Fig.
Group 1 1st
153
Land Stations.
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Index number of station or designating letters as per list.
Barometric tendency-Table IX
Past weather-- Table VII
Group 2 1st Direction of wind-Table III
2nd
3rd
Force of wind-Table V
4th
Present weather-Table VI
5th
Group 3 1st
2nd
Barometer in millibars or inches-Table VIII
3rd
Visibility-Table XII
4th
5th
Temperature, whole degrees Fahrenheit.
Ship Stations.
Fig.
Group 1 1st
Day of the week-Table I
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
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Group 2 1st
2nd
Octant of the Globe (unnecessary-use letter X)
Latitude in degrees and tenths
Longitude in degrees and tenths-omit initial 1 if long. is 100°
more.
3rd
4th
5th
{ Ģ. M. T.---prefixing 0 if below 10 hours.
G.
or
Group 3 As Group 2 for Land Stations.
Group 4 As Group 3 for Land Stations.
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"X" is to be used in place of the appropriate figure when the information is not available.
Example.
Land Station.
Ship Station.
810XX 16302
05885
Hong Kong. Wind south, force 3. Cloudy. Bar. 29.68 inches. Visibility very good.
3X185
Temp. 85° F.
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.