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"text": "NAME OF VESSEL\n[ ]\nS/S\nM/V\nD.S. JORDAN\nCOUNTRY OF REGISTRY\nCALL SIGN\nWB FORM 615-5\n(8-63)\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE\nWEATHER BUREAU\nSHIP'S WEATHER OBSERVATIONS\nINSTRUCTIONS\n1. Begin a new sheet:\na. For the first observation of a new month.\nb. At the beginning of each voyage.\nc. Upon sailing from one octant to another.\nd. Upon sailing from one ocean to another.\n2. Fill in the blanks on each page of the form.\n3. Enter the coded synoptic (0600, 0660, 1200, 1800 G.C.T.)\nor special weather observations in columns 1 through 44.\n4. At end of each voyage, remove all forms with completed observations and mail in the postage-free envelopes provided.\n5. 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.\nCODE THE MESSAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE \"INTERNATIONAL WEATHER CODE FOR SHIPS\"\nMONTH\nBarometer No.\nVOYAGE\nFROM\nTO\nCheck ( )\nTEMPERATURES (COLS. 16-18, 28-30, 32-33):\nC\nF\nPOSITION OF SHIP\nTIME\nTOTAL CLOUD AMT.\nWIND\nVISIBILITY\nWEATHER\nPRESSURE\nDATE COMPARED\nAIR TEMP.\nTEMPERATURE\nCLOUDS (Coded)\n3-HOUR PRESSURE TENDENCY\nTEMPERATURE\nDIFF. AIR-SEA\nDEW POINT\nWAVES (Make 2 entries if 2nd pattern observed)\nREMARKS\nENTER TIME OF WIND SHIFT, FRONTAL PASSAGES, BEGINNING AND ENDING OF PRECIPITATION, CODED ICE DATA, WAVES OVER 30', FT., ETC.\nDAY OF MONTH\nDAY OF WEEK\nOCTANT\nLATITUDE\nLONGITUDE\nTIME\n(Nearst Hour (G.C.T.))\n(Coded)\n(Di-RECTION\n(SPEED\n(True)\nVISIBILITY\nPRESENT\nPAST\nBAROMETER AS READ\nBAROMETER CORRECTED\nCORRECTION\nDRY BULB\nWET BULB\nHEIGHT OF LOW CLOUD\nTYPE G (Cirrus, Cumulus, etc.)\nCOURSE OF SHIP\nSPEED OF SHIP\nAMOUNT OF RAIN AND SNOW\nSEA WATER\nDIFF. AIR-SEA\nDEW POINT\nINDICATOR\nINDICATOR\nDIRECTION\nPERIOD\nHEIGHT\nDIRECTION\nPERIOD\nHEIGHT\n(Coded)\n(Rounded)\n(Coded)\n(Rounded)\n(Coded)\n(Coded)\n(Coded)\n(G.C.T.)\n(Degrees and tenths)\n(0-25; 7=8)\n(Degrees and tenths)\n/G/ (Nearest Hour (G.C.T.))\n(N)\ndd (#)\n(VV)\n(WW)\n(W)\n(Tenths)\n(Min.)\n(Rounded)\n(Degrees and tenths)\n(N4, C1, h Cu Ci)\n(Ds, Ys, o pp)\n(Tenths)\n(Degrees and tenths)\n(Tenths)\n(Coded)\n(Tenths)\n(0-25; 7=8)\n(Degrees and tenths)\n(Degrees and tenths)\n(Coded)\n(Coded)\n(Check if Sent by 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