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~ENIWETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 31 MAY 1956
ERIE. DETONATION TIME 0615M
Sea Level Pressure
1009.1 mb
Free Air Surface Temperature
80.3°F
Dew Point Temperature
73.5°F (Wet Bulb 75.4°F)
Relative Humidity
80, 2%
Surface Wind
100° at 12 kts; gusts to 15 kts
Visibility
Over 10 miles
CLouDs
1/10 cumlus; bases estimated 1500 feet (no tops reported - cstinatff to
be at 3500-4000 feet approximately 10 miles east of station).
2/10 altocummlus; bases estimated 19,000 feet; thin but opaque (possibly
1000 feet thick),
10/10 cirrostratus; bases estimated 30,000 feet; no tops reported (9/10
transparent ).
WEATHER
No showers reported in local area.
ally good visibility.
In general appeared clear and exception-
No haze apparent.
STATE OF SEA
Ocean Side:
Wave heights 4.5 feet, period 5 seconds, direction 090°.
Lagoon Side: Wave heights less than 1 foot.
ENIWETOK SOUNDING (3017002)
Pressure
(Millibars)
1000
850
Height
Temperature
(Feet)
(°c)
280
26.5
44,920
17.3
~6-=
DewPoint
(°c)
21.6
09.7