SHIP'S NAME USS M/V Washington CALL SIGN KGWU COUNTRY OF REGISTRY US MONTH AND YEAR 19 7 BAROMETER NUMBER ESSA FORM 72-1 (1-68) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION WEATHER BUREAU SHIP'S WEATHER OBSERVATIONS FROM: TO: DATE LAST CHECKED CORRECTION 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. WIND TOTAL CLOUD AMT. DIRECTION (True or magnetic) DEGREES AND TENS OF DEGREES) PRESET WEATHER (Codes 00 - 99) PAST WEATHER (Code 00 - 99) VISIBILITY (Codes 00, .99) SPEED (true knots) TIME GMT (2 figures) DAY OF MONTH GMT LONGITUDE (degrees and tenths of degrees, 4 figures) LATITUDE (degrees and tenths of degrees, 4 figures) IND. COURSE OF HIGH CLOUD TYP. OF HIGH CLOUD SPEED OF HIGH CLOUD (coded 0 - 9) HEIGHT OF HIGH CLOUD (degrees or tenths of degrees) COURSE OF LOW CLOUD TYP. OF LOW CLOUD SPEED OF LOW CLOUD (coded 0 - 9) HEIGHT OF LOW CLOUD (degrees or tenths of degrees) AMOUNT OF LOWEST CLOUD (degrees and tenths of degrees) WET BUBB (degrees and tenths of degrees) DRY BUBB (degrees, tenths of deg., 17-33) SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (Millibars or inches; enter 3 figures in Col. 15 and first 2 figures in Col. 14) AIR-TEMP. DATA °C 3-HOUR PRESS. CHANGE INDICATOR AMOUNT OF CHANGE CHECK ONE BUCKET INTAKE AREA TEMP. DIFFERENCE DEW POINT FROM AVERAGE 30 INDICATOR SEA TEMPERATURE °C (degrees and tenths 3 figures) LENGTH OF WAVE FEET WAVES (Make as many groups as patterns observed) WIND WAVES SWELL INDICATOR PERIOD HEIGHT (coded) INDICATOR PERIOD HEIGHT (coded) ADDITIONAL MESSAGE GROUPS AND REMARKS (More swell groups, 2 1EzEsRsz ICE C2KDye , Wind Shifts, beginning and ending of precip., freak waves, etc.) OBSERVERS INITIALS CHECK IF SENT BY RADIO 99 LaL-aLa 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 IT 3 PwPw HwHw dwdw Pw HwHw - - 99 00 99 02.0 0905 19 06 4 8 10 07 75 03 0 10 134 22 3 .28 1 6 0 0 0 6 2 1 .-3 0 // 22 1 23.7 3 3 .0 .00 .02 .00 99 02.0 0915 19 12 4 8 07 03 77 02 2 10 112 21 7 .07 2 6 2 0 0 0 6 2 3 .01 0 // 22 1 21.7 7 3 00 00 .07 0 .03 99 02.8 5 0922 18 4 06 02 13 2 10 132 21 7 .27 1 2 0 0 0 6 2 1 .-7 0 // 18 1 20.6 2 3 00 00 .14 0 .04 99 25.8 09.1 20 00 4 5 05 01 98 02 1 10 098 . .7 .44 5 2 2 0 0 0 6 3 3 .02 0 // 26 1 28.3 7 3 00 00 .05 0 .04 99 4.8 09.5 20 06 4 07 10 98 02 1 10 122 26 7 .29 1 2 0 0 0 6 3 1 .-7 0 // 22 1 26.1 7 3 00 00 .17 0 .05 99 25.1 094.5 20 12 4 9 09 08 98 03 2 10 098 26 7 .29 7 2 2 0 0 0 6 3 3 .-2 0 // 26 1 28.3 7 3 00 00 .07 0 .04 99 25.1 5 09.1 20 18 4 4 10 14 11 02 1 10 119 26 7 .24 7 2 2 0 0 0 6 3 2 .-6 0 // 23 1 26.5 7 3 00 00 .15 0 .08 99 074 5 0757 21 00 4 6 07 10 98 02 1 10 091 26 7 239 6 3 2 0 0 0 6 3 4 .-2 0 // 26 1 27.8 7 3 60 00 .01 0 .03 99 5 0764 21 06 4 1 11 16 75 03 2 10 114 28 6 .237 1 7 2 0 0 0 6 3 1 .-7 0 // 22 1 27.4 6 3 00 00 .09 0 .05 99 070 5 0771 21 12 4 8 10 13 98 02 2 10 105 26 6 .233 1 9 2 0 0 0 6 3 5 .-05 0 // 25 1 28.3 6 3 00 00 .10 0 .05 99 098 5 0778 21 18 4 7 11 13 99 27 2 10 125 27 6 .23 1 9 2 0 0 0 6 3 1 .-06 0 // 22 1 25.6 3 3 00 00 99 27.8 5 0785 22 00 4 1 15 16 77 01 1 10 . .2 9 2 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 .-06 0 // 23 1 27.2 4 3 25 01 .10 0 .05 99 091 5 0980 22 06 4 4 11 10 78 01 1 10 125 25 233 4 1 2 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 .-06 0 // 22 1 26.5 0 3 .0 .01 .13 0 .05 99 085 5 0780 22 12 4 5 15 10 98 02 0 10 105 24 9 228 5 1 2 0 0 0 8 2 3 .01 0 // 24 1 27.8 4 3 05 01 .15 0 .05 99 25 5 0785 22 18 4 8 16 11 122 27 2 244 8 1 2 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 .-06 0 // 23 1 26.0 2 3 .0 .04 .15 0 .04 99 LaL-aLa 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 IT 3 PwPw HwHw dwdw Pw HwHw - - REPLACES WB FORM 615-5 WHICH IS OBSOLETE. EXISTING STOCKS SHOULD BE DESTROYED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1968. Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258