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HEAD UARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVSN
APO 437
San Francisco, California
21 May 1956
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BIKINI OBSSRVED WEATHCR FOR 21 MAY 1956
CHEROKEE. DETONATION TOE 0551
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Sea Level Fressure
Temperature
1009.6 mb
815Fr
Relative Humidity
76%
Dew Point
73°F
Surface ‘ind
Visibility
CLOUDS:
140°, 10 kts
Yore than 10 miles
2/10 cumulus, beses 1600 ft, tops 2500 ft; 2/10 cirrus at 38,000 ft.
WEATHER: Vers widely scattered showers, There were three shovers in the
vicirity of the atoll at snot time: one very light shower just to the sunth of
TARL; one light shower, which was dissipating, near BRAVO; and a light shower
east of NAN,
STATE OF SEA:
Bikini Lagoon:
at anchorage, 2.5 ft. near Nam.
/verage of hishest 1/3 of waves; 3.0 ft.
The predominant direction of waves at
anchorage was 135°; near Nasu, 100°, Open Sea: Average of highest 1/3 of
waves; 4,0 ft. The predominant direction of waves in open sea was 100°,
BIKINI SOUIDING
Fressure
Keight
Villibars
1009
1000
916
&50
835
Feet
.
Sfe
320
4,930
&23
772
716
710
700
500
453
Temperature
Dew Point
27.2
26.5
18.5
15.5
15.2
22,2
22.5
17.5
10.8
09.5
10.5
06.2
07.2
07,2
07.6
10.2
02.2
03.5
03.5
-10.2
-10.2
-1L.5
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13.5
10,230
19,080
E COPY
L
B
A
L
I
A
V
A
T
S
BE
°c
13.5