1. Where is the North Pacific? You learn that the North Pacific is not just the area near the North Pole, but, in fact, the entire Pacific Ocean north of the equator. The President Jackson will be in the North Pacific during its entire voyage.
2. What kind of weather does the North Pacific get? You learn that storms can spring up any time in the ocean, but that the major kind of storm in the Pacific is a tropical cyclone: an ocean storm with circular winds that originates near the equator. A cyclone is called a hurricane east of the International Date Line and a typhoon west of the Date Line. The typhoon season typically ends in November, but you learn that typhoons can occur at any time.
3. Who tracks ocean weather and what kind of information do they provide? You learn that a number of organizations around the world track the weather and ocean storms for ships at sea. Ships can receive special radio transmissions about the weather from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Prediction Center. NOAA uses satellites as well as land and water tracking stations around the world to collect detailed weather information. (The Marine Prediction Center and U.S. National Weather Service work with organizations in many countries as part of the World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations agency that monitors world weather conditions.)

   In addition, you learn that there are three organizations that provide specialized information about tropical cyclones: The National Hurricane Center provides information about hurricanes east of the 140th longitude west; the Central Pacific Hurricane Center provides information about hurricanes west of the 140th longitude west and east of the International Date Line, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center provides information about typhoons west of the International Date Line.

You’ve learned a lot in just a few hours. But now you need to summarize what you’ve learned for Captain Moore.