\\ | me, " , HEADQUARTERS JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN APO 437 ' San Francisco, California 4 July 1956 wy ee wm eee - - MOHAWK ENIVETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 3 JULY 1956 AT DETONATION TIME 0606M Sea Level Pressure . Free Air Surface Temperature Wet Bulb Temperature Dew Point Temperature Relative Humidity 1010.2 mbs 79 .6°F 7h e9OF 73 OOF Si & Surface Wind 100° 16 Knots Visibility 10 miles CLOUDS : 1/10 cumilus; based at 1,300 ft., tops estimated 3,000 ft. 1/10 stratocumilus; based at 4,800 ft., tops unknown = 10/10 altostratus; measured bases at 6,500 ft. (all opaque), tops at 15,000 ft, WEATHER : Intermittent light rain and overcast skies. AREA WEATHER SULMARY FROM AIRCRAFT: 0555M; Entered clouds at 1,600 ft. of Fniwetok, O644M: Solid to 30,000 ft. 32 miles NNE 4O to 50 miles to southwest of Eniwetok, reported moderate rime icing at 15,000 ft, O700M: 8,000 ft. 44,000 ft. Scattered to broken cumlus based at 1,000-1,200 ft., tops Entered solid overcast at 9-10,000 ft. and "broke out" at: Occasional rain in spots. Light to moderate icing 17-24,000 . ft. going up and moderate to severe icing 25-18,000 ft coming down. out" at 14,000 ft to the east, STATE OF SEA: Ocean Side: . "Broke DNA Wave heights 6 feet, period 7 seconds, direction 110°. Lagoon Side: Wave heights approximately 14 feet. J, 1b