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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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(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.

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Sea water temperature - 83.0°F.

Wave height less than 1 foot.

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