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TABLE II
SYNOPTIC OBSERVATIONS
061600d TO 071800d
FIRST GROUP OF MESSAGE
POSITION OF SHIP
WIND
WEATHER
PRESSURE
CLOUDS
3-HOUR PRESSURE TENDENCY
SIGNIFICANT CLOUD
Day of Week (1-7) (GMT)
Octant (0-3) (5-8)
Latitude (Degrees and tenths)
Longitude (Degrees and tenths)
TIME (GMT)
Total Cloud Amt. (Coded)
Direction (True) (00-36)
Speed (True) (Knots)
Visibility (90-99)
Present (00-99)
Past (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
Lo La Lo
Lo Lo Lo
GG
N
dd
ff
VV
ww
W
ppp
TT
Nh
CL
h
CM
CH
Ds
Vs
a
pp
8
Ns
C
hs hs
SHIP
5 1 329 260 00 6 22 17 98 03 1 210 17 5 4 5 3 0 6 4 6 10 8 5 6 36
SHIP
5 1 325 260 06 8 27 17 98 02 2 217 17 8 6 5 1 1 2 4 4 00 8 8 7 35
SHIP
5 1 324 240 12 4 28 15 98 02 1 200 17 3 6 5 1 1 2 4 4 00 8 3 7 45
SHIP
5 1 324 230 18 0 29 14 99 02 0 196 18 0 0 9 0 1 2 4 4 00 8 0 0 75
AIR-SEA DIFF. (Coded)
DEW POINT (°C)
SEA WAVES
SWELL WAVES
ICE ACCRETION
SEA ICE
DO NOT TRANSMIT
Indicator
A1
Dry Bulb (Degrees and tenths)
Celsius
A2
Wet Bulb (Degrees and tenths)
Celsius
A3
Sea Water Temp. (Degrees and tenths)
Celsius
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
Ts Ts
Td Td
Indicator
Direction (Coded)
Period (Coded)
Height (Coded)
Indicator
Direction (Coded)
Period (Coded)
Height (Coded)
Indicator
Source
Thickness
Rate
Kind
Effect
Bearing
Distance
Orientation
1
dw dw
Pw
Hw
1
dw dw
Pw
Hw
2
Is
Es Es
Rs
ICE
C2
K
Di
r
e
0
03 13
1
21 2 1
1
31 4 7
2
ICE
60
0
03 13
1
260 1 1
1
33 1 1
2
ICE
60
0
90 18
1
28 2 1
1
34 3 2
2
ICE
60
0
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1
/
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1
/
/
/
2
ICE
60
REMARKS
EXAMINED
USN, NAVIGATOR