{2. Specifications} 1) B10 10-degree box Monterey : input = Longitude, Latitude (a): Convert Longitude and Latitude to B10 by the uniform convention. 2) YR year Monterey : input = Year (pos.1-2) (a): Change the input from BCD. (b): Add 1900 to the input. COMMENT : If the input field contains all blanks, illegal characters, or is out of range, then the entire input report is written to the reject file; otherwise the LMR.6 output always contains a valid field. 3) MO month Monterey : input = Month (pos.3-4) (a): Change the input from BCD. COMMENT : If the input field contains all blanks, illegal characters, or is out of range, then the entire input report is written to the reject file; otherwise the LMR.6 output always contains a valid field. 4) DY day Monterey : input = Day (word 4, bits 6-11) [Note: Not enough bits for a missing value.] 5) HR hour Monterey : input = Hour (word 4, bits 0-5) (a): Change the input from ones to hundredths. 6) TI time indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field (a): If the input of Hour (above field) is not missing, set TI = 0 (nearest whole hour). 7) LON longitude Monterey : input = Longitude (word 1, bits 36-47) (a): Convert west (-0 to -180) and east (0 to 180) Longitude to LON. (b): Change the input from tenths to hundredths. COMMENT : If the input field contains all blanks, illegal characters, or is out of range, then the entire input report is written to the reject file; otherwise the LMR.6 output always contains a valid field. 8) LAT latitude Monterey : input = Latitude (word 1, bits 48-58) (a): Change the input from tenths to hundredths. COMMENT : If the input field contains all blanks, illegal characters, or is out of range, then the entire input report is written to the reject file; otherwise the LMR.6 output always contains a valid field. 9) LI lat/lon indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field (a): Set LI = 0 (degrees and tenths). 10) DCK deck Monterey : input = no corresponding field (a): Set DCK = 555 (Monterey Telecommunications). 11) SID source ID Monterey : input = no corresponding field (a): Set SID = 82 (US Navy FNMOC Monterey Telecom: NCAR: Surface Ship (SPOT) format). Set SID = 83 (US Navy FNMOC Monterey Telecom: NCDC: Surface Ship (SPOT) format (TD-9769)). 12) PT platform type Monterey : input = no corresponding field 13) QI quality indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field 14) DS dup status Monterey : input = no corresponding field 15) DC dup check Monterey : input = no corresponding field 16) TC track check Monterey : input = no corresponding field 17) PB pressure bias Monterey : input = no corresponding field 18) DI wind direction indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field (a): If the input of wind direction (next field) is not missing, set DI = 0 (36-point compass). 19) D wind direction Monterey : input = DD (word 2, bits 48-54) (a): Change the input from tens to ones. (b): If the input equals 0, set D = 361 (calm). If the input equals 990, set D = 362 (variable). 20) WI wind speed indicator Monterey : input = Iw (word 5, bits 7-7) [Note: Not enough bits for a missing value.] (a): Map the input to WI as follows. input WI 0 2 = estimated (units unknown) 1 7 = measured (units unknown) 21) W wind speed Monterey : input = FF (word 2, bits 40-47) (a): Convert the input from knots to m/s [2]. 22) VI visibility indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field 23) VV visibility Monterey : input = VV (word 2, bits 32-39) 24) WW present weather Monterey : input = WW (word 2, bits 24-31) 25) W1 past weather Monterey : input = W (word 2, bits 19-23) 26) W2 second past weather Monterey : input = no corresponding field 27) SLP sea level pressure Monterey : input = PPP (word 2, bits 0-11) (a): Change the input from tenths less hundreds and thousands by adding 1000 to the input if it is less than 50 or by adding 900 to the input if it is greater than or equal to 50. 28) T1 temperature indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field (a): Set T1 = 3 (whole degrees C or tenths (mixed precision among temperature fields)). 29) AT air temperature Monterey : input = TT (word 3, bits 52-59) (a): Change the input from ones to tenths. 30) WBT wet bulb temperature Monterey : input = no corresponding field 31) DPT dew point temperature Monterey : input = TdTd (word 3, bits 19-26) (a): Change the input from ones to tenths. 32) SST sea surface temperature Monterey : input = TwTwTw (word 4, bits 49-59) 33) SI sea surface temperature method indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field 34) N total cloud amount Monterey : input = N (word 2, bits 55-59) 35) NH lower cloud amount Monterey : input = Nh (word 3, bits 47-51) 36) CL low cloud type Monterey : input = Cl (word 3, bits 42-46) 37) HI cloud height indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field 38) H cloud height Monterey : input = h (word 3, bits 37-41) 39) CM middle cloud type Monterey : input = Cm (word 3, bits 32-36) 40) CH high cloud type Monterey : input = Ch (word 3, bits 27-31) 41) WD wave direction Monterey : input = no corresponding field 42) WP wave period Monterey : input = Pw (word 4, bits 41-48) 43) WH wave height Monterey : input = Hw (word 4, bits 33-40) (a): Convert the input from half meters to meters. [3] 44) SD swell direction Monterey : input = Dsw (word 4, bits 13-19) (a): If the input equals 99, change SD = 38. 45) SP swell period Monterey : input = Psw (word 4, bits 28-32) (a): Map Psw to SP as follows: Prior to 1968 Psw SP 2 5 = 5 seconds or less 3 7 = 6-7 seconds 4 9 = 8-9 seconds 5 11 = 10-11 seconds 6 13 = 12-13 seconds 7 15 = 14-15 seconds 8 17 = 16-17 seconds 9 19 = 18-19 seconds 0 21 = 20-21 seconds 1 22 = over 21 seconds Beginning in 1968 Psw SP 0 10 = 10 seconds 1 11 = 11 seconds 2 12 = 12 seconds 3 13 = 13 seconds 4 14 = 14 seconds or more 5 5 = 5 seconds or less 6 6 = 6 seconds 7 7 = 7 seconds 8 8 = 8 seconds 9 9 = 9 seconds 46) SH swell height Monterey : input = Hsw (word 4, bits 20-27) (a): Convert the input from half meters to meters. [3] 47) C1 country code Monterey : input = no corresponding field 48) C2 second country code Monterey : input = no corresponding field 49) SC ship course Monterey : input = Ds (word 2, bits 12-16) 50) SS ship speed Monterey : input = Vs (word 3, bits 0-4) 51) A barometric tendency Monterey : input = APP (word 3, bits 7-18) (a): Convert the input to the integer of the input divided by 10. 52) PPP amount of SLP change Monterey : input = APP (word 3, bits 7-18) (a): Convert the input to the remainder of the input divided by 10. 53) IS ice accretion Monterey : input = no corresponding field 54) ES ice thickness Monterey : input = no corresponding field 55) RS ice accretion rate Monterey : input = no corresponding field 56) II ID indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field 57-64) ID(8) ID/call sign Monterey : input = Ship Name or Call Sign (word 1, bits 0-35) (a): Change the input from BCD. (b): Change leading colons to missing. 65) OS observation source Monterey : input = no corresponding field 66) OP observation platform Monterey : input = no corresponding field 67) T2 second temperature indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field 68) IX station/weather indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field 69) WX wave period indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field 70) SX swell period indicator Monterey : input = no corresponding field (a): If the input of SP is not missing, set SX = 1. 71) IRD IMM receipt date Monterey : input = no corresponding field 72) A6 allowance 6 flag Monterey : input = no corresponding field {3. Contents of supplemental attachment (Attm4)} Monterey : input = (word 1, bits 59-59), (word 2, bits 17-18), (word 3, bits 5-6), (word 4, bits 12-12), (word 5, bits 0-6), (word 5, bits 8-59) The 65 bits are left justified in 9 bytes. {4. Notes} [1] Indicators The inputs of following fields in section 2 were modified to make them consistent with the inputs of related fields, as follows: 6) time indicator (TI) If the input of hour (HR) is missing but time indicator (TI) is not missing, change the input of time indicator (TI) to missing. 18) wind direction indicator (DI) If the input of wind direction (D) is missing but wind direction indicator (DI) is not missing, change the input of wind direction indicator (DI) to missing. 20) wind speed indicator (WI) If the input of wind speed (W) is missing but wind speed indicator (WI) is not missing, change the input of wind speed indicator (WI) to missing. 22) visibility indicator (VI) If the input of visibility (VV) is missing but visibility indicator (VI) is not missing, change the input of visibility indicator (VI) to missing. 28) temperature indicator (T1) If the inputs of all of the temperature fields (air temp. (AT), wet bulb temp. (WBT), dew point temp. (DPT), sea surface temp. (SST)) are either missing or have no corresponding field, but the temperature indicator (T1) is not missing, change the input of temperature indicator (T1) to missing. 33) sea surface temperature method indicator (SI) If the input of sea surface temp. (SST) is missing but sea surface temperature method indicator (SI) is not missing, change the input of sea surface temperature method indicator (SI) to missing. 37) cloud height indicator (HI) If the input of cloud height (H) is missing but cloud height indicator (HI) is not missing, change the input of cloud height indicator (HI) to missing. [2] Wind speeds in knots were converted to m/s by multiplying by 0.51444444444444444444. [3] Heights in half meters were converted to meters by dividing by 2.