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SHIP'S NAME
S/S Washington
M/V
CALL SIGN KWGA
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY US
MONTH AND YEAR April 1968
BAROMETER NUMBER
FROM Sopaco
TO Sam D
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
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.
CHECK IF SENT
BY RADIO
OBSERVERS
INITIALS
WAVES (Make as many groups as patterns observed)
ADDITIONAL MESSAGE GROUPS
AND REMARKS
(More swell groups, 2 I, E, E, E R S, ICE
C2KDJre + Wind Shifts, beginning
and ending of precip., freak
waves, etc.)
WIND WAVES
SWELL
CHECK ONE
BUCKET
INTAKE
HEIGHT (Coded)
PERIOD (Coded)
HEIGHT (Coded)
DIRECTION
(tenths of degrees)
(2 figures)
(Av-9 seconds; 2 figures)
INDICATOR
TENTHS OF AIR TEMP.
SEA TEMPERATURE °C
(Degrees and tenths; 3 figures)
INDICATOR
AIR=Ta-Tw, + FROM TABLE 30
DIFFERENCE
AMOUNT OF CHANGE
CHARACTER OF CHANGE
(J-HOUR PREV.15, CHANGE
Speed of ship (Coded 0-9)
COURSE OF SHIP
TYPE OF HIGH CLOUD
HEIGHT OF HIGH CLOUD
TYPE OF MIDDLE CLOUD
HEIGHT OF MIDDLE CLOUD
TYPE OF LOW CLOUD
HEIGHT OF LOWEST CLOUDS
AMOUNT OF LOWEST CLOUDS
WET BULB
(Degrees and tenths)
DRY BULB
(Degree in Col. 16 & 33)
tenths (in Col. 17 & 34)
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
(Millibars and tenths; + or -10 in
Col. 14)
PRESENT WEATHER
(Coded 00-99)
PAST WEATHER (0-9)
VISIBILITY (Coded 90-99)
SPEED (True knots)
DIRECTION (true) (tens of
degrees; 00, south)
TIME GMT (2 figures)
TOTAL CLOUD AMT.
WIND INDICATOR (Coded)
DAY OF MONTH GMT
QUADRANT OF GLOBE
(Degrees and tenths;
3 figures)
ATTITUDE
(16 figures)
LONGITUDE
(Degrees and tenths,
4 figures)
LATITUDE
(Degrees and tenths,
5 figures)
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
99 LaLaLa 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 tT 3 PwPw HwHw dwdw Pw HwHw
99 155 7 172 04 00 4 00 03 19 62 010 085 31 7 216 09 0 0 0 7 12 0 // 23 1 22.3 7 3 25 0 32 0 22
99 06
99 12
99 176. 7 182 10 18 43 30 12 99 03 0 10 013 31 7 233 01 8 0 1 62 2 12 0 // 10 1 20.5 7 3 05 03 29 2 1
99 00
99 00
99 185 7 1041 11 06 4 9 32 16 98 05 2 10 125 23 3222 10 0 2 0 1 1 17 0 // 21 1 24.4 3 3 01 03 27 2 04
99 12
99 00
99 177 7 1058 11 18 4 9 30 05 14 02 2 10 152 - 3 222 10 0 2 0 1 1 13 0 // 21 1 22.7 3 3 05 03 22 04
99 00
99 00
99 00 7 1074 12 06 4 7 35 13 98 02 2 10 15- 24 4 222 10 0 50 6 2 1 06 0 // 21 1 23.0 4 3 04 03 31 2 04
99 13 1 143 12 12 1 1 31 12 98 02 2 10 15 20 0 118 10 0 3 0 7 27 08 0 // 17 1 22.2 0 3 05 02 31 2 04
99 19 7 1091 12 18 4 5 32 08 99 02 2 10 180 21 1 172 5 03 9 0 7 24 00 0 // 15 1 20.3 1 3 05 02 32 2 04
99 24 1078 13 00 4 2 03 04 92 01 0 10 160 23 3 239 10 1 3 06 7 14 02 0 // 32 1 21.6 3 3 05 01 03 4 02
99 28 7 1106 13 06 2 31 06 98 02 0 10 180 20 0 172 1 3 06 7 2 1 21 0 // 15 1 21.7 0 3 01 01 30 4 02
99 241 1 1115 13 12 4 7 31 05 98 02 0 2 10 120 10 3 156 10 0 0 7 7 21 0 // 14 1 20.0 3 3 05 01 30 4 02
99 7 1124 13 18 4 11 05 98 05 2 10 17 4 17 3 156 10 1 18 7 1 1 06 0 // 14 1 18.3 8 3 01 01 30 4 02
99 LaLaLa 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 tT 3 PwPw HwHw dwdw Pw HwHw
ESSA FORM 72-1
REPLACES WB FORM 615-5 WHICH IS OBSOLETE. EXISTING STOCKS SHOULD BE DESTROYED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1948.
Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R-1258