HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN

APO 437

San Francisco, California
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(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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