HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
APO 437
San Francisco, California

6 June 1956
SEMINOLE
ENIWETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 6 JUNE 1956
AT DETONATION TIME 1255M

Sea Level Pressure

1010.5 mbs

Free Air Surface Temperature
Wet Bulb Temperature
Dew Point Temperature

86,9
° 99.29
76,59

Relative Humidity
Surface Wind
Visibility

CLOUDS

71.0% .
0950 at 11 knots
Over 10 Miles

.

2/10 cumilus; bases estimated at 1500 ft, tops estimated below 4000 ft.
1/10 stratocumlus; bases estimated at 3500 ft, tops below 4000 ft.
No middle clouds.

7/10- cirrostratus; estimated at 30,000-ft; very thin (al transparent).
AREA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM AIRCRAFT REPORTS
Small scattered cumulus in area 100 miles to the east and as far north
and south as the eye could see from 8,000 ft. Tops seemed to increase near
Eniwetok to 3500-4000 ft. and total 3/8 sky coverage outside lagoon. No
towering cumulus observed. Appeared to be a line of scattered cumulus about
15 miles north of the atoll with tops rising to 6-8,000 ft. No showers observed.
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STATE OF SHA
Ocean Side: Wave heights 4 feet, period 6 seconds, direction 090°,’
Lagoon Side: Wave heights about 1 foot,

ENIVWETOK UPPER AIR SOUNDING (060000Z)

‘Pressure
(Lillibars)

1000
850
700

600

500
1,00
347

Height (Feet)

.

34,0
4,980

-

.

10,360

44,510

19;, 260
21,870
28, 281

Temperature
(°c)

.

27.5
18,2
09,2

02.2

-07.5
~17.5
24.5

*

Dew Point
(°C)

22.2
10.8

02,2

-,.5

~20,2
-31.2
37.8

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