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BIKINI OPBSEPV*D WEATHER FOR 1] JULY 195€
AT DETONATION TIME O556M
Sea Level Pressure
1010.2 mbs
Free Air Surface Temperature
81,2 F
wet Pulb Temperature
76.2
Dew Point Temperature
74.0
Relative Humidity
80.0%
Surface Wind
Visibility
090° - 3 knots
10 miles
CLOUDS
2/10 cumulus bases estimated at 1209 fect
6/19 cumulus bases estimated at 2070 feet
7/10 cirrostratus, bases estimated at 39,000 feet (transparent)
ARTA WOATHTR SUMMARY FROM ATRCPAPT
O600M ~ (Aircraft at 45,090 feet) Scattered to broken cloud layer
based at 30,990 feet, tops at 35,9009 feet.
Few cumlus
(widely scattered) with tors to 35,000 fect.
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surface or Rikiri Atoll,
(Adreraft at 44,0°
Feet Just above broken to overcast cirrus
cloud layer to the west of Bikini} Scattered cirrus clouds 50
miles south of Bikini,
Few scattered cirrus to north and
east of Bikini with arproximately 2/10 small curmulus at low
levels,
Few cumulus tors to 25,0% feet.
STATT OF STA
Cecan Side:
Wave height 5 ft., neriod 5 seconds, dircection O30
degrees.
Lagoon Side:
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Sea water temperature - 83.0°F.
Wave height less than 1 foot.
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