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SHIP'S NAME
S/S
I.M.V Washington
MONTH AND YEAR
Feb 19 68
BAROMETER NUMBER
ESSA FORM 72-1 (1-68)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
WEATHER BUREAU
SHIP'S WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
(See observing handbook for more details)
1. Fill in all blanks on upper left-hand side of this form.
2. Check appropriate box in column 32.
3. Before entering, convert:
a. all temperatures to °C.
b. all pressures to millibars.
c. if conversion tables not available, enter values as observed,
followed by letters or abbreviations for the first
entry on each form. ("77.5°F", "29.905 in.", etc.)
4. Begin a new sheet each month, voyage, ocean and quadrant.
5. Transmit data in 5-figure groups from unshaded columns and
remarks. See observing handbook, section 1.04 for handling
missing data.
CALL SIGN
Voyage
FROM:
TO:
DATE LAST CHECKED
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
CORRECTION
LATITUDE (degrees and minutes)
LONGITUDE (degrees and minutes)
DAY OF MONTH GMT (2 figures)
TIME OF OBS (2 figures)
WIND INDICATOR (coded)
TOTAL CLOUD AMT.
SPEED (true knots)
PRESENT WEATHER (Coded 00-99)
PAST WEATHER (0-9)
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
(Nilobar and first 2 figures in Cols. 14, 15 and last 2 figures in Cols. 16, 17)
AIR-TEMP. DATA °C
DRY BULB
(Wet bulb (Col. 18 & 19))
AMOUNT OF LOWEST CLOUDS
(Type of lowest cloud)
HEIGHT OF LOWEST CLOUD
(Coded 0-9)
TYPE OF HIGH CLOUDS
CODE OF HIGH CLOUD
3-HOUR PRESS.
CHANGE
INDICATOR
AMOUNT OF CHANGE (No and tenths)
DEW POINT FROM TABLE 20
SEA TEMP. DIFFERENCE
SEA TEMPERATURE °C
(Degrees and tenths)
TENTHS OF SEA TEMP.
INDICATOR
CHECK ONE
BUCKET INTAKE
WAVES (Make as many groups as patterns observed)
WIND WAVES SWELL
HEIGHT (Col) PERIOD (Col) DIRECTION (Col)
HEIGHT (Col) PERIOD (Col) DIRECTION (Col)
ADDITIONAL MESSAGE GROUPS AND REMARKS
(More swell groups, 2 l s E s E s R s, ICE C2KDre, Wind Shifts, beginning and ending of precip., freak waves, etc.)
CHECK IF SENT BY RADIO
OBSERVER 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
L a L a L a Q c L o L o L o L o Y Y G G N d d f f V V w W - P P P T T - N h C l h C M D s v s a p p 0 T s T s T d I d 1 T w T w T w t r 3 P w P w H w H w d w d w P w H w H w
99 L a L a L a Q c L o L o L o L o Y Y G G N d d f f V V w W - P P P T T - N h C l h C M D s v s a p p 0 T s T s T d I d 1 T w T w T w t r 3 P w P w H w H w d w d w P w H w H w
99 180 1 1176 2 0 0 4 02 1 2 3 01 1 10 121 21 1 189 6 1 4 0 4 3 7 15 0 // 19 1 23.9 1 3 00 02 04 2 04
99 180 1 1176 2 0 06 4 4 02 1 2 3 01 1 10 110 21 1 200 4 1 2 0 4 3 1 07 0 // 20 1 23.7 1 3 11 02 05 2 01
99 180 1 1192 2 0 12 4 9 05 06 98 18 2 3 01 1 10 150 21 1 197 8 4 0 9 3 6 03 0 // 19 1 23.4 1 3 00 02 05 2 02
99 180 1 1170 2 0 18 4 1 02 1 2 3 01 1 10 173 23 2 226 9 1 0 9 3 1 18 0 // 20 1 25.0 1 3 00 01 33 2 05
99 159 1 1170 2 0 0 4 7 04 1 2 3 00 0 0 15 0 98 02 0 10 15.0 22 2 226 7 1 3 0 4 3 7 15 0 // 22 1 25.6 1 3 00 02 04 2 04
99 180 1 1171 2 0 06 4 5 03 1 2 3 01 1 10 18.6 23 2 226 6 1 5 0 4 3 6 02 0 // 21 1 23.9 1 3 00 02 30 2 05
99 180 1 1170 2 0 12 4 5 02 1 2 3 01 1 10 98 08 0 10 14.8 23 3 226 6 2 5 0 4 3 6 02 0 // 22 1 26.7 1 3 00 02 00 2 03
99 187 1 1190 2 0 18 4 5 02 1 2 3 01 1 10 154 22 2 226 7 3 3 0 4 3 1 03 0 // 21 1 24.2 1 3 00 02 04 2 03
99 187 1 1190 2 0 0 4 5 04 1 2 3 01 1 10 12.5 23 2 200 6 1 8 0 4 3 7 05 0 // 19 1 25.2 1 3 00 04 04 2 04
99 187 1 087 2 0 06 4 5 02 1 2 3 01 1 10 142 24 4 011 5 1 3 0 4 3 1 07 0 // 19 1 25.4 1 3 00 04 07 2 06
99 116 1 119 2 0 12 4 5 03 1 2 3 01 1 10 98 01 1 10 12.5 24 4 011 5 2 3 0 4 3 7 05 0 // 20 1 27.8 1 4 00 03 04 2 03
99 116 1 119 2 0 18 4 1 03 1 2 3 01 1 10 146 20 6 017 9 2 2 0 4 3 1 11 0 // 19 1 25.9 1 6 00 03 04 2 03
99 187 1 1190 2 0 0 4 1 06 1 2 3 00 1 2 3 01 1 10 120 25 6 022 1 0 2 0 4 3 7 20 0 // 21 1 27.8 1 6 00 03 06 2 04
99 187 1 154 2 0 06 1 1 04 1 2 3 00 1 2 3 01 1 10 2 10 132 25 6 033 6 7 2 0 0 4 3 1 10 0 // 20 1 26.7 1 6 00 03 06 2 04
99 187 1 1170 2 0 12 1 3 12 08 98 02 5 10 1/2 2 9 4 037 2 3 7 2 0 0 4 3 1 04 0 // 21 1 27.2 1 4 00 01 06 2 03
99 187 1 119 2 0 18 1 9 02 1 1 10 05 1 1 10 132 25 6 021 8 2 2 0 4 3 1 17 0 // 21 1 26.1 1 3 00 01 04 2 03
99 L a L a L a Q c L o L o L o L o Y Y G G N d d f f V V w W - P P P T T - N h C l h C M D s v s a p p 0 T s T s T d I d 1 T w T w T w t r 3 P w P w H w H w d w d w P w H w H w
ESSA FORM 72-1
REPLACES WB FORM 618-B WHICH IS OBSOLETE. EXISTING STOCKS SHOULD BE DESTROYED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1968.