Weather Plan
CJTF SEVEN No. 3-53
make ard transmit weather reconnaissance observations every half

hour during their patrols, using special code (See Appendix III).
Instructions of General Application

a.

Warning and advisories for typhoons or other storms will] be as-

signed "EMERGENCY" (C) precedence.

b. For purposes of standardization, typhoon readiness conditions
are defined in the Pacific Ocean Area as follows:

SONDITION III. Winds of fifty (50) knots or more are anticipatec “ithan forty-eight (48) hours.
CONDITION II.

Winds of fifty (50) knots or more are anticipated

within twenty-four (24) hours.

CONDITION I. Winds of fifty (50) knots or more are anticipated
withiz. twelve (12) hours.
c. Relay «f Weather Reports. Responsibility for prompt delivery
of all weather reports from outlying stations and weather reconnaissar ¢ arreraft to AACS at ENIWETOK for transmission on the Pacific
Ocean Area weather broadcast network has been assigned to the Commander, Task Force Weather Central by CJTF SEVEN.

Weat..er Communications Available to the Joint Task Force
a. Radio Facsimile, Standard receiving equipment in the weather
central, both on ENIWETOK and afloat, with 24 hour intercept of the

TOKYO broadcast circuit 63D1.

b. Radioteletype Broadcast. Full time intercept of the GUAM blind
weather broadcast (Circuit 631F1) in the weather central, both
ashore and afloat.
c. Air-Ground. ENIWETOK air~ground station will provide CW and
Voice channels at specified times for the collection of reconnaissance data from WB-29 and P2V aircraft.
ad. CW. A CW net will be established between ENIWETOK and outlying
stations for the collection of surface and upper air observations
and weather island administration.
e.

Radioteletype Point-to-Point Circuits

(1) Time will be authorized on installed point-to-point circuits

to exchange a minimum selection of meteorological data.

(2) Existing point-to-point circuits will be utilized to relay

certain weather data collected at CLARK AFB and HICKAM AFB which are

not available on Circuit 631F1.

General. Times, frequencies and contents of the Pacific Ocean Area
weather broadcasts are available in current Navy and Air Force pub-

lications.

P. W. CLARKSON
Major General, U.S. Army
Mel,

Commander

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