29 January 1998 Warning Summary Format Description 1. Explanation of first line in summary, Symbolic example of first line of summary, with column numbers 111111111122222222223333333333444444 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345............ YYYYMMDDHH IDB NAME WNRA NC DEG KT METH ---- ACC 1234567890 Explanation of symbols, left to right YYYYMMDDHH - DATE-TIME GROUP of initial position ##B - CYCLONE IDENTIFICATION number and basin of origin NAME - NAME or "NONAME" of tropical cyclone WNRA - WARNING NUMBER, three digits and a character, this character may be a blank NC - NUMBER OF TROPICAL CYCLONES in current basin DEG - TRACK OF CYCLONE last six hours, degrees KT - SPEED OF CYCLONE last six hours, kts METH - METHODS OF LOCATION, four characters for each method, may specify a maximum of four AIRC - aircraft OTHR - other RADR - radar SATL - satellite SYNP - synoptic data XTRP - extrapolation ---- - second method specified ACC - ACCURACY of initial position, nautical miles 2. Explanation of position line of summary Symbolic example of position line of summary, with column numbers 111111111122222222223333333333444444 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345............ THHH LATN LONGE MXW RSPD NMI DD --- Explanation of symbols, left to right THHH - TAU of position, hours, with T for flag LATN - LATITUDE and N (or S) for hemisphere, degrees and tenths LONGE - LONGITUDE and E (or W) for hemidphere, degrees and tenths MXW - MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED, kts RSPD - R is a flag for radius and SPD is wind speed, kts NMI - RADIUS IN NM of SPD winds DD - DESCRITION of radius, two characters (Optional) NN, NE, EE, SE, SS, SW, WW, NW - direction QD - quadrant SC - semicircle EW - elsewhere OW - over water OL - over land --- - there may be several NMI DD sets after each RSPD, and there may be several RSPD NMI DD sets for each tau 3. Explanation of amplification lines in summary Symbolic example of first line of amplification, with column numbers 111111111122222222223333333333444444 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345............ AMP ZZHR < COMMENTS FOR TAU ZZZ > Explanation of symbols, left to right AMP - START OF AMPLIFICATION SECTION, on first line only ZZZHR - ZZZ is the TAU of amplification in the message (these come from within the message not from the remarks section of the message Symbolic example of subsequent lines of amplification, with column numbers 111111111122222222223333333333444444 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345............ ZZHR < COMMENTS FOR TAU ZZZ > Explanation of symbols, left to right ZZZHR - ZZZ is the TAU of amplification in the message (these come from within the message not from the remarks section of the message