AEROGRAPHER»S MATE 3 & 2 



Table 11-3.— Navy radioactive fallout code and description 



CODE GROUP 



DESCRIPTION 



FALLOUT WARNING 

 PRE-BURST PREDICTION 



Specifies that a radiological fallout warning follows. 



FALLOUT WARNING Atlantic/Pacific QL a L.L L YYGG/YYYYY 

 Tddss DDDDD a ° 



Specifies that a radiological fallout prediction follows. 



PRE-BURST PREDICTION Atlantic/Pacific QL a L a L L YYGGv 

 T L ddss DDDD T H ddss DDDDD 



ATLANTIC/ PACIFIC 



Ocean area covered. Only one 



of these groups is used. 



Q 



Octant of globe. Code 





 1 

 2 

 3 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 



Lat/Lono^ 

 0°-90°W 

 90°W-180 

 180°-90°E 

 90°E-0° 

 0° -90° W 

 90°W-180° 

 180° -90°E 

 90°E-0° 



Hemisphere 

 North 

 North 

 North 

 North 

 South 

 South 

 South 

 South 



L a L a 



Latitude in whole degrees 



L L 



Longitude in whole degrees (hundreds digit 

 longitudes 100°- 180°) 



is omitted for 



YY 



Day of the month (GMT) 







a. 01 means the first day of the month, 02 means the 

 second day of the month, etc. 



b. The day is defined with reference to Greenwich mean 

 time and not local time. 



GG 



Time of burst or time of beginning of period of prediction 

 in whole hours GMT. 



Gv 



Period of time covered by the forecast 



Code Prediction Valid For 



1 



3 HRS 





2 



6 HRS 





3 



9 HRS 



. 



4 



12 HRS 





5 



18 HRS 





6 



24 HRS 





7 



48 HRS 





8 



72 HRS 





224 



