TT GON @ DELETES VerStiN ONLY APOMIC "ERGY COMMISSION CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED MEETING NO, 869 BY AUTHORITY oF DF.¢7.q> , it-/2. (Aprain) BY DATE EDEL) 10:60 2.m,, Tuesday, May 26, 19BY- DATE 3/970 ae “4g: US DOE ARCHIVES Present . Also Present 526 US ATOMIC ENERGY RG——-—--_LOMMISSION-—_ Collection £GF (- FRportestFEaA Govdéon Dean Dr, John C, Bugne Henvy D. Srnyth Gerard Smith Fugene M, Zuckert Newton I, Steer [Box - Frank C, Legle Robert L, Butenhoff Herold D, Anarnosa Checles A, Perry Effects of Atomic Detonations on Weather Mr, Dean asked if the adverse weather conditions at Eniwetok following the Mike and King’ shots could be attributed to those detonations, Dr, Bugher said that according to a report by Comrnander Pate, Staff Weathor Officer for JTF-7, these disturbances appeared to have tcon caused by the shots. Photoggaphs of the King shot indicated that “purtil shot tire the her:Redbeen as predicted, but after the shot Teavy clouds and sq developed, The disturbances were a serics of hia!h altitude (40, U énd many thunder storms storms over a wide area, with precipitation The: i. eather conditicns prior to the shot thre were fivorable to Fain, and the large vertical ‘disturbances caused vy the blast seemed to have “triggered’’ the storms which began at Eniwetek and spread norti and west over an area of 250,000 square 2s, Theve was no darrage, and recognition of the phenomenon was. 2 Dr, Bughtzr added, however, that meteorological experts t bien able to uncover any relationship between the recent T2hthor conilliice ns throughout the U, S, and the Nevada tests, Department of Eneray Historian’s Office ARCHIVES [AFT a - Richard W, Joh Folder 147 £5 - 4 pTaAeyef M, W. Boyer 1, + | - - 325 - - JP a7