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'll take January

I'll take February-March

March 31, 1874 First volcano in logs for me.

Hi again!
I'll take April-May.

Hi! I'll take sweet summer days from june to august

Can I get the Lackawanna 1874 September log reserved please?

Just put your name in the Tracker.
Michael will take care of the Transcription Status.

Done!

Hello,

I just want to verify that ships mentioned in the logs with the designation PMSS (Pacific Mail) aren't supposed to be noted since they are owned by a private company, is that correct?

Correct.

Just completed Lackawanna September, 1874 log.