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Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258.4
NAME OF VESSEL
S/S D.S. JORDAN
M/V
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY
CALL SIGN
MONTH March 1967
BAROMETER NO.
NAME OF CAPTAIN
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FROM
TO
WB FORM 615-5 (8-63)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
SHIP'S WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
Check ( ) TEMPERATURES (COLS. 16-18, 28-30, 32-33):
°C °F
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 (0000, 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 envelope 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.
CODE THE MESSAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE "INTERNATIONAL WEATHER CODE FOR SHIPS"
DAY OF MONTH DAY OF WEEK POSITION OF SHIP TIME TOTAL CLOUD AMT. WIND VISIBILITY WEATHER PRESSURE AIR TEMP. TEMPERATURE CLOUDS (Coded) 3-HOUR PRESSURE TENDENCY TEMPERATURE WAVES (Make 2 entries if 2nd pattern observed) REMARKS 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
(G.C.T.) (G.C.T.) OCT. ANI LATITUDE LONGITUDE TIME dd DIR. REC. SPEED MEAS PRESENT PAST BAROMETER DATE CORRECTED CORRECTION COMPARISON DRY BULB WET BULB AMOUNT OF CHANGE SEAWATER DIFF. AIR-SEA DEW POINT INDICATOR (Rounded) INDICATOR PERIOD HEIGHT INDICATOR PERIOD HEIGHT
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
Y Q LLL LLL GG dd ff VV ww W PPP TT N CL h Cu Ci Du Vs o pp O T,T, T,T,d d,d,P, H,S d,d,d,P, H,S
10 6 00 6 12 12 99 02 0 2974 241 253
10 06 0 12 16 99 02 0 2988 252 253
10 12 2 12 12 99 02 0 2987 248 254
10 18 1 12 13 99 02 0 2989 255 258
11 00 3 12 11 99 03 1 2977 255 258
11 06 0 13 16 99 02 0 2968 255 261
11 12 2 13 12 99 03 1 2982 255 260
12 00 9 13 12 96 24 2 2977 243 261
12 06 7 13 14 96 24 2 2977 240 260
12 12 8 11 06 97 20 5 2988 250 262
12 18 9 11 06 97 20 5 2988 250 262
13 00 7 13 07 96 20 5 2974 244 262
13 06 10 08 96
15 12 7 03 10 97 16 2 2976 248 253
15 18 2 03 16 98 01 1 2965 267 247
14 00 4 03 07 99 02 1 2927 252 248
14 06 0 03 05 97 02 0 2974 235 245
14 18 2 06 03 98 03 0 2966 250 252
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
Y Q LLL LLL GG N dd ff VV ww W PPP TT N CL h Cu Ci Du Vs o pp O T,T, T,T,d d,d,P, H,S d,d,d,P, H,S