Coast Guard Exams
Question 903Navigation General70% to pass

Your vessel is participating in the Voluntary Observing Ship Program, you are preparing WS Form B-80 as seen in illustration D041NG below. The dry bulb thermometer reads 34°F and the wet bulb thermometer reads 31°F. How would you encode the air temperature groups in the report?

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AI Explanation
The correct answer is D) 10011, 2104/. This is correct because: 1. With a dry bulb temperature of 34°F and a wet bulb temperature of 31°F, the air temperature group should be encoded as 10011, which represents a temperature range of 30-34°F. 2. The second group, 2104/, represents the wet bulb temperature of 31°F. 3. The other answer choices do not accurately represent the given temperatures.

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