Your vessel is participating in the Voluntary Observing Ship Program, you are preparing WS Form B-80 as seen in illustration D041NG below. Your position is LAT 64°42'N, LONG 02°28'W. How would this be encoded?

Question

Your vessel is participating in the Voluntary Observing Ship Program, you are preparing WS Form B-80 as seen in illustration D041NG below. Your position is LAT 64&deg;42'N, LONG 02&deg;28'W. How would this be encoded?

Accepted Answer

Option D: 99647, 70025. Voluntary Observing Ship weather message encoding rules require quadrants and position groups to be formatted with specific directional indicators and tens/units digits. Latitude 64°42'N and Longitude 02°28'W are formatted into standard WMO groups using quadrant specifier 7.

Your vessel is participating in the Voluntary Observing Ship Program, you are preparing WS Form B-80 as seen in illustration D041NG below. Your position is LAT 64&deg;42'N, LONG 02&deg;28'W. How would this be encoded?

Your vessel is participating in the Voluntary Observing Ship Program, you are preparing WS Form B-80 as seen in illustration D041NG below. Your position is LAT 64°42'N, LONG 02°28'W. How would this be encoded?