ee Oe a . a haber ne feta ete hkl? LaeONLidiie hoe a on ine ob ess ADM SeQm Ni hota tl aed wat aL orb Tenth ee Lie hee a Be Rare | Settee eae ee a * » Saat JANUARY, PUERUART, TLARCH AND APRIL 1. 3 fhis pericd of the vear is generally know as the "dry" season Tt is better mewn as the "trede" season, S SS Over this area east-north- east to northeast winds prov2il in the lower levels, the wind speeds renging between 10 to 20 knets, 9 Small arounts of cummins clovuds, usually not exceeding 4/8 coverage, are found in this current, and the | Cloud teps do not usual1y extend above €,090 feet, falis from these clouds, usuzily as showers, cloud decks are found, . 3 NS * { r ” sometines No extensive upper middle Although the lower winds are nortieast end mute fresh, @s one goes aloft, one finds that the winds tum more westerly | with elevation until at about 20,000 feet they lie betieen northwest . XQ Rain | aS x | * 2 1% (5° in the Marshall Island area, particulerly in the Pniwetok - Eikini erea were eee ene in - ° and southwest, The westerlies then extend upwards to the tropopause increasing in speed to about 25 kmots at 45,000 fest, If the uppe winds are mainly southwesterly, rain from the trede cumulus is likely POSTDOCRT. AERC0 ' | al, Wheat <5 heat : = CLIMATOTOGY OP TPS RNTWUTY . BIUTYI AREA FOR THD MONTHS oF T woe aah neAE RY TT 2 a KP “ ia aN we ~ ‘ is ih t a are, however, chiefly northwesterly, the cumulus clouds ; 1 Woo RY . 5 2, eo... ' sl ~- “S SW .p lat 2 i . . . mRwT <0 \ i . : . . . . Sracigl Rertyns. . SinghJete aiaath| Occasionally during this period, the winds throyshout! uhe show speeds of less then 10 motsfrom « . t the tnortheast or east-north-cast, = So Cc cs pelt-eercese ~ SS Ra P z Witepta re Marshall Islends will hy If the upper winds - ‘ SQ to as little as 1/8 or 2/8 and showers are less likely, SS re) . f andithe amount of cloud may increase to 6/8 or 7/8, . Cloud cover will, howetser;--be-ormbky . 2/8 jor 3/3 with tops below 4; oCo feet, interspersed with stationary nl incs of cumulcnimbus and heavy showers and an occassional thunderstorm, Cc esmarae Inel 1 CP wre em ge - ve Sem pemir bee CA rE . belAe ee iite A ta et ie GLCSoke W/o |