Typhoons Ruth and Susan both went through western Japan at this time, one after the other, which would have blocked any planes flying from Okinawa, Ie Shima, or Iwo Jima to Honshu. That probably set everyone back a few days, which would explain, among other things, why the surrender signing was on 9/2 rather than 8/31.
Incidentally, it will happen after HJS ends his course, but 30 planes flying 900 liberated POWs from Manila to Okinawa were downed by Typhoon Ursula, some time around 9/10; I don't know any more about the incident.
Would it be safe to assume that the formal surrender on the Missouri got pushed back to the second of Sept. because of the weather?
The radio transmissions from the Japanese to MacArthur seem reasonable enough, dealing with the realities of the practicalities of fulfilling their end of things.
That's stunning! We seldom hear anymore about planes being downed by typhoons, etc. I presume it's because weather forecasting has improved greatly since then, especially with satellite imagery.