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TABLE II
SYNOPTIC OBSERVATIONS 04/1600a to 05 1000a
FIRST GROUP OF MESSAGE | Day of Week (1-7) (GMT) | POSITION OF SHIP | TIME (GMT) | WIND | WEATHER | PRESSURE | CLOUDS | 3-HOUR PRESSURE TENDENCY | SIGNIFICANT CLOUD
| Oc-tant (0-3) (5-8) | Latitude (Degrees and tenths) | Longitude (Degrees and tenths) | | Total Cloud Amt. (Coded) | Direction (True) (00-36) | Speed (True) (Knots) | Visi-bility (90-99) | Present (00-99) | Post (0-9) | Barometer Corrected (Mb) | AIR TEMP. (°C) | Amount of Low Cloud (0-9) | Type of CL (0-9) | Height of Low Cloud | Type of CM (0-9) | Type of CH (0-9) | Course of Ship (0-9) | Speed of Ship (0-9) | Characteristic (0-8) | Amount of Change (Mb and tenths) | Indicator | Amount (Eights) | Type | Height
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27
| Y | Q | L a L a L a | L o L o L o | GG | N | dd | ff | VV | ww | W | ppp | TT | Nh | CL | h | CM | CH | Ds | Vs | a | pp | 8 | Ns | C | hs hs
SHIP | 3 | 1 | 342 | 262 | 00 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 99 | 03 | 1 | 146 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 15
SHIP | 3 | 1 | 341 | 246 | 06 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 98 | 02 | 0 | 159 | 17 | 0 | 0 | / | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | / | 11
SHIP | 3 | 1 | 342 | 232 | 12 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 97 | 50 | 2 | 180 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 5 | / | / | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 20
SHIP | 3 | 1 | 34 | 217 | 18 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 98 | 01 | 0 | 217 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 45
AIR-SEA DIFF. (Coded) | DEW POINT (°C) | SEA WAVES | SWELL WAVES | ICE ACCRETION | SEA ICE | DO NOT TRANSMIT
Indicator | | | Indicator | Direction (Coded) | Period (Coded) | Height (Coded) | Indicator | Direction (Coded) | Period (Coded) | Height (Coded) | Indicator | Source | Thickness | Rate | Indicator | Kind | Effect | Bearing | Distance | Orientation | Dry Bulb (Degrees and tenths) | Wet Bulb (Degrees and tenths) | Sea Water Temp. (Degrees and tenths)
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | A1 | A2 | A3
0 | Ts Ts | Td Td | 1 | dw dw | Pw | Hw | 1 | dw dw | Pw | Hw | 2 | Is | Es | Es | Rs | ICE | C2 | K | Di | r | e | Celsius | Celsius | Celsius
0 | 59 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | | | | ICE | | | | | | .62
0 | 50 | 14 | 1 | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | 2 | | | | ICE | | | | | | 64
0 | 52 | 14 | 1 | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | 2 | | | | ICE | | | | | | 60
0 | 07 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | | | | ICE | | | | | | 62
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