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 too.
When I will get to it is another matter

We have barometer problems AGAIN

Jan 1 and pressure readings already trending downward.
April 15 they finally admit that there is a problem.
April 20 they get a replacement or fix it. We'll see what happens with that one...


We also have wet bulb problems AGAIN
The wet bulb temperature is frequently higher than the dry bulb temperature.

I think it's time you spoke to your crew sharply!!!

The captain should have dealt with the matter long before now.
I would give him a very bad fitness report.

We are taking "Pilot bread" on board. I don't remember seeing that before.

According to Caro's wonderful find - A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases ... - it is "Sea-biscuit; hard bread".

I remember when I was just a few year old, my parents bringing home Sailor Boy Pilot Bread. A search showed several places still selling it, and the box looks exactly like it did back in the early 1950s.