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Wind Information Message

Permitted as from: 
09/03/2002
Registrant: 
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Physical link: 
AIS
Message number (0=VDES-VDE): 
6
DAC or VPFI: 
316
FI / Message ID: 
1
Sub: 
2
Technical point of contact: 

U.S. Department of Transportation 
John A. Volpe 
Transportation Systems Center
55 Broadway 
Cambridge, MA 02142

State: 
in force
Number of slots (max): 
5
Last modified: 
29/01/2021 - 23:18
Reporting Rate: 

Each individual Seaway message has an assigned update interval established by the Seaway Traffic Management System (TMS). However, the AIS network may elect to retransmit any messages, system resources permitting, at more frequent intervals.

Used by: 
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Area link: 
St. Lawrence River sector
Welland Canal sector
Details: 

 

 Parameter    Number of bits    Description  
Designated Area
Code		 10 The Designated Area Code will be 366 for the United States or 316 for
Canada depending on the location of transmitter.
Refer to Section 1.1 for description

Function Identifier

 6 FI=1
 Reserved   2   
 Message ID   6  Message Identifier = 2 (00 0010 in binary)  
 Binary Data    Max 864    From 1 up to 6 wind information reports, each structured as defined in next table.
 Total Number of bits    Max 888    = 24 + N*144     
       N Total Bits    (Slots Required)  
       1 168 bits    (2 slots)  
       2 312 bits    (2 slots)  
       3 456 bits    (3 slots)  
       4 600 bits    (4 slots)  
       5 744 bits    (4 slots)  
       6 888 bits    (5 slots)  

Wind Information Report

 Parameter    Number of bits    Description  
 Timetag   20  Month, Day and Time of measurement, See UTC Time
 Station ID   42  Seven 6-bit ASCII character ID  
 Longitude   25  Longitude in 1/1000 minute (±180 degrees, East = positive, West = negative. 181 degrees = not available)  
 Latitude   24  Latitude in 1/1000 minute (±90 degrees, North = positive, South = negative. 91 degrees = not available)  
 Wind Speed   10  Average Wind Speed in 1/10th Knot (0-102,2 knots, 1022 = 102,2 kts or greater, 1023 = not available)  
 Wind Gust   10  Wind Gust in 1/10th Knot (0-102,2 knots, 1022 = 102,2 kts or greater, 1023 = not available)  
 Wind Direction   9 Quantized to 16 compass points (Seaway only); 

Direction, 0-359 degrees, 511 = not available. For Saint Lawrence Seaway, refer to table below for descriptions of quantized values.

 

See Wind Direction Quantization  
 Reserved   4  Reserved for future use  
 Total Number of bits   144   

UTC Time

 Parameter    Number of bits    Description  
 Month   4  Month of year (01- 12 Month);  0 = not available;  13-15 not used  
 Day   5  Day of month (01 - 31 Days);  0 = not available  
 Hours   5  UTC Hours (0-23);  24 = not available; 25-31 not used  
 Minutes   6  UTC Minutes (0-59); 60 = not available; 61-63 not used  
 Total number of  bits 20   

 

Wind Direction Quantization

 Direction Value    Description  
0  N  
23  NNE  
45  NE  
68  ENE  
90  E  
113  ESE  
135  SE  
158  SSE  
180  S  
203  SSW  
225  SW  
248  WSW  
270  W  
293  WNW  
315  NW  
338  NNW