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Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258.4
NAME OF VESSEL
[ ] S/S
[ X ] M/V D.S. JORDAN
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
CALL SIGN
NAME OF CAPTAIN
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 octant 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 (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 G.C.T.) or special weather observations in columns 1 through 44.
4. Code the message in accordance with the "International Weather Code for Ships:"
5. At end of each voyage, remove all forms with completed observations and mail in the postage-free envelopes provided.
6. 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.
V O Y A G E
FROM
TO
Check (V)
TEMPERATURES (COLS. 16-18, 28-30, 32-33):
° C
° F
MONTH
March
1967
BAROMETER NO.
POSITION OF SHIP
TIME
TOTAL CLOUD AMT.
WIND
VISI-BILITY
WEATHER
PRESSURE
AIR TEMP.
TEMPERA-TURE
CLOUDS (Coded)
COURSE OF SHIP
3-HOUR PRESSURE TENDENCY
TEMPERATURE
WAVES (Make 2 entries if 2nd pattern observed)
REMARKS
(Eater time of varied shifts, frontal passages, beginning and ending of precipitation, coded sea data, water over 30 1/2 ft., etc.)
CHECK / UP SENT BY RADIO
INITIALS
DAY OF MONTH
DAY OF WEEK
OCT. ANTI.
LATITUDE
LONGI-TUDE
TIME (Nearest hour)
(00-24) G.C.T.
TOTAL CLOUD AMT.
(Coded)
(00-32)
DIR-ECTION
(Speed of wind in knots)
SPEED (True or Apparent)
MEAS. (Coded)
(0-9)
VISI-BILITY
PRESENT
PAST
WEATHER
PRES. ENT
PAST
BAROMETER CORRECTED (mb.)
(Coded)
Sea Level (mb.)
CORRECTION
CODE COMPARED
TEMP.
DRY BULB
(Wet bulb and inches)
WET BULB
DEW POINT
TYPE OF CLOUD
HEIGHT OF LOW CLOUD
TYPE OF CLOUD
HEIGHT OF HIGH CLOUD
COURSE OF SHIP (in 10's)
SPEED OF SHIP (in knots)
CHARACTERISTIC INDICATOR
RISING, FALLING OR STABLE
SEA WATER
DIFF. AIR-SEA
(If air colder than water)
DEW POINT
INDICATOR
DIFF. AIR-SEA
(Rounded)
DIRECTION
(Precoded)
HEIGHT
DIRECTION
(Precoded)
HEIGHT
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
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
Y Q L,L,L. L,L,L. GG N dd ff VV ww W — PPP TT — Ni Cc h Cu Ds Vs a pp — — 0 T,T T,Ta 1 d,dw Pa Ha 1 d,dw Pa Ha — —
5
6
00
5 10 17 98 03 1 2980 250 240 0 1 10 2 1
5
6
06
7 11 17 98 03 1 2986 233 237 0 1 11 2 1
5
6
12
8 12 20 98 02 3 2949 231 238 0 1 12 3 1
5
6
18
8 12 20 98 16 2 3000 232 237 0 1 12 3 1
6
6
00
8 13 17 99 16 2 2992 237 239 0 1 12 3 1
6
6
06
8 10 15 98 02 2 3002 238 240 0 1 10 3 1
6
6
12
8 10 18 98 18 2 2997 222 236 0 1 10 4 1
6
6
18
1 10 14 99 91 1 3004 219 237 0 1 10 4 1
6
6
00
9 10 15 98 01 2 2986 219 240 0 1 10 4 1
7
6
06
1 10 12 98 01 6 3009 216 238 0 1 10 4 1
7
6
12
7 10 13 98 18 2 2992 230 238 0 1 10 4 1
7
6
18
5 14 15 98 16 2 3004 255 240 0 1 14 3 1
8
6
00
7 13 13 98 03 2 2980 228 242 0 1 14 4 1
8
6
06
8 10 14 98 02 2 2998 245 242 0 1 10 4 1
8
6
12
7 10 14 98 18 2 2992 230 240 0 1 10 4 1
8
6
18
2 13 15 98 01 1 2996 243 243 0 1 13 4 1
9
6
00
3 13 15 98 02 1 2985 246 244 0 1 13 4 1
9
6
06
1 12 17 95 03 0 2942 246 245 0 1 12 4 1
9
6
12
2 12 15 98 02 2 2983 247 249 0 1 12 3 1
9
6
18
2 12 15 98 02 0 2986 253 251 0 1 12 3 1
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
— Y Q L,L,L. L,L,L. GG N dd ff VV ww W — PPP TT — Ni Cc h Cu Ds Vs a pp — — 0 T,T T,Ta 1 d,dw Pa Ha 1 d,dw Pa Ha — —