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HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
APO 437

San Francisco, California

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duly 1956

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_ ENTETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 3 JULY 1956
' AT DETONATION TUE O606M

Sea Level Pressure
Free Air Surface Temperature
Viet Bulb Temperature
Dew Point Temperature
Relative Humidity
Surface Wind

1019.2 mbs
79 .6°F
7h9OF
73 OOF
81 &
100° 16 Knots

Visibility

10 miles

CLOUDS:

1/10 cumilus; based at 1,300 ft., tops estimated 3,000 ft.
1/10 stratocumlus; based at 4,800 ft., tops unknown
10/10 altostratus; measured bases at 6,500 ft. (all opaque), tops at

15,000 ft,

WEATHER :

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Intermittent light rain and overcast skies,
AREA WEATHER SUi3isRY FRO AIRCRAFT:

0555M;

Entered clouds at 1,600 ft,

O6Li0:

4O to 50 miles to southwest of Eniwetok, reported moderate

O700M@:

Scattered to broken cumlus based at 1,000-1,200 ft., tops

of Eniwetok,

Solid to 30,000 ft, 32 miles NNE

rime icing at 15,000 ft.

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8,000 ft, Entered solid overcast at 9~10,000 ft. and "broke out" at
4i,000 ft. 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. "Broke
out" at 1,000 ft to the east,
STATE OF SEA:
Ocean Side:

Wave heights 6 feet, period 7 seconds, direction 110°,

Lagoon Side: Wave heights approximately 1+ feet.

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