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NAME OF VESSEL
S/S
M/V
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
CALL SIGN
NAME OF CAPTAIN
FROM
To
Voyage
MONTH
July
1967
BAROMETER NO.
2114
WB FORM 615-5
(1-64)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
SHIP'S WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
Check (V) TEMPERATURES (COLS. 16-18, 28-30, 32-33):
°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.
4. At end of each voyage, remove all forms with completed observations 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 code group consists of five figures with a slant (/) indicating missing data. Omit code group 8 and 9 in message if no data are available.
Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258.4
DAY OF
MONTH
DAY OF
WEEK
POSITION OF SHIP
OCT. AMT
LATITUDE
LONGI-TUDE
TIME
(T Nearest
bar 00-23)
(G.C.T.)
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 if 2nd pattern observed)
REMARKS
(Enter time of wind shifts, frontal passages, beginning and ending of precipitation, coded ice data, waves over 30½ ft., etc.)
CHECK (V) IF SENT
BY RADIO
INITIALS
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
(G.C.T.)
Y O L.L.L. L.L.L.
GG
N dd #
VV
ww
W
(Di-rec-tion)
(Speed 1/10 mph)
(Fest)
(Coded)
(Coded)
(Coded)
(Pres-ent)
(Past)
(Baro-me-ter as read)
(Baro-me-ter corrected)
(Coded Sea Level (in h))
(Dry Bulb)
(Wet Bulb)
(Mixed Air Cloud)
(Type C.)
(Hight of
Low Cloud)
(Types Cu, Ci)
(Course of Ship)
(Speed of Ship)
(Mo-ment of
Charac-teris-tic
(0-24h))
(Sea)
(Diff. Air-Sea)
(Water)
(Dew Point)
(Indicator)
(Dew Point)
(Rounded)
(Indicator)
(Direction)
(Period)
(Height)
(Direction)
(Period)
(Height)
(100-360) Coded
(100-360) Coded
(100-360) Coded
(Diff. Air-Sea)
(Water)
(Dew Point)
(Indicator)
(Dew Point)
(Rounded)
(Indicator)
(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
Y O L.L.L. L.L.L.
GG
N dd #
VV
ww
W
[illegible]