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SHIP'S NAME
U.S.S. Washington
M.V.
CALL SIGN
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
MONTH AND YEAR
April, 19
BAROMETER NUMBER
DATE LAST CHECKED
CORRECTION
FROM:
To:
V O Y A G E
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.
QUADRANT OF GLOBE
(Latitude (degrees north) (Degrees west)
LONGITUDE
(Time of observation)
DAY OF MONTH GMT
TIME GMT (2 figures)
WIND INDICATOR (Code)
TOTAL CLOUD AMT.
DIRECTION (10 degrees (10 degrees
of hours of 00-359)
(0-360)
SPEED (true knots) (1 hour and nearest km/h))
VISIBILITY (true knots)
PAST WEATHER (Code 00-99)
PRESENT WEATHER (Code 00-99)
AIR-TEMP. DATA °C
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE figures in millibars, least 3 digits, last 10° in Celsius and nearest km/h))
DRY BULB (Degrees and tenths)
WET BULB (Degrees and tenths)
AMOUNT OF LOWEST CLOUDS
TYPE OF LOWEST CLOUD
HEIGHT OF LOWEST CLOUD
TYPE OF HIGH CLOUD
COURSE OF HIGH CLOUD
SPEED OF HIGH CLOUD
3-HOUR PRESS. CHANGE
CHARACTER OF CHANGE
AMOUNT OF CHANGE
AREA AFFECTED (Degrees)
DEW POINT FROM TABLE 30
INDICATOR
SEA TEMPERATURE °C (Digits and tenths of degrees)
TENTHS OF AN TEM.
CHECK ONE
BUCKET
INTAKE
WAVES (Make as many groups as patterns observed)
WIND WAVES
Swell
HEIGHT (Code)
PERIOD
DIRECTION
(10 degrees of hours)
HEIGHT (Code)
ADDITIONAL MESSAGE GROUPS AND REMARKS
(More swell groups, 2 IeEsE4R4 ICE C2K)Pre , Wind Shifts, beginning and ending of precip., freak waves, etc.)
OBSERVERS INITIALS
CHECK IF SENT BY RADIO
IND
1
2
3
4
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7
8
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29
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31
32
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40
41
99
LdLdLdQc
LdLdLdLd
YY
GG
iw
N
dd
ff
VV
ww
W
-
PPP
TT
-
-
Nh
CL
h
CM
CH
D6
vs
a
pp
0
TSTs
TdId
1
TwTwTw
tT
3
PwPw
HwHw
dwdw
Pw
HwHw
99
042
7
0980
05
00
4
7
10
03
11
10
2/0
32
3
247
32
1
827
15
0
11
27
1
22.4
3
00
00
12
803
99
051
7
0980
05
06
4
4
12
05
99
10
112
27
2
2614
32
1
821
07
0
11
26
1
22.2
2
3
0000
12
804
99
057
7
0980
05
12
4
6
08
17
02
2/0
212
21
7
2614
32
1
825
02
0
11
26
1
22.4
7
3
05
05
12
903
99
18
0
11
1
3
99
7
0980
00
4
7
10
09
99
032
10
088
30
0
26/1
32
1
826
12
0
11
29
1
30.0
0
3
03
04
04
7.22
99
079
7
0980
06
06
4
6
09
10
022
10
11
26
72566
13
6
1
821
07
0
11
24
1
278
7
3
05
05
05
8
04
99
086
7
0982
12
4
1
07
10
99
10
105
27
2241
1
001
02
0
11
26
1
275
2
3
05
05
07
6
03
99
094
7
180
06
18
4
07
15
14
03
1/0
117
28
4
2618
1
1
92
06
0
11
25
1
22.0
9
3
05
05
04
7
14
99
7
122
02
00
4
3
04
19
29
21/10
086
29
4
2663
22
1
827
18
0
11
28
1
30.0
4
3
05
03
04
7
12
99
108
7
0982
07
06
4
06
16
78
050
10
112
27
2
2641
13
1
821
07
0
11
14
1
24.2
2
3
05
03
03
7
06
99
1.5
7
0974
12
4
1
20
00
12
01/0
108
26
7
2641
22
1
821
07
0
11
26
1
27.4
7
3
00
00
04
99
12
7
0982
07
18
4
6
02
05
19
02
1/0
1242
27
2
2666
32
1
821
10
0
11
24
1
25.8
8
3
00
00
27
2
02
99
119
7
0985
00
12
20
00
17
012/0
078
30
0
2641
1
100
0
006
0
11
23
1
31.7
0
3
00
00
99
121
7
0974
06
06
4
20
30
04
78
050
10
112
27
2
2641
1
821
04
0
11
13
1
27.2
2
3
00
00
04
2
02
99
142
7
0985
02
12
1
32
12
77
01/0
102
26
7
2641
1
002
10
0
11
22
1
28.1
7
3
05
01
99
151
7
0981
18
1
01
12
91
05
10
114
30
6
261
0
0
0
1
1
7/1
1
29.3
6
3
00
00
32
2
02
ESSA FORM 72-1
REPLACES WB FORM 615-8 WHICH IS OBSOLETE. EXISTING STOCKS SHOULD BE DESTROYED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1968.
Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258