Operations Plan, the goal of which is to improve the accuracy and timeliness of severe winter season storm forecasting and warning services provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Air Force, and the Navy, coordinates Federal efforts to provide enhanced weather observations of extreme winter season storms that impact the United States and calls for atmospheric river reconnaissance to be conducted annually off the West Coast of the United States. (8) The National Winter Season Operations Plan coordinates requirements for winter season reconnaissance observations provided by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve Command and the Aircraft Operations Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (9) The 2021 report of the Science Advisory Board of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration entitled, Priorities for Weather Research recommended that the Federal Government, Leverage and expand atmospheric river (AR) observations to improve flood and drought prediction and to enable forecast-informed reservoir operations. Water and emergency managers often cope with too much or too little water and require better information on storms that produce extreme precipitation. However, precipitation prediction skill has not improved substantially in the last 20 years. The multi-agency, OSTP-led Earth System Prediction Roadmap (2020) identified expanded research, observations and communication needed to better anticipate and mitigate water cycle extremes and their cascading impacts, including atmospheric river type storms. . (b) Conduct of reconnaissance (1) In general Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve Command and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall provide aircraft, personnel, and equipment necessary to meet the mission requirements for winter season atmospheric river reconnaissance on the West Coast of the United States annually from November 1