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HEADQUARTERS
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JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
APO 437
San Francisco, California
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NAVAJO
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13 Juiy 1956
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BIKINI OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 11 JULY 1956
AT DETONATION TIME 0556M
Sea Level Pressure
Free Air Surface Temperature
Wet Bulb Temperature
Dew Point Temperature
Relative Humidity
Surface Wind
1010.2 mbs
81,29
76,2°F
74.,0°8F
80.0%
090° = & knots
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Visibility
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10 miles
CLOUDS:
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2/10 cumlus, bases estimated at 1800 feet
6/10 cumulus, bases estimated at 2000 feet
7/10 cirrostratus, bases estimated at 30,000 feet (transparent)
AREA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM AIRCRAFT:
0600M - (Aircraft at 45,000 feet) Scattered to broken cloud layer teased
at 30,000 feet, tops at 35,000 feet.
scatterod) with tops to 35,000 feet.
Bikini Atoll.
Few cumlus (widely
Could not see surface or
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0615M = (Aircraft at 44,000 feet just above broken to ovorcast cirrus
cloud layer to the west of Bikini) Scattored cirrus clouds 50
miles south of Bikini.
Few scattered cirrus to north and cast
of Bikini with approximately 2/10 smill cumlus at low levels.
Few cumilus tops to 25,000 feet.
“STATE OF SEA:
Ocean Side: Wave height 5 ft., period 5 seconds, direction O80 degrees.
Sea water temperature - 83,0°F.
lagoon Side: Wave height less than 1 foot.