SHIP'S NAME S/S [illegible] M/V R Longhurst CALL SIGN KGCUU COUNTRY OF REGISTRY MONTH AND YEAR 19 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 59F', '29.905 in.', etc.) 4. Begin a new sheet each month, voyage, ocean and quadrant. 5. Transmit data in 5-figure group from unshaded columns and remarks. See observing handbook, section 1-04 for handling missing data. FORM APPROVED: Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258 CHECK IF SENT BY RADIO OBSERVERS INITIALS LATITUDE (Degrees and minutes, 3 figures) IND. QUADRANT OF LATITUDE (Dashes and letters, 3 figures) LONGITUDE (Degrees and tenths, 4 figures) DAY OF MONTH GMT (2 figures) TIME GMT (2 figures) WIND INDICATOR (Code) TOTAL CLOUD AMT. WIND SPEED (True knots) VISIBILITY (Code 90 - 99) PAST WEATHER (Code 00 - 99) PRESENT WEATHER (Code 00 - 99) SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (Wilkinson and first 3 figures of L to +10' in Col. 15 and first 2 figures of L in Col. 14) AIR-TEMP. DATA °C AMOUNT OF CUMULUS CLOUDS TYPE OF LOWEST CLOUDS HEIGHT OF LOWEST CLOUDS WIND WAVES (Make as many groups as patterns observed) SWELL 3-HOUR PRESSURE CHANGE SEAS TEMP. DIFFERENCE CHECK ONE BUCKET INTAKE TEINTHS OF AIR TEMP. AMOUNT OF CHANGE INDICATOR AIR-SEA TEMP. DIFFERENCE DOW POINT FROM TABLE 30 INDICATOR SEAS TEMPERATURE °C. (Degrees and tenths, 3 figures) HEIGHT (Code) PERIOD (Code) DIRECTION (true or quadrant, 4 figures) HEIGHT (Code) PERIOD (Code) ADDITIONAL MESSAGE GROUPS AND REMARKS (More swell groups, 2 ISE E1 ERX ICE CYRD/re. Wind Shifts; beginning and ending of precip., freak waves, etc.) AMOUNT OF WET BULB (Degrees and tenths) DRY BULB (Degrees and tenths) TYPE OF HIGH CLOUDS CODE OF SHIP (Code 0 - 9) SPEED OF SHIP (Code 0 - 9) CHARACTER OF CHANGE INDICATOR AMOUNT OF CHANGE (Tenths of mm. or in.) pp TgTd TW TW T T PW PW HW HW dw dw PW HW HW 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 99 LALaLa Qc LoLoLoLo YY GG iw N dd ff VV ww W PPP TT - Nh CL h CM CH Ds vs a pp 0 TsTs TdTd 1 TwTwTw t 3 PwPw HwHw dw dw Pw HwHw 99 727 5 1184 00 00 4 03 16 - 18 2 10 15.3 24 4 239 1 3 7 13 0 // 1 9 3 99 1/47 5 1184 06 4 03 16 - 18 2 10 16.6 24 0 239 1 0 // 1 0 3 99 154 5 1170 12 4 3 0 6 18 03 6 10 15.0 24 4 239 3 3 7 12 0 // 1 3 99 - - - - 18 8 06 94 01 1 6 17.8 26 4 25.6 7 - 0 0 // 1 3 99 1/65 5 1170 00 4 3 06 - 19 02 6 10 15.5 26 1 244 3 3 3 0 4 // 1 99 1/72 5 1170 06 4 3 - - 98 02 6 10 16.6 26 1 244 3 1 3 0 // 1 26 3 99 1/85 5 1170 12 4 3 - - 13 93 6 10 15.3 27 4 239 3 3 7 12 0 // 1 3 99 - - - - 18 11 12 99 - - 20 180 27 8 26 1 - 12 0 0 // 1 3 2/13 06 99 1/75 5 1170 00 4 3 - - 19 02 6 10 16.3 27 1 244 4 3 3 0 0 4 // 1 3 99 - - - - 06 10 11 - - 22 02 6 10 18.0 26 1 25.6 3 3 3 0 0 4 3 1 07 0 // 1 99 - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 02 6 10 16.0 24 4 239 3 3 7 13 0 // 1 3 99 - - - - 18 11 18 99 - - 1 6 18.6 - - 26 1 244 7 1 3 2 1 13 0 // 1 3 99 2/05 5 1166 00 4 3 - - 15 - - 02 6 10 16.0 27 1 244 3 3 7 13 0 // 1 3 99 2/05 5 1187 06 4 3 11 13 - - 02 6 10 17.8 25 6 239 5 1 1 0 2 2 1 07 0 // 1 3 99 - - - - 12 11 15 - - 12 6 10 16.0 25 0 233 3 3 7 11 0 // 1 3 99 - - - - 18 09 2.0 - - - - 14 6 10 17.6 25 16 23.8 3 3 7 1 07 0 // 1 99 LALaLa Qc LoLoLoLo YY GG iw N dd ff VV ww W PPP TT - Nh CL h CM CH Ds vs a pp 0 TsTs TdTd 1 TwTwTw t 3 PwPw HwHw dw dw Pw HwHw [illegible] REPLACES WB FORM 615-6 WHICH IS OBSOLETE. EXISTING STOCKS SHOULD BE DESTROYED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1968.