NAVY DEPARTMENT
 
   
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
 
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WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
 
  SECRET                                                                                                   12 April 1944  
     
 
M E M O R A N D U M
 
     
  From:             OP-34-E.  
  To    :             OP-16-Z.  
     
  SUBJECT:     Meteorological Questions of Interest to Aerological Section.  
     
          1.           The following is a list of questions which are of interest to this section.  This information is submitted as a result of conversation between Mr. J. H. Alberti and Commander A. A. Cumberledge, USN, on 11 April 1944:  
     
                  a.  From what principal stations are meteorological broadcasts made?  
     
                  b.  How many times a day and at what times are these weather bulletins broadcast?  
     
                  c.  What information do the broadcasts contain, that is, are they weather reports, upper air data, weather forecasts, or analyzed weather maps, or do they contain all of these categories?  
     
                  d.  How is weather information enciphered?  
     
                  e.  What are the standard times of weather observations?  
 
 
 
                f.  What weather information is available from the Atlantic and North American area?
 
 
 
 
                g.  What success has been attained in breaking Allied weather reports?
 
 
 
 
                h.  How many weather maps are drawn each day?
 
 
 
 
                i.  How accurate are weather forecasts?
 
 
 
 
                j.  Are weather reconnaissance flights made by aircraft?
 
 
 
 
                k.  Are weather reports being received from the Irish, or from German sources in Ireland?
 
 
 
 
                l.  Do all submarines make weather reports?
 
 
 
 
                m.  What meteorological instruments are carried by submarines?
 
 
 
 
                n.  How is barometer on a submarine housed during submersion?
 
 
 
 
                o.  What use do submarines make of bad weather areas?
 
     
                  p.  What is the status of long range weather forecasting?  
     
 
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                  q.  For what periods of time are long range weather forecasts made?  
     
                  r.  What has been the success in long range forecasting?  
     
                  s.  To what military units are meteorological officers attached?  
     
                  t.  What considerations are given to the effects of weather in planning military operations?  
     
                  u.  Are meteorological officers trained in chemical warfare?  
     
                  v.  In addition to the above, if it has not already been determined, the Aerological Section is interested in the meteorological  organization as a whole, that is,  
     
 
(i)
   How many officers and men have been trained in this specialty?
   
(ii)
   How they are selected and educated?
   
(iii)
   How they are assigned to duty?
   
(iv)
   An outline of the typical routine in a meteorological office, together with a brief description of standard types of meteorological instruments.
 
     
     
                                                                                        
                                                                        H.T. Orville  
Commander, USN