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SHIP'S NAME
SS
M.V.
CALL SIGN
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
MONTH AND YEAR
1947
VOYAGE
FROM:
To:
BAROMETER NUMBER
DATE LAST CHECKED
CORRECTION
ESSA FORM 72-1
(1-68)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
WEATHER BUREAU
SHIP'S
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
IND.
QUADRANT OF GLOBE
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
DAY OF MONTH GMT
TIME GMT (1 figure)
WIND INDICATOR (Code)
TOTAL CLOUD AMT.
DIRECTION (00 = true, 90 = right hand quarter)
SPEED (True knots)
VISIBILITY (Code 00-99)
PAST WEATHER (Code 00-99)
PRESENT WEATHER (Code 00-99)
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
(in millibars and tenths, or .10 in inches. Col. 14)
AIR-TEMP.
DATA °C
DRY BULB
(Wet bulb temp. in Col. 17 & 35)
AMOUNT OF LOWEST CLOUDS
TYPE OF LOWEST CLOUDS
HEIGHT OF LOWEST CLOUDB
TYPE OF MIDDLE CLOUDS
course of ship (Clouds)
speed of ship (Clouds)
C
3-HOUR PRESS. CHANGE
AMOUNT OF CHANGE
INDICATOR
AREA TEMP. DIFFERENCE
DEP POINT FROM TABLE 30
SEA TEMP.
INDICATOR
TENTHS OF AIR TEMP.
WAVES (Make as many groups as patterns observed)
CHECK ONE
BUCKET
INTAKE
WIND WAVES
SWELL
ADDITIONAL MESSAGE GROUPS
AND REMARKS
More swell groups, 2 Is Es ERS, ICE C2KD re, Wind Shifts, beginning and ending of precip, freak waves, etc.)
CHECK IF SENT BY RADIO
OBSERVERS 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
Ls Ls La La Qc Lo Lo Lo Lo Lo YY GG iw N dd ff VV ww W PPP TT - Nh CL h CM C H Ds vs a pp 0 TsTs TdTd I TwTwTw tT 3 PwPw HwHw dwdw Pw HwHw - -
99 Ls La La Lo Qc Lo Lo Lo Lo YY GG iw N dd ff VV ww W PPP TT - Nh CL h CM C H Ds vs a pp 0 TsTs TdTd I TwTwTw tT 3 PwPw HwHw dwdw Pw HwHw - -
99 04.4 5 102.4 15 00 4 08 2 99 61 1 10 105 26 7 23 3 4 3 5 0 1 2 1 0.2 // 22 1 28.7 7 3 0 00 12 2 03
99 043 5 1 1 1 25 06 9 0 25 2 0 0 6 23 9 1 0 1 1 0 // 0 // 23 1 27.0 6 3 0 00 12 2 03
99 7 1 10 10 15 12 4 1 26 1 18 22 2 10 112 25 6 23 9 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 0.2 // // 23 1 28.7 6 3 0 00 12 2 03
99 036 7 10 1 2 15 18 4 1 23 06 11 02 2 10 102 28 8 1 9 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 0.7 // // 22 1 26.7 5 3
99 035 5 0 12 16 00 4 5 19 10 99 02 2 10 098 28 7 56 1 13 3 0 1 2 3 0 // // 29 1 30.0 9 3 00 00 17 4 03
99 031 5 0 72 16 06 4 19 07 78 02 2 10 132 26 1 23 4 3 3 6 0 1 2 1 0.7 // // 29 1 26.3 1 3 00 00 14 7 04
99 027 5 0 72 16 12 4 5 13 12 77 02 2 10 105 2 6 23 2 3 3 2 0 1 2 2 0.0 // // 25 1 28.3 6 3 00 00 18 1 03
99 026 5 0 72 18 4 3 17 1 99 02 27 2 43 1 0 1 1 0.6 // // 24 1 25.5 3
99 021 5 0 92 17 00 4 17 09 99 02 0 10 071 28 9 256 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 .15 // // 29 1 26.1 7 3 00 00 17 0 05
99 021 5 0 71 17 06 4 05 05 78 00 0 10 125 2 6 23 0 4 8 3 0 1 2 1 .1. // // 22 1 2.3 3 00 00 17 0 04
99 012 5 0 75 17 12 4 5 16 05 78 02 0 10 098 0 3 23 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 .0. // // 24 1 24.4 3 3 00 00 16 0 05
99 015 5 0 92 17 18 4 1 02 12 99 02 0 11 1 24 1 0 1 1 .4 // // 22 1 22.5 3 3
99 013 5 0 114 18 00 4 3 15 08 99 02 0 10 08.8 23 7 22 8 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 .00 // // 24 1 23.3 9 3 00 00 15 0 03
99 11 5 1 18 06 40 1 67 98 5 10 125 22 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 .0 // // 21 1 22.7 8 3 00 00 15 0 02
99
99
ESSA FORM 72-1
REPLACES WB FORM 615-S WHICH IS OBSOLETE. EXISTING STOCKS SHOULD BE DESTROYED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1948.
Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258
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.