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SHIP'S NAME
SS
MV
MONTH AND YEAR
19
4
BAROMETER NUMBER
ESSA FORM 72-1
(1-68)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
WEATHER BUREAU
SHIP'S
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
FROM:
DATE LAST CHECKED
TO:
CORRECTION
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
(Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R-1258)
(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.
followed by letters or abbreviations for the first
entry on each form, ('77.5°F', '29.905 in.', etc.)
3. Replace entire entry if:
a. all temperatures are °C.
b. all pressures to millibars.
c. if conversion tables not available, enter values as observed.
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-Gd for handling
missing data.
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
VOYAGE
WIND
AIR-TEMP.
DATA °C
AMOUNT OF LOWEST CLOUDS
TYPE OF MIDDLE CLOUDS
COURSE OF SHIP (Code)
3-D-HOUR
PRESS.
CHANGE
CHECK IF
SENT BY
RADIO
OBSERVERS
INITIALS
WAVES (Make as many groups as
patterns observed)
ADDITIONAL MESSAGE GROUPS
AND REMARKS
(More swell groups, 2 lE4E3R4 ICE
C2KDye , Wind Shifts, beginning
and ending of precip., freak
waves, etc.)
CHECK ONE
BUCKET
INTAKE
SE. LAT.
PRESSURE
(SEA Level Pressure
millibars and tenths in
Cal. 15 inches and
fraction or +/0 in
in Cal. 15 inches)
TYPE OF HIGHEST CLOUDS
HEIGHT OF LOWEST CLOUDS
TYPE OF LOWEST CLOUDS
SET BULL.
(Degrees and tenth)
DIRECTIONS FROM TABLE 30
AIR-SEA TEMP. DIFFERENCE
DEW POINT FROM ABL E
INDICATOR
INDICATOR
INDICATOR
AMOUNT OF CHANGE
CHARACTER OF CHANGE
(Solid or liquid and small)
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
LATITUDE
(Decimal and tenths,
DD.dddd figures)
LONGITUDE
(Degrees and tens,
DDD.dddd figures)
DAY OF MONTH GMT
TIME GMT (2 figures)
WIND INDICATOR (Coded)
TOTAL CLOUD AMT.
SPEED (True knots)
PAST WEATHER
(Coded 00-99)
PRESET WEATHER
(Coded 00-99)
VISIBILITY
(Coded 90-99)
SEA TEMP. °C
(Degrees and tenths)
DRY BULB
(Wet Bulb, Cols. 16,
17 or 33)
WET BULB
(Degrees Col. 17,
33)
HEIGHT (Code)
PERIOD (Seconds 2 figures)
DIRECTION (Tenths of degrees)
HEIGHT (Coded)
PERIOD (Coded)
TEETH OF AIR TEMP.
99
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GG iw N dd ff VV ww W - PPP TT - Nh Cl h Cm Ds vs a pp 0 TsTd TdTd TwTwTw tT PwPw HwHw dwdw Pw HwHw
99
200
5
1721
07
00
4
6
13
12
99
02
1
10
160
26
7
233
6
3
2
2
2
7
10
0
//
23
1
278
7
3
10
53
2
2
08
99
'0c
1726
07
06
4
5
07
18
99
25
1
10
176
25
0
228
5
3
0
2
2
1
10
0
//
21
1
253
0
3
99
200
5
1720
07
12
4
1
12
12
99
25
7
10
160
24
4
227
4
1
0
2
1
0
7
10
0
//
22
1
267
4
3
99
195
5
1117
07
18
4
8
11
07
99
02
1
10
156
25
6
227
8
1
8
3
1
0
//
22
1
253
6
3
10
03
12
2
07
99
184
5
1120
00
00
4
6
11
08
99
01
2
10
155
28
1
246
1
2
9
3
1
0
//
23
1
277
9
3
10
02
2
07
99
180
5
1120
06
06
4
5
12
11
99
03
2
10
166
25
0
228
6
3
9
3
1
0
//
21
1
253
0
3
10
02
06
2
06
99
173
5
1120
12
12
4
11
11
98
02
1
10
163
25
0
233
6
1
4
3
1
11
//
23
1
277
1
3
10
03
06
2
07
99
166
5
1120
18
18
4
07
16
99
02
1
10
165
25
0
244
8
2
8
3
1
//
1
255
3
3
10
03
04
99
47
5
1119
00
00
4
11
07
99
01
7
10
167
28
3
256
3
3
3
0
//
25
1
272
3
3
10
03
06
2
10
99
47
5
1119
06
06
4
11
14
18
82
2
10
160
25
6
228
6
3
6
3
1
//
1
263
2
3
10
03
07
2
08
99
47
5
1120
12
12
6
12
15
98
03
1
10
165
24
4
238
6
1
6
3
1
11
//
23
1
267
4
3
10
07
09
2
07
99
41
5
1120
18
18
4
8
17
15
99
01
1
10
183
25
0
228
8
3
8
3
1
//
23
1
253
3
3
10
04
07
2
08
99
124
5
1120
10
00
4
12
18
99
01
1
10
145
27
4
231
3
3
3
//
20
1
278
1
3
10
04
09
2
08
99
129
5
1119
06
06
4
11
15
78
03
1
10
165
25
0
228
7
1
8
3
1
//
23
1
253
3
3
10
02
09
2
04
99
123
5
1120
12
12
4
11
13
15
98
02
1
10
160
25
0
233
4
1
4
3
1
//
23
1
276
0
3
10
02
10
2
05
99
112
5
1120
18
18
4
9
10
166
25
0
222
7
1
8
3
1
//
21
1
253
3
3
10
02
07
2
05
99
LdLdLoYY
GG iw N dd ff VV ww W - PPP TT - Nh Cl h Cm Ds vs a pp 0 TsTd TdTd TwTwTw tT 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, 1984.