 2 15 13 95 02 0 106.9 0 10 094 23 250 23.6 2 2 4 3 0 8 4 6 20 216 0.4 23 0 01 23 1 13 3 4 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
Y Q L.L.L. L.L.L. GG N dd ff VV ww W — — PPP TT — — Nc C1 h Cu C2 Ds vs a pp — — — — 0 T.T., T.Ta 1 d,d, Pa Ha 1 d,d, Pa Ha 1