Fig.
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Land Stations,--Continued.
Group 2 1st
2nd
Direction of wind--Table III
3rd
Force of wind-Table V
4th
Present weather-Table VI
5th
Group 3 1st Barometer in millibars or inches-Table VIII
2nd
Visibility-Table XII
3rd
4th
5th
Temperature, whole degrees Fahrenheit.
Ship Stations.
Fig.
Group 1 1st
Day of the week-Table I
2nd
Octant of the Globe (unnecessary-use letter X)
3rd
4th
Latitude in degrees and tenths
5th
Group 2 1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Longitude in degrees and tenths-omit initial 1 if long. is 100° or
more.
G. M. T.--prefixing 0 if below 10 hours.
Group 3 As Group 2 for Land Stations.
Group 4 As Group 3 for Land Stations.
"X" is to be used in place of the appropriate figure when the information is not available.
Example.
Land Station. 810XX
Ship Station.
16302
05885
Hong Kong. Wind south, force 3. Cloudy. Bar. 29.68 inches. Visibility very good. Temp. 85° F.
3X185
14506 18550
20X45 mc.
Tuesday. Lat. 18.5° N. Long. 114,5° E. 2200 G.M.T. Wind E. force 5. Drizzle. Bar. 30.12 inches. Temp. 45° F. Mercurial corrected.