oe (3) The following conditions were chserved at cict tine at Bikini (& consensus of shot tine observations taken by io weetser officers and aerographers mates) aboard the USS CYPTISS: U/8 ev milus at 2,000 feet, tops 4,000, 1/5 altostratus (barely ¢i scers~ able) and 5/8 to 6/8 cirrus, thin. Sea Level Fressure Texrperature 1006.1 obs. Bor Dew Point Surface Taind Height of Tropopause 72°F O74° 15K 54,350 ft (at ¢3) A 5-36 over ground zero at enoroximately H rinus 20 cinutes se ported scattered cumulus, scattered to brozen cirzus with bases 3&,000 to 39,000 feet end tops to 40,000 feet, and ne shorers. (4) The 282100M Feb wind observation from Pongerik which wes ~e ceived on board the ZST&S wes garbled in transcission and was in considerable error. Jt did not agvee with the winds received from Exiwetok and the CURTISS for that time, in that it shcwec southwesterly flow from 10,000 feet; the correct observation in- dicated light northwesterly flor, woich was in agreenem with the other observations. (5) Local wezther conditions begen deteriorating shertiy after the cetonaticn. lLulticloud layers developed 2 ait “evels. ty The winds alcft were forecast ~o be less desirable Stas a rate fe consideration, end such was the case. Such a situzzior + ore cemtinued throuch § Varch 1954 (See Hodogrerns under Tat