Positions |
Name |
01-07 |
Hull Number (left Justify, blank fill; e.g. WLV-528) |
08-14 |
Call Sign (left Justify, blank fill) |
15-16 |
Month (0 1 - 12) |
17-20 |
Year (e.g. 1966) |
21-24 |
Barometer No. (left Justify, blank fill) |
25 |
Temp indicator (1= C; 2 = F) |
26-28 |
Barometer Correction (e.g. +00 or - 15) decimal implied to tenths |
29-34 |
Date compared (month, day year; e.g. 022166) |
35-36 |
Day (0 1 -31 only) |
37 |
Day of week (1 -7 only) |
38 |
Octant (0-3 and 5-8 only) |
39-41 |
Latitude (tenths of a degree; decimal implied) 000-900 only |
42-44 |
Longitude (tenths of a degree; decimal implied) 000-900 only |
45-46 |
Hour (GCT) 00-23 only |
47 |
Total cloud 0-9; / only |
48-49 |
Wind direction (00-36; 51-86; 99 only) |
50 |
Wind Speed Indicator (measured = 1; estimated = 2; not indicated blank) |
51-52 |
Wind speed (00-99 only) |
53-54 |
Visibility (90-99 only) |
55-56 |
Present weather (00-99 only) |
57 |
Past weather (0-9 only) |
58-62 |
Barometer as read (09000-10800 only) decimal implied; verify first two digits 0 or 10 |
63-67 |
Barometer corrected (09000-10800 only) decimal implied; right justified. Verify if first two digits are a 09 or 10 when available. |
68-69 |
Air temperature (50 should be added to value when negative) |
70-73 |
Dry bulb (first position reserved for negative sign, decimal implied) right justified zero fill |
74-77 |
Wet bulb (first position reserved for negative sign, decimal implied) right justified zero fill |
78 |
Low cloud amount (0-9; / only) |
79 |
Low cloud type (0-9; / only) |
80 |
Height of low cloud (0-9; / only) |
81 |
Middle cloud type (0-9; / only) |
82 |
High cloud type (0-9; / only) |
83 |
Course of Ship (0-9 only) |
84 |
Speed of Ship (0-9 only) |
85 |
3 hour pressure tendency (a); 0-8 only |
86-87 |
Amount of change (pp); tenths of millibars, decimal implied |
88-90 |
Sea Water Temperature (decimal implied) right justify zero fill |
91-94 |
Diff Air-Sea (decimal implied) may have leading "-" sign indicating a negative; right justify zero fill |
95-96 |
Dew point (whole degrees); right justify zero fill |
97-99 |
Diff Aff-Sea (coded value) |
99-100 |
Dew Point (rounded); right justify zero fill |
101-102 |
Sea/Swell Direction (00-36, 49-96, 99) |
103 |
Sea/Swell Period (cod4- 0-9, |
104 |
Sea/Swell Height.(cod4- 0-9, |
105-106 |
Swell Direction (if second pattern observed); 00-36,49-96,99 |
107 |
Swell Period (coded, 0-9, /) |
108 |
Swell Height (coded, 0-9, /) |
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NOTE: a solidus "/" is usually keyed as a dash "-". |