| Key | .QLLL | lllGG | DIFww | PPVTT | .CCCN | TdKDkWNh | ..a.. |
| (a) | 00430 | 17016 | 28200 | 187.. | .0000 | 04700 | 003.. |
| (b) | ...90 | 25003 | 20802 | 966(15 | 9)7705 | 07500 | 003.. |
| (c) | 00520 | 31003 | 20823 | 98603 | 16708 | 07500 | 003.. |
Q=Quadrant of Globe. LLLlll = Lat. and Long. GG = Time of observation to nearest hour. DLF = Wind direction and force. W W = Present weather. PPVTT = Pressure, Visibility and Temperature. CCCN = Amount and type of cloud. Td = Temperature difference between sea and air, KDk = Direction and type of swell. W = Past weather. a = Characteristic of pressure change in past 3 hours.
(3) W W messages as intercepted (i.e. encyphered)
| Key | I123 | 4567 | 89SS | Position estimated from D.F. | |
| (A) | 15.48. | WPES | TSJZ | UKTZ | 42 x 18 |
| (B) | 02.51. | FLRS | INJQ | FORV | - |
| (C) | 03.17 | WNKB | ERSS | RSON | 49 x 24 |
I = Indicator letter. 1, 2 = Lat. and Long. in degrees.
3 = Pressure change. 4, 3, 8 = Pressure, Temperature and Visibility.
6 = Wind direction and strength. 7 = Present weather and clouds.
9 = Direction and type of swell. 10, 11 = Signature.
(4) Cribs supplied by Archery converting from Met. international code into Wetterkurzsignalbuch code and re-arranging in the proper order
(a) SZ. Q.HA EP
(b) YRJ BWNL PV
(c) BL. AWN. .V
(5) Tieing up: we have to pair (a), (b) and (c) with (A), (B) and (C). (a) and (A) clearly go together. (a) has position 43.0 x 17.0 and time 16.00 and (A) has estimated position 42 x 18 and time 15.48. (B) and (b) cannot go together as this would give the R in YRJ encyphering as the R in LRS which is impossible (a "crash"). Also the estimated position 49 x 24 for (C) goes well with position in (b) which is ?9.0 x 25.0, so that the tie-up is (B) with (c) and (C) with (b).
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