Annex J to JTF SEVEN OuerationPlan 1-58 MEfEOROILEY This officewill be fully operationalby first shot minus 15 days. The USS BOXER forecastingoffice requirementsare: (1) Plot, display and interpretweather informationas provided by the JTF SEVEN Weather Central. (2) Provideoperationalforecastsand such other weather services as requiredin supportof water-borneoperationsfromENIWETOK and BIKINI Atolls. b. Provide,man, train, administer,logisticallysupportand retain operationalcontrolof other CTG 7.3 Weather Units Afloat. The requirementsof these units are: (1) Comply with existingweatherdirectiveswhen operatingoutside a 50-mileradius of the U33 BOXER. (2) Make specialweather observationsas directedby CJTF SEVIN. (3) Transmitthe observeddata to the JTFSEVEN Weather Central. (4) Be fu~yoperationti by first shot minus 15 days. c. Provideship-bornefacilitiesfor takingminimum of eight surface, four RAWIN and one radiosondeobservationdaily at BIKINI and having the capabilityof increasingto one RA?iINeverytwo hours and one radiosondeevery six hours immediatelyprecedingBIKINI shot times. d. Provide,man, train, achninister$ logisticallysurmortand retain operationalcontrol of the DestroyerWeatherElement. Destroyers will make eight surfaceobservationsdaily at sea and specialwinds aloft observationswhen directedyemployingthe followingsystems: (1) High altitudeobservationsto 150,000 feet, employingthe shipboard-launched Winds Aloft SoundingProjectile(WASP). (2) Medium altitudeobservationsto 35,000 feet, employingthe 5“/38 window-ejectingprojectile. (3) StandardRAWIN soundings,using helium-filledballoonscarrying reflectortargets. e. Provide specialweather observationsfrom the SecurityPatrol Aircraftin conjunctionwith their primarymission. f. Arrang~with Naval Station,KWAJA151~for: (1) Operationalforecastsand such other weather servicesas requiredin supportof securitypatrol air operationsfor Kh’AJALEINm (2) Increaseof weather observationsto eight surfaceand four rawinsondeobservationsdaily beginningon first shot minus 15 days. Transmitthe observeddata to JTF SEVEN Weather Central. J-2