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SHIP'S NAME
[illegible]
CALL SIGN
KGWU
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
US
MONTH AND YEAR
March 1946
BAROMETER NUMBER
DATE LAST CHECKED
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 ("77.5°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
VISIBILITY (Code 90 - 99)
PAST WEATHER (Code 00 - 97)
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (millibars) and first two cast 3 figures in Cal. (6) and last three cast 3 figures in Cal. (1).
AIR-TEMP.
DATA °C
AMOUNT OF OVERCAST
HEIGH OF LOW CLOUD
TYPE OF LOW CLOUD
HEIGHT OF HIGH CLOUD
TYPE OF HIGH CLOUD
3-HOUR PRESS. CHANGE
CHARACTER OF CHANGE
AIR-SEA TEMP. DIFFERENCE
DEW POINT FROM TABLE 30
INDICATOR
WAVES (Make as many groups as patterns observed)
WIND WAVES
Swell
HEAT TEMPERATURE °C
TEMP. OF AIR TEMP.
CHECK ONE
BUCKET
INTAKE
ADDITIONAL MESSAGE GROUPS AND REMARKS
(More swell groups, 21E E5 R5, ICE C3 KD Pre , Wind Shifts, beginning and ending of precip., freak waves, etc.)
OBSERVER INITIALS
LATITUDE (degrees and minutes)
QUADRANT OF GLOBE
LONGITUDE
DAY OF MONTH OR TIME GMT (4 figures)
TOTAL CLOUD AMT.
WIND INDICATOR (Code)
SPEED (True knots)
PRESENT WEATHER (Code 00 - 97)
TEMP. OF WATER TEMP.
WAVE PERIOD (Code)
PERIOD (Code)
HEIGHT (Code)
DIRECTION (degrees)
HEIGHT (Code)
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LALALa Qc LoLoLoLo YY GG iw N dd ff VV ww W PPP TT - Nh CL h Cm C Ds vs a pp 0 TsTs TdTd 1 TwTwTw tT 3 PwPw HwHw dw dw Pw HwHw
99 00.0 7 0910 27 00 44 15 8 02 1/0 71 25 228 4 13 0 2 2 1 // 23 1 25.6 6 3 00 00 17 0
99 00.5 7 093.4 28 12 4 9 11 04 13 45/4 10.2 21 7 217 / / 0 6 3 2 0.5 // 22 1 22.8 7 3 00 00 22 4 04
99 00.1 7 0946 28 18 18 00 00 17 10 10 125 22 8 / 2 0 6 3 4 0 // 22 1 23.8 3
99 00.0 7 2226 29 00 1/2 10 08 97 02 10 0-12 20 6 / 1 1 6 3 0 // 22 1 22.6 6 3 00 00 20 1 02
99 00.0 7 0978 29 12 19 00 04 75 28 4/0 0-13 20 6 00 / / 1 6 3 2 0 // 21 1 23.3 6 3 00 00 20 4 06
99 00.0 7 22 18 1/ 1 00 17 10 4 10 112 23 222 / / 1 6 3 2 // 21 1 23.3 3 3 00 00 20 4 05
99 00.0 7 0978 30 06 4 1 12 0 97 10 4/0 098 21 7 217 // / 6 3 2 0 // 00 1 23.3 7 3 00 00 20 4 05
99 12
99 00.0 7 0978 30 18 4 1 00 17 02 4/0 // 22 2 217 / 0 1 0.7 // 21 1 23.3 2 3 00 00 20 4 05
99 00.0 7 0978 31 00 4 8 11 05 98 02 1/0 0-2.1 24 4 0 1 6 3 0 // 24 1 22 0 4 3 05 01
99 00.0 7 0978 31 06 1 11 05 15 02 2/0 10-5 22 1 / / 1 6 3 0 // 21 1 22.0 2 3 04 01 13 1 03
99 00.0 7 0978 31 12 1/0 00 9 02 4/0 25-5 21 7 211 / / 6 3 2 // 21 1 21.5 2 3 00 00 17 2 04
99 00.0 7 0978 31 18 9 00 09 07 4 0 2 2 2229 6 3 2 // 104 // 1 23 3 2 3 00 00