HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
APO 437
San Francisco, Califernia
_ 22June 1956
.
INCA
ENIWETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 22 JUNE 1956
AT DETONATION TIME 0956M
\
- Sea Level Pressure |
Free Air Surface Temperature
+
Wet Bulb Temperature
Dew Point Temperature
Relative Humidity
Surface Wind
Visibility
CLOUDS:
1009.8 mbs
83,3°F
78.3
76.6%
81.08
130° — 11 knots
"
Over 10 miles
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2/10 cumlus; bases estimted at 1800 ft., tops 5-8,000 ft. (moving
from southeast).
10/10 cirrostratus; bases estimated at 23,000 ft., tops over 30,000
ft. (all opaque).
WEATHER :
No showers observed,
AREA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM.AIRCRAFT:
Narrow band of scattered cumlus clouds averaging 3/10 to 4/10 coverage .
to the southeast of GZ. (Distance not reported) Tops of cumlus at &,000 ft.
Cirrostratus overcast based at 25,000 ft. (measured) with tops at 31, 000 ft.
Cirrus opaque and dense.
Target area was clear of cumulus clouds at 0931M,
STATE OF SEA:
Ocean Side:
Wave heights 6 ft., period 7 seconds, direction 090°.
Lagoon Side: Wave heights 1.5 ft.
ENIWETOK UPPER AIR SCUNDING (Release time O910M)
Pressure
Height
(Hillibars)
1000
850.
804
(Feet)
280
.
4,920
6,562
778 .
700
600 ,
580
7 hb
-
10,320
14;480
15,420
Temperature
(°C)
25.5
17.2 .
14.5
15.2
10.5
01.8
00.5
~
Dew Point
(°C)
22.5.
10,2
06.5
06.5
03.2
~07.5
-08.2