, ? The rn~or ships of the Task Force, the Mt. McKinley~ the CurtifJs~ the Albemarle, and the Bairoko, were each eWiPPed with comPlete ae~~ Logictiloffices. The U. S. Navy agreed to furnish these ships with men ad supplies for a complete surfaoe obsemational service, including helium sufficientfor four rawins (radar wind soud~) sondes per ~. e@ two radio- Upon arrival in the test area, it was decided that with the ships ceatrall.ylocated, four (4) rauins and two (2) radiosondea daily from eaoh ship wu unnecessary amd a rotation of soundings was establishedwhereby four (4) rawins and four (4) radlosondeswere to be received from the shipboardunits. IB addition, the Mt. WKinley was furnished with we.ther faoilitiea and personnel so that it could function as a floating weather center for the collectioxt ad analytaieof dat~ Observationsfrom the Albemarle, Curtiss and Bairoko guaranteed complete and conttiuousweather data in the test area, where it would be most needed in theevent Eniwetok was evaouated. The weather reconuaiseancenetwork was consideredone of the most imPortat ~te of the weather ●ervice networ% It was realised that the accurate forecaatamade during Operation CKOSSRO~ would not have been poesible without the dense network of reporte made by aircraft. It was further appreciated that weather reconnaissanceunite would be vital in the tracking of invieibleatomic clouds. In this connection, the weather reconnalasanceunit performed an all Importantauxillary mieeion for the long range detectionprogram which will not be commented on in thie report. It was realized that four (4) airplanes might be required to fly eimultezb eous missione over different traoks for weather coverage during the oritical 5 SETIOH XII