Another plan which would increase the ~ta avai~ble for for~~’s without adding appreeiabu to the duties of the weather or the cO* mm ication personnel was to place radio-facsimilemachines aboard tbe ship SO that weather chsts could be transmitteddirectly from Fleet Weather Central@ peal -d ~. for t w The Eavy Aerology Section arranged facsimilemachinea, technicians,and supplies to be put aboard the Mt. McKinley and arranged a broadcast schedule especiallysuited to the needs of the Task Pore% One surface weather ckt and two upper air charts were broadcast from each Station daily. Messages from the local w~ther network were to be handled through normal communicant Ioa chamnels. Southern hemisphere data, not found consistentlyon the Guam radio-teletype broadcast was obtained by copying a CW broadcast from WWkl, ?Iji Islands, Guadalcanal,or Townsville,Amatrali& One problem cliff icult to overcome since the weather centor was to be abohrd the Flagship was the loss of personal cbntact with fly~ weather observers and reconnaissancecrews. Post Flight discussionsof weather encounteredare very helpful in the detailed amalysis techniques necessary to snch en operatio~ This difficultywas, In the main, over- come by the transmission of a verbal summary of the weather encountered during the tiily flights. by ~oice conferenceswith Kwa$Qeia, d by am e~ly morning voice contact with the aircraft fly @g over Eniwetok. The contact with the aircraft would insure immediate reports on all signlficant weather in the operationalarea; and if any unfavorableweather threatened operations, it muld be tracked amd reported as necessary. 9 Sl%c!mcnl xl