WS Form 1234 US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

IAW WMO DIRECTIVES NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

WEATHER REPORT FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSMISSION

No SHIPNAME DATE SENT (GMT) TIME SENT (GMT) STA CALLED FREQUENCY

ADDRESSES

U.S. Coast Guard: No address needed, start with ship’s call sign

INMARSAT: Select – Coast Earth Station (CES), routine priority, duplex Islex channel, and initiate call. When GA + is received, select 41+. Upon receipt
of answer back, NWS OBS MHTS, send the weather report starting with the ship’s call sign. End the report with five periods.

U.S. commercial and foreign radio stations: To: OBS METEO________________________________________________________________

(get address from “Radio Stations Accepting…..”) Start with ship’s call sign and combine the remaining numbers into 10-character groups.

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00FFf 1 Sn T T T 4PPPP 5appp 7 w w W 1 W2 8 Nh CL CM CH 2 2 2 DS VS

0 S n Tw Tw Tw 2 Pw Pw Hw Hw 3 dw1 dw1 dw2 dw2 4 Pw1 Pw1 Hw1 Hw1 5 Pw2 Pw2 Hw2 Hw2 6 Is Es Es Rs 8 s w Tb Tb Tb

PLAIN LANGUAGE TRANSMITTED BY

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No Government Administration, or company or person employed in the forwarding and delivery of this message shall be liable for any loss or damage arising from failure or to deliver the said message or
from any neglect, delay, error, or omission in the transmission thereof.

For training purposes only. Not for actual transmission. For use with 2010 edition “Observation Handbook”