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 McCulloch — General for some general background and discussion.
See McCulloch — 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.

OW web site: McCulloch

Direct links:

• Tracker
• Spreadsheet
• File Upload
• Transcription Status

I will give this year a try. Stuart.


Just noticed, this year is not yet up.
I will try 1899, Please hold 1898 for me.

1899 is not available as a Spreadsheet. The SS start at 1904. Looks like I start there.
Please let me know when 1898 comes on line.

This year isn't currently being transcribed. That why it isn't a Discussion.
It is just included for reference.
We are still working on Alaska.

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If/when we do it, I will let you know.

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We're going to do it

Kevin says to do all the East Coast time for the opportunity to check the instruments against port stations

Shades of the Concord.... I just happened to notice that New Year's eve has two men put in double irons and on bread and water and someone else returning from liberty 12 hours and 50 late.

Early Christmas present, Stuart!

Accepted with thanks.
Starting to unwrap it now.

The last three days of the year are hand-drawn tables. There is no spreadsheet for them, so you will have to enter the data into the normal spreadsheet in the appropriate columns. The Baro is logged for every hour for those three days, but the weather is just reported every four hours.

Randi wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 2:41 am Kevin says to do all the East Coast time for the opportunity to check the instruments against port stations

Out of curiosity: Are we going to do the East Coast years for other ships too then?

This is an old log and it's only a couple of weeks on the East Coast before they head across the Atlantic.
We also did it for Ashuelot although that was a couple of months on the East Coast before they headed across the Atlantic.

I don't think we will be doing it for the current Alaskan logs. In any case, most of our Alaska logs start on the West Coast.

We'll see with future ships

7th Feb 1898. Gibralter.

HMS Polyphemus was in Gibraltar Hbr when we pulled it.
Interesting ship. See.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Polyp ... 81)#Design

Ah, February in the Mediterranean, so much warmer then the Artic.

That is true - I was in the Canary Islands during one February, and Mallorca during another. Good times.

Not to hot, not to cold.
Not many tourists either.

On Gran Canaria, none of the other tourists even left the hotel we stayed at - they were by the pool and bar all day long!

Good choice.
I was at the bar in the hot pool at The Blue Lagoon, Iceland in February 2012.

April 11th 1898
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The following cablegram was transmitted to Comd'g Officer by US Consul General Pratt:-
"Send word to Consul at Singapore to direct Commanding officer of Revenue Cutter McCulloch on his arrival then to proceed quick to Hong Kong and avoid Spanish Ports and Men-of-war", which message was thus endorsed:-
If the undersigned, Consul General of the United States, do herby certify that the above is an exact copy of message from Department of State, dated April 2nd 1898.
As communicated to in dispatch from Hon, John Barrett, US Minister at Bangkok, dated April 4th 1898, and received by us on the date below.
Sqd E. Spencer Pratt, US Consul General, Singapore April 11th 1898"


Me thinks war is afoot?

Sounds like it - the Spanish-American War broke out just ten days later!

I thought I had defeated the Spanish when I was on the Concord in Manila Bay.

I thought so, too, oh my captain.