HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
APO 437
San Francisco, California
»
(28 May 1956
BIKINI OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 28 MAY 1956
ZUNI. DETONATION TIE 0556M
Sea Level Pressure
1010.5 mb
Dew Point
76°F
Temperature
—
81°F
Relative Humidity
80% -
Surface Wind
090°, 12 kts _
Visibility
8 Miles
CLOUDS:
Surface observation:
(taken aboard USS ESTES)
2/10 Cumilus
2,000 ft
1/10 -Altostratus
5/10 Cirrostratus ©
Aircraft observation:
-
and Altostratus. .
4, to 6/10 Alto stratus,
4, to 7/10 Cirrus and
Cirrostratus
WEATHER:
shot time.
Foe
BASE
:
So
8,000 ft.
TOPS
;
12, 000 ft
17; 000 ft (Thin Layer)
25,000 ft
27,000 ft
35,000 ft
40,000 £t
°
.
No shower activity. observed either visually or by radar at
_ STATE OF SEA:
Direction 0709,
35,000 ft
(of Bikini Area)
3 to 4/10 Altocumlus”
4/10 Cirrus
8,000 ft .
Open sea; wave heights 6 feet; Period & seconds.
Sea water temperature, 83°F,
mo
RD Status Removed. Auth: DF, J-2 Div, 31 May 56
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