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English: Special version of the 5-bit Baudot code formerly used to send weather information on teleprinter circuits. The arrows on the A, D, F, G, H, J, K and L keys represented wind direction, and were accessed by pressing the FIGS key, then the corresponding letter key, as follows:
The arrow may be thought of as the arrow on a weather vane that turns to point into the wind. Intermediate wind directions were represented by pressing the FIGS key, then two letter keys in succession. For example, north-northwest wind would be typed as FIGS A D. Once the teleprinter received a FIGS code, it would stay in that mode until changed by a LTRS code, and vice versa. In addition, there were four symbols to represent cloud cover, as follows:
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Author | United States Department of Commerce — Weather Bureau |
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