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 (01-12) |
17-20 |
Year (e.g. 1966) |
21-24 |
Barometer No. (left justify, blank fill) |
25-27 |
Barometer Correction (e.g. +00 or -15) decimal implied |
29-33 |
Date last checked (month, day, year, e.g. 022166) |
34 |
Sea Temperature Method (Bucket = 1; Intake -2, Not Indicated blank) |
35-37 |
Latitude (tenths of a degree; decimal implied) 000-900 only |
39 |
Quadrant of the globe (1,3,5 or 7) |
39-42 |
Longitude (tenths of a degree; decimal implied) 000-900 only 26-29 |
43-44 |
Day (01-31 only) |
45-46 |
Hour (OCT) 00-23 only |
47 |
Wind Indicator (0, 1, 3, or 4 only) |
48 |
Total cloud 0-9; / only |
49-50 |
Wind direction (00-36; 51-86; 99 only) |
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) |
59-62 |
Barometer (09000-108 only) decimal implied |
63-65 |
Air temperature (50 added to value, to indicate a negative) |
66-69 |
Wet bulb (first position reserved for negative sign, decimal implied) |
70 |
Low cloud amount (0-9; / only) |
71 |
Low cloud type (0-9; / only) |
72 |
Height of low cloud (0-9) only) |
73 |
Middle cloud type (0-9; / only) |
74 |
High cloud type (0-9; / only) |
75 |
Course of Ship (0-9 only) |
76 |
Speed of Ship (0-9 only) |
77 |
3 hour pressure tendency (a); 0-8 only |
78-79 |
Amount of change (pp); tenths of millibars, decimal implied |
80-81 |
Dew point (whole degrees) 50 added to value to indicate a negative |
82-94 |
Sea Temperature |
85 |
Tenths of air temperature |
86-87 |
Wind Waves Period (average seconds) |
88-89 |
Wind Waves Height (coded- in half meters) |
90-91 |
Swell Direction (00-36, 99) |
92 |
Swell Period (coded; 0-9, /) |
93-94 |
Swell Height (coded - in half meters) |
NOTE: a solidus "/ " is usually keyed as a dash "-" |