GOERGIA apparently devcloped as a cyclonic eddy on the left side of this deep current and was first reported westnorthwest of PONAPE on 18 March 1951 by an aircraft on a routine weather reconnaissance mission duty from GUAM, From the arca near PONAPE, GEORGIA moved almost due east, gradually increasing in intensity and passing about 30 miles south of KWAJALEIN during the evening of 20 March 1951, disrupting all operations in that arca because of extremely heavy rainse (2) | in-flight rcconnaissance reports established definitely that GEORGIA changed from a tropical disturbance to n typhoon some time between midnight of 20 March 1951, and the afternoon of 21 March 1951. By 2000 hours on 21 Narch 1951, evidence of stagnation and curvature to the north was apparent, and at the 12002 Somnmanders! weather briefing, 22 March 1951, the potential threat to the ENTWSTOK AREA offered by complete re-curvature was pointed out, At this time a special weather watch was established in headquartors, and arrangements for rapid communications with the Weather Central on ENIWETOK were completed. The last report on GEORGIA which can be accopted as & valid typhoon report was made 0630Z, 23 March 1951. Ab that time GEORGIA was in the vicinity of 11° north and 171° east, approx imately 450 miles cast of ENIWETOK ATOLL, After analysis of the evening reconnaissance Summary that day, definite advice was issued from Headquarters, Joint Task Force THREE that GEORGIA was weakening. The next scheduled reconnaissance flight aborted and there were no useful reports available for almost 14 hours. In an effort to am- plify information, Commander, Task Group 3.3 was requested to send out anti-submarine planes from KWAdJALEIN in an offort to make a positive or negative report on the existence of an "BYE", All reports were negative, (4) At 01352, 2h March 1951, a center of moderate low pressure was located by reconnaissance aireraft 240 miles eastsouthcast of ENIWETOK and it was definitely established that GEORGIA was no longer a typhoon, Special weather watches were sceurcd in the early evening of 2 March 1951, 1 om a ; oes Sef TTTTe OP fa g4dua TP bas * <upe ety & YE . qa “LL snl pyrene UST Gl += beh go