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