Nimitz submitted a letter to Washington recommending the Navy to improve its weather service, which was promptly started. The Pacific Fleet established new weather stations in the Caroline Islands and, as they were secured, Manila, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. In addition, new weather central offices ...
ww2dbaseOn 3 Jun 1945, amphibious command ship USS Ancon departed Okinawa bound for Leyte in the Philippines. Halsey instructed Ancon to provide weather reports directly back to the fleet as she transited south. Late in the day on 4 Jun 1945, Ancon's radar captured a clear image of a wel...
Japan and is moving northeastward at 8 knots. Jongdari has a small area of deep and persistent convection located directly above the low level circulation center. Jongdari is has an intensity of 55 knots at present but is poised to move to typhoon status by the next update which ...
BBC News video: lifts car into air in Okinawa (link) Check out these videos on youtube (link) === NW Pacific: Storm Alert issued at 30 Sep, 2012 12:00 GMT Tropical Storm JELAWAT (18W) currently located near 35.3 N 138.2 E is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s)...
Maximum sustained winds are at 103 mph (165 kph), as of the 5 p.m. ET Wednesday (5 a.m. Hong Kong time) update from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The storm is about 190 miles (305 kilometers) away from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa and is bringing rain and tropical storm cond...