HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN

APO 437

San Francisco, California
15 June 1956
KICKAPOO
ENIWETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 1, JUNE 1956
AT DETONATION TIME 1126M
Sea Level Pressure

Free Air Surface Temperature
Wet Bulb Temperature
Dew Point Temperature

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Relative Humidity
Surface Wind

1009.8 mbs

85 6%
78.19
75 03°F

TL 20%

090° ~ 6 knots

Tropopause
Visibility

55,570 ft, -78°C
10 Miles

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CLOUDS:

2/10 cumlus; estimated bases at 1500 ft. with radar reports indicating
tops at 18,000 to 21,000 feet.
1/10 stratocumilus; bases at 2500 feet. .

6/10 altocumulus; estimated at 12,000 feet. (thick) (all opaque)
4/10 cirrus; estimated at 30,000 feet. (mostly transparent)

AREA WEATHER SULMARY FROM AIRCRAFT: (located approx, 13 miles NE of GZ)
Broken cumulus clouds (4-6/8) with tops at 10,000 to 11,000 ft. (no

showers or cumulus over GZ)

in-area,

Widely scattered cumilus tops over 15,000 ft.

One cumlus buildup to 15,000 ft. located west of GZ.

D NA

RADAR OBSERVATIONS :
area,

Heavy cumlus buildups evident by echoes to northeast and north of GZ
Dissipating cumilus touching southern end of GZ island at shot time.

Rain showers to the NE thru E (est. 7 miles away).
STATE OF SEA:
Ocean Side:

Wave heigits 4 feet, period 7 seconds, direction 090°. °

Lagoon Side: Less than one foot swells.

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