Form Approved; Budget Bureau No. 41-R1258.4 
NAME OF VESSEL 
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name OF CAPTAIN 
WB form 615-5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(1 —64) WEATHER BUREAU 
SHIP'S WEATHER OBSERVATIONS 
COUNTRY OF REGISTRY 
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TEMPERATURES (COLS. 16-18, 28-30, 32-33): 
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INSTRUCTIONS 
1. Begin a new sheet: 
a. For the first observation of a new month. 
b. At the beginning of each voyage. 
e. 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. 
Code the message in accordance with the "International 
Weather Code for Ships.” 
4. At end of each voyage, remove all forms with completed ob¬ 
servations 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 a slant (/) indi¬ 
cating missing data. Omit code group 8 and 9 in message 
if no data are availble. 
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POSITION OF SHIP 
oct¬ 
ant 
LATITUDE 
LONGI¬ 
TUDE 
(Degrees and tenths) 
TIME 
( Nea rest 
hour 
00-23) 
(G.C.T.) 
TOTAL 
CLOUD 
AMT. 
( Coded) 
(0-9) 
(True) 
(00-36) 
WIND 
SPEED 
(True- 
knots) 
EST. 
WEATHER 
VISI¬ 
BILITY 
( Coded) 
(90-99) If* 
PRES¬ 
ENT 
(Coded) 
00-99) 
PAST 
( Coded) 
(0-9) 
CORREC 
TION 
BAROME¬ 
TER AS 
READ 
(in., mb., 
or mm.) 
DATE 
COMPARED 
BAROMETER 
CORRECTED 
(mb.) 
'CODED 
Sea Level 
(mb.) 
AIR 
TEMP. 
( Round¬ 
ed) 
TEMPERA¬ 
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DRY 
BULB 
WET 
BULB 
( Degrees 
and tenths) 
( Coded) 
PRESSURE 
TENDENCY 
TEMPERATURE 
SEA 
WATER 
DIFP- 
AIR-SEA 
( —if air 
colder 
than sea) 
( Degrees and tenths) 
DEW 
POINT 
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degrees) 
DIFF. 
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WAVES ( Make 2 entries if 2nd pattern observed) 
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x 
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SWELL 
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frontal passages, beginning 
and ending of precipita¬ 
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over 30]/2 ft., etc.) 
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