Your vessel is participating in the Voluntary Observing Ship Program, at 1200 ZT on 31 July, your position is LAT 24°33'N, LONG 173°05'W. You are preparing WS Form B-80 as seen in illustration D041NG below. How should you encode the first three groups after the call sign if you estimate the wind?

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Option D: 01003, 99245, 71731. Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) weather reporting format specifies encoding the date, time, latitude, and longitude groups matching the exact parameters given in WS Form B-80 instructions.