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hip Code Card
wi i is giv en in code,
of Commerce Weather Bureau Ship
following
Ow
the U e Se Dept.
cod
P
0-2), dtd. . January 1, , 19553
ATA
631-0-2),
:
~degree F. (.0 or 25)
.
r
dh terprs
;
ure TT,, and the res C4
Quoting from this source, the code values given are to be
ted as follows:
Ol:
No hydromete
ors except clouds.
Clouds generally dissolving or becoming less devel
1oped
hin 0.5° F. (see Notes. Paur ing the past hour.
G2:
No hydrometeors except clouds.
State of sky on the whole unchanged during the past
Q3:
No hydrameteors except clouds.
Clouds generally forming or dev
eloping during the
accurate within 0.4° ; Fou
r.
-
accurate within 0.5° § d
r
fpast
hour.
e
ME
«15: . Precip
itation within sight,
xr using the Centigradg F chan 5
km. (3 miles) from ship)).
00 the nearest 0.1° ¢, :
reaching sea, but distant (i.e, estimated to be more
16:
Precipitation within sight, reaching sea, near
to but not at the ship.
28 :
Squall ( 8 ) .
7
60 :
Rain, not freezing, intermittent - slight at time of observation.
-
80:
Rain shower(s), slight.
5) using a psychron. { {
81:
Rain shower(s), moderate or heavy.
@ ail taken 500 to 1000"
P shows air pressure in tenths and hundredths of inches, so that the values given in the
he F,. thermometer
are accurate within
4
Table should be preceded by 29.
Values given are correct within 0.05 inch.
TT and TT, are correct within 1° F.
Cr amounts are correct within one-eighth.
‘urate within 2
& ,
=
t
500 feot. °
Codes, as
Height estimates are judged to be correct within
takenen from the U. Se Dept. of Commerce Weather Bureau Ship Code Card
@(ra 631-0-2), dtd. January 1, 1955, have the following
meanings:
+.
try of "4" may in facta
=2: Cumulus of moderate or strong vertical development generally with protuberances in the
fm form of domes or towers, either accompanied or not by other cumulus or
by stratocumulus; all
presents 110°.
yith 4 ; having their bases at the
same level.
a
:
imbus
3: Cumulonimbus the the s summits of which, ; at least partially, lack sharp outlines, but are
ip docked, to within
=
WF neither Clearly fibrous, neither cirriform nor in the form of
> wrong 10° category
an anvil; cumulus, stratocumulus
Oe or atratus may be present.
mated correctly to =
a
Windspeeda (and
al
e
Fractostratus of bad weather or fractocumlus of bad weather or both; usually
below
FeE altostratus or nimbostratus,
on the water, follo=
w®
Vi
i:
Cy and ©, code entries have meanings as follows
(from the source cited imnediately above):
—
Cys jt Altostratus, the greater part of which is semitransparen
t; through this part the
—
——
— g@un cr moon may be weakly visi
ble as through ground glass.
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