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SHIP'S NAME
[ ] S S
[ ] M V
MONTH AND YEAR
BAROMETER NUMBER
19
ESSA FORM 72-1
(1-68)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
WEATHER BUREAU
SHIP'S WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
CALL SIGN
FROM:
DATE LAST CHECKED
V O Y A G E
TO:
CORRECTION
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
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.
Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258
WIND
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
AIR-TEMP.
DATA °C
3-HOUR
PRESS.
CHANGE
CHECK IF
SENT BY
RADIO
OBSERVERS
INITIALS
QUADRANT OF GLOBE
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
DAY OF MONTH OUT
TIME GMT (2 figures)
WIND INDICATOR (Code)
TOTAL CLOUD MT.
DIRECTION (1 true north = 0; 360 = 0) SPEED (True knots of direction) VISIBILITY (Code) PRESENT WEATHER PAYT WEATHER TYPE OF LOWEST CLOUDS HEIGHT OF LOWEST CLOUDS TYPE OF MIDDLE CLOUDS COURSE OF SHIP
INDICATOR
AMOUNT OF CHANGE
CHARACTERS OF CHANGE
SEA TEMPERATURE °C TENTSUS OF AIR TEMP.
WIND WAVES SWELL
ADDITIONAL MESSAGE GROUPS AND REMARKS
CHECK ONE BUCKET INTAKE
AIR-SEA TEMP. DIFFERENCE DEW POINT FROM VISIBLE 30 AMOUNT OF CHANGE INDICATOR PERIOD HEIGHT (Code)
HEIGHT (Code)
PERIOD (1 true of origin)
(More swell groups, 2 1s E5 Es R5, ICE C2K Dpre, Wind Shifts, beginning and ending of precip., freak waves, etc.)
NO.
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
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37
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41
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99 LaLaLa Qc LoLoLoLoL-o YY GG iw N dd ff VV ww W PPP TT - Nh CL h CM CH Ds ys a pp 0 TsTs TdTd 1 TwTwTw tT 3 PwPw HwHw dwdw Pw HwHw
99 316 117.3 18 06 18 05 06 99 05 10 123 15 6 150 54 0 43 1 07 0 // 15 1 132 6 3 00 0 27 6 00
99 307 117.3 16 12 17 01 02 98 03 20 159 18 6 150 90 0 43 1 07 0 // 15 1 172 6 3 66 01 22 0 02
99 293 117.5 18 18 1 02 91 05 2 10 173 12 3 17 9 83 0 43 1 07 0 // 15 1 177 3 3 00 01 27 0 02
99 283 117.5 18 00 1 3 00 00 71 01 1 10 171 17 1 16 2 0 0 43 1 07 0 // 15 1 184 2 3 00 01 29 4 02
99 271 117.6 17 06 1 9 0 05 78 03 1 10 170 17 1 16 1 8 83 0 43 1 11 0 // 15 1 184 2 3 00 01 1 4 05
99 260 117.7 17 12 1 25 05 78 21 0 18 16 6 17 2 167 3 00 0 43 1 00 0 // 16 1 189 6 3 00 01 31 4 09
99 249 117.7 17 18 1 35 05 77 3 0 10 0 0 26.7 25 6 17 3 00 0 43 1 17 0 // 19 1 191 6 3 00 00 31 0 23
99 237 117.7 18 00 1 3 02 12 97 01 1 10 200 17 3 122 0 00 0 43 1 07 0 // 16 1 194 3 3 00 02 22 4 05
99 228 117.7 18 06 1 0 02 10 98 02 1 10 210 17 3 120 0 00 0 43 1 07 0 // 17 1 200 3 3 00 02 24 4 05
99 217 1800 18 12 1 6 01 13 98 03 0 18 200 12 9 133 1 14 0 43 1 05 0 // 18 1 21.1 9 3 00 02 28 4 04
99 218 1170 18 18 1 03 15 99 05 0 16 203 0 0 143 1 1 20 0 0 1 13 0 // 17 1 202 0 3 00 02 27 4 4
99 211 1189 19 06 1 4 03 13 95 03 2 10 20 20 0 184 1 1 20 0 0 1 13 0 // 18 1 222 0 3 00 02 27 4 05
99 205 1190 19 06 1 4 03 13 95 03 2 10 20 20 0 184 1 1 20 0 0 1 13 0 // 18 1 222 0 3 00 02 27 4 05
99 200 1190 19 12 1 8 05 13 98 03 1 10 200 0 0 114 2 1 0 0 06 03 0 // 19 1 22.2 0 3 03 02 25 2 02
99 193 1190 19 18 1 8 05 11 95 05 1 10 203 0 0 6 0 20 0 0 1 20 1 21.6 6 3 03 1 2 052 06
99 LaLaLa Qc LoLoLoLoL-o YY GG iw N dd ff VV ww W PPP TT - Nh CL h CM CH Ds ys a pp 0 TsTs TdTd 1 TwTwTw tT 3 PwPw HwHw dwdw Pw HwHw
ESSA FORM 72-1
REPLACES WB FORM 615-S WHICH IS OBSOLETE. EXISTING STOCKS SHOULD BE DESTROYED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1958.