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Form Approved: Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258.4
NAME OF VESSEL S/S M/V D.S.JORDAN
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY CALL SIGN VOYAGE FROM EASTROPAL TO
MONTH February 1967 BAROMETER NO. WB form 615-5 (8-63) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU SHIP'S WEATHER OBSERVATIONS INSTRUCTIONS
1. Begin a new sheet: a. For the first observation of a new month. b. At the beginning of each voyage. c. Upon sailing from one ocean to another. d. Upon sailing from one ocean to another. 2. Fill in the blanks on each page of the form. (Name of vessel, barometer number, etc.) 3. Enter the coded synoptic (0800, 0600, 1200, 1800 G.C.T.) or special weather observations in columns 1 through 44. 4. At end of each voyage, remove all forms with completed observations and mail in the postage-free envelopes provided. 5. Radio transmission-Copy coded data for radio transmission from the unshaded numbered groups of columns. Each code group consists of five figures with the letter X indicating missing data. Omit code group 8 and 9 in message if no data are available.
POSITION OF SHIP TIME TOTAL CLOUD AMT. WIND VISIBILITY WEATHER PRESSURE CORRECTION DATE COMPARISON AIR TEMP. TEMPERATURE CLOUDS (Coded) COURSE OF SHIP SPEED OF SHIP 3-HOUR PRESSURE TENDENCY TEMPERATURE WAVES (Make 2 entries if 2nd pattern observed) REMARKS (Enter time of wind shifts, frontal passages, beginning and ending of precipitation, coded ice data, waves over 30 1/2 ft., etc.) CHECK / IF SENT BY RADIO INITIALS
DAY OF MONTH DAY OF WEEK OCT. AMT LATITUDE LONGITUDE TIME TOTAL CLOUD AMT. WIND VISIBILITY WEATHER PRESSURE CORRECTION DATE COMPARISON AIR TEMP. TEMPERATURE CLOUDS (Coded) COURSE OF SHIP SPEED OF SHIP 3-HOUR PRESSURE TENDENCY TEMPERATURE WAVES (Make 2 entries if 2nd pattern observed) REMARKS (Enter time of wind shifts, frontal passages, beginning and ending of precipitation, coded ice data, waves over 30 1/2 ft., etc.) CHECK / IF SENT BY RADIO 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 42 43 44
Y Q LLLLL LLLLL GG N dd # VV WW W --- PPP TT --- Ns Cs h Cu Ci Dk Ys o pp --- T, T, T, T, T, d, d, d, P, H, 1 d, d, d, P, H, --- ---
9 5 1 22.8 157 06 2 06 07 99 02 0 3014 16 180
9 26.7 156 12 0 36 10 99 02 0 3008 18 18.2
9 258 152 18 2 04 10 99 02 0 3013 20 18
10 247 158 200 0 33 10 99 02 0 3004 23 19.2
10 236 147 06 0 32 10 99 02 0 3005 18 19.4
10 12 0 04 10 99 02 0 3005 19 20.7
10 18 0 03 07 99 02 0 3005 21 21.9
11 200 1 05 16 99 02 0 2995 20 22.3
11 06 0 0 99 02 0 2000 20 23.3
11 12 0 01 11 99 02 0 2998 20 23.8
11 18 7 02 05 99 02 0 3004 23 24.4
12 200 8 05 06 98 02 2 2994 21 24.5
12 06 5 02 10 98 02 0 2995 22 24.9
12 12 2 08 8 98 02 0 2997 22 26
12 18 8 02 07 98 03 2 2996 25 26.5
13 200 3 03 07 99 01 0 2994 25 220
13 06 5 05 09 98 00 0 2993 25 254
13 12 2 02 10 98 02 0 2986 25 264
13 18 3 05 12 99 16 0 2983 25 260