JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN

APO 437

San Francisco, California
10 July 1956
APACHE
ENIWETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 9 JULY 1956
AT DETONATION TIME 0606M
Sea Level Pressure

Free Air Surface Temperature
Wet Bulb Temperature
Dew Point Temperature

",

Relative Humidity

Surface Wind
Visibility

1010.5 mbs

80,3°F
76.1,°F
Th e9OF
a,

030° ~ 15 knots
Over 10 miles

CLOIS3:

2/10 cumulus; bases estimated 1500 f[t., tops estimated 25,000 feet tor
south and west,
2/10 stratocamilus; beses at 2,000 ‘ft., tops estimated 4,000 feet. Few

altoc:umlus iess chan 1/10.
4-10 ci-rostratus; estimated at 30,000 ft. (very thin and transparent).

Nurer ais comrail..: at 30,000 to 35,000 feet.

fXi: SATEE? SUM.-RY FROM AIRCRAFT:
LOM:

Scatvered cumilus buildups approximately 50 miles to east

6151:

1O miles north and west of ground zero,

torzed at 20,000 to 25,000 ft. Scatteres stratocumilus tops estimated
ab €,000-7.0,000 ft. Very light rain shower at Eniwetok, GZ clear,
kased ct 27,000 ft., tops unknowm,

Stratus overcast

(625: To east and southeast of ground zero. 6/8 cumlus and stratoCumlis with tops below 15,000 ft., occasional cumulus buildup to 25,000=

20.100 £4.

27a. OF SEA:

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DNA

Neean Side: Wave height 4 feet, period 7 seconds, direction 070 degrees,
iagoon Side: Wave height 1 foot.

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