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HEAD QUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN

APO 437
San Francisco, California
22 June 1956
INCA
ENIWETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 22 JUNE 1956
AT DETONATION TIME 0956M
5
- Sea Level Pressure

1009.8 mbs

Free Air Surface Temperature
Wet Bulb Temperature
Dew Point Temperature
Relative Humidity

83.3°F
78.3
76.6%
81.0%

Surface Wind
Visibility

130° = 11 knots
Over 10 miles

CLOUDS:

2/10 cumlus; bases estimated at 1800 ft., tops 5-8,000 ft. (moving|

from southeast).
;
10/10 cirrostratus; bases estimated at 23,000 ft., tops over 30,000
ft. (all opaque).

WEATHER :

DNA

No showers observed,

:

AREA WEATHER SUMBIARY FROM AIRCRAFT:
Narrow band of scattered cumilus clouds averaging 3/10 to 4/10 coverage
to the southeast of GZ. (Distance not reported) Tops of cumlus at &,000 ft.

Cirrostratus overcast based at 25,000 ft. (measured) with tops at 31,000 ft.
Cirrus opaque and dense. Target area was clear of cumulus clouds at 093M.
STATE OF SEA:

Ocean Side:

Wave heights 6 ft., period 7 seconds, direction 090°.

Lagoon Side: Wave heights 1.5 ft.

ENIWETOK UPPER AIR SOUNDING (Release time 0910hi)
Pressure

(Millibars)
1000
850

804

778
700
600 .
580

Height

Temperature

280
4,920

2505
1742

7 shh7
10,320
14,480
15,420

152
10.5
01.8
-00,.5

(Feet)

6,562

Dew Point

(°C)

W.5

(°c)

-

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2265
10,2

06,5

06.5
0342
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-08.2

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