State Forester
Favors Radar To
Help Forecasters
SALEM Additional weather
radar facilities in Oregon are
strongly favored by the State
Forestry Department.
Based on its effective use in
the eastern part of the nation
for hurricane and tornado detec
tion, State Forester Dwight
Phipps believes radar equipment
would solve a big problem in
fire weather forecasting.
It takes observations to supply
the raw data that must be eval
uated before forecasts are made.
The more than can be made, the
greater are the chances for ac
curacy. As it is now, forecasters
have a blind spot and it is a big
one, consisting of a sizeable
scope of the Pacific Ocean.
Robert Kirkpatrick, who heads
the department's cooperative
fire weather office, says infor
mation from the offshore regions
is sketchy, being limited gen
erally to reports from ships at
sea.
Speculation Is Necessary
Because of this void in data
source, the forecaster often has
to speculate as to the presence
of a storm front. He has the
land-derived data but lacks suf
ficient information as to the con
d i t i o n s offshore, Kirkpatrick
points out.
As a consequence, thunder
storms from the Pacific have a
good chance to sneak in without
advance warning. Forecasters
are confronted with a similar
problem in the fall of the year
in predicting general storms.
Two strategically situated
weather radar stations would fill
this gap, Kirkpatrick say's. With
this powerful tool, meteorolo
gists are able to locate storms
250 miles away and determine
their intensity, movement and
path.
Phipps recognizes another po
tential value in the equipment.
While the primary purpose
would of to predict fire weather,
he foresees its usefulness in the
fall during slash burning when
accurate knowledge of weather
is of critical importance. With
the scope's ability to see a gen
eral storm that far off, fire dis
tricts would have about 10 hours
to adjust for particular burning
situations.
Hopeful About Plans
The department is hopeful that
proposed plans of the U. S.
W'eather Bureau to install weath-
er radar in Oregon will be ap
proved. Meteorologists say that Mary's
' Peak near Corvallis and Mt.
Ashland in Souther n Oregon
would be ideal for that purpose.
At present there is one small
weather radar in the state. It is
based at Astoria but is inade
quate due to its short range.
Actually all weather services
would reap the benefits from
, such facilities the Weather
Bureau, U. S. Forest Service and
public utilities included, accord
ing to Kirkpatrick.
Security at
Air Force Bases
Slated (or Check
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
House Armed Services Commit
tee will be asked to check the
security at all Air Force bases
following the Defense Depart
ment's admission that 61 planes
were sabotaged at an Arizona
base.
Rep. Leslie C. Arends; rank
ing GOP member of the com
mittee, termed the revelation
"shocking." He said Tuesday
that he planned to ask the com'
mittee to investigate all mili
tary security precautions.
He said the sabotage incident
revealed a laxity in our mili
tary security that was "in
comprehensible and inexcusa
ble." The Defense Department said
Tuesday that 61 T38 jet train
ing planes had the electrical
wires leading from the power
system to the Bears cut. The
wires run along the outside of
the plane. All of the pianos
were stationed at Williams Air
Force Base, Ariz.
The planes were grounded but
officials said the sabotage was
not considered dangerous. Un
der ordinary conditions, officials
said the damage would have
been discovered before the
planes were used in flight.
According to reports from
Williams, the sabotage was dis
covered by ground crews on a
routine check.
In a brief speech to the
House, Arends said the incident
would never have taken place
it tne proper security precau
tions were followed.
He said the sabotaging of a
single military plane at a U.S.
air base would be hard to un
derstand. "To have 61 planes
sabotaged is incomprehensible
and inexcusable, he said.
The FBI was called in to in
vestigate the incident, but as
yet there have been no arrests.
There has been sacculation
that the planes may have been
damaged by a disgruntled ci
vilian employe at the base or a
d'ssatisfied serviceman,
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1983
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