Old Weather Forum

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On the weather page, please enter: date, locations, distances (nautical miles and tenths), courses, and all the weather data in the columns outlined in red in the spreadsheet.
It is not necessary to record State of the Sea.
However, ice mentioned in the weather grid should be transcribed using the magenta Sea column.

On the events page please enter: ice, location information, and sailing information.
Aurorae, volcanic, and seismic activity should be reported in the forum.
The names of US Navy and Coast Guard ships met should be noted. This gives the science team a chance to compare weather readings. You can include all ships mentioned in a single entry without a time or any additional data.
Other events are optional.

One person can do both weather and events (Stream 1), but the system also allows one person to do the weather page (Stream 1) and a second person to do the events page (Stream 3).
Unlike in OW3, where three transcriptions were required for each page, we are doing only one transcription per page.

Every transcriber needs to enter the date.
The date is used to organize the pages.

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See Lackawanna: general for some general background and discussion.
See Lackawanna: examples for a quick introduction to transcribing or a refresher.

See Transcribing Guide to learn how to transcribe the data.
Post in Ask Questions Here or this topic if you have questions.

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I'm claiming this year

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From Jan 1 to Oct 31 (and counting), wet bulb temperatures are significantly higher than dry bulb temperatures.
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Pressure is even worse. Pressure readings slowly trend downward until 27.70 when the barometer ceases to function. Only then do they replace it (eventually) to repeat the process.
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Pressure seems to be dropping again.....

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"A Board of Survey reports the Aneroid Barometer out of order and unfit for use, that instrument being deranged and requiring readjustment, and recommends that it be repaired on shore."
They only noticed that now? The barometer isn't the only 'deranged' entity on that ship
The above barometer is the second barometer of the year.
The log doesn't say if the first barometer was aneroid, but it showed the same [mis]behavior.

5 January, 1867
At 8:15pm discovered smoke or steam issuing from the port coal bunkers; spread the coal in the bunkers. At 10:50pm hauled fires from under the port boiler and threw water into the bunker with the steam pumps. At 11:10pm started fires again, having the steam in the bunker under subjugation and no indication of combustion. Steaming slow until 1:30am in order to raise steam on port boiler.

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6 January, 1867
At 5am discovered smoke or steam issuing from the starboard bunkers; ordered the fires to be hauled from under the starboard boiler and the coal to be shifted and spread, to give the coal a chance to cool off. The watch all employed in the bunkers.
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11am All the watch employed hoisting and passing coal up from the starboard bunker abreast the smokestack, also passing the coal into the vacant bunker; abaft where the extreme heat appeared to be located; thereby freeing the top of the starboard boiler from coal. Throwing cold water, with the steam pump, on the coal, to reduce the temperature. At 11:30am the temperature of the port bunker 96° while the starboard one was 147° continued to apply cold water, and by Merid the temperature of the starboard bunker was reduced to that of the port one 96°.
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At 12:50pm, finding that further danger of combustion was past, stopped passing coal up on deck.

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As for the wet bulb being higher than the dry bulb... welcome to the world of Nay weather observers and log keepers...

Be sure to pack your own lunch....

15 January, 1867
From 8am to Merid
Disrated Wm Sullivan (Ship's Cook) to Seaman
Changed the rate of Samuel Sooy (C of Top) to Ship's Cook

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A day on Lackawanna....

0000 to 0400
Light breezes and variable, with heavy rain + squalls
heavy irregular sea, ship rolling heavily.

0400 to 0800
Squally rainy weather with variable airs.
ship laboring much in a confused swell

0800 to 1200
Light and variable winds with incessant rain.
At 1100 changed course to N by W bringing the swell on the starbd bow caused the ship to roll less heavily.

1200 to 1600
First 2 hours wind variable, last 2 light breezes from the Nd with rainy weather throughout the watch.

1600 to 1800
Moderate breeze with showers of rain, sea running from
the NE, Ship rolling moderately.

1800 to 2000
Moderate breezes from the Nd+Ed and variable. Moderate
swell from the Nd ship rolling considerably.

1800 to 2000
Squally unsettled weather with excessive rain and an irregular
swell, ship rolling heavily.

Air Dry Bulb: 74-78
Air Wet Bulb: 84-87


Bunker temperatures 120-128
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Just another day at the office...

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8am to Merid
Held a survey on 225 feet of hose in Carpenters Department and 195 feet in Engineers Department and on the following articles in the Navigators Department: 1 Company watch. 1 Binocular Marine glass, 2 Running lights, 5 Deck lights, & 3 Speaking trumpets.


https://webster-dictionary.org/definition/survey 1913
2. A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.

Feb 15

In the State of the Weather by symbols column: rainy

Merid to 4pm:
Then gave liberty to the Starboard watch, or such of them as were out of debt or could procure security.
That's one I haven't seen before....

Feb 16

At 10.30 received a visit from the Hawaiian Minister of foreign affairs.

Help needed on the 6pm and 7pm Weather by Symbol!

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Feb 22

At sunrise "dressed ship"

Presumably for George Washington's birthday.

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The perils of Navy life:

4pm Sent Dr Reber on shore to attend Wm Hammond (OS) who broke his leg by being thrown from a horse.
At 4.20 Dr Reber returned with Wm Hammond (OS).

Feb 22
John Neil (Cabin Cook) discharged on the expiration of his term of enlistment. John Neil re-enlisted as (Lds)

Feb 24
John Neil (Lds) was rated Cabin Cook.

So... has he shown some skill as a cook or have they decided that he will never make a sailor?

Feb 26

Received notice from the American Consul that Edw'd Warren (Sea) one of the crew of this ship, was to be tried for larceny, by the Police Court of Honolulu. Warren was arrested for stealing from an English vessel, while on liberty

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