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HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
BESTAYVALL. 00UY
L37
ornia
22 July 1956
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ENIWETO! OBSE2VED WEATHER FOR 22 JULY 1956
AT DETONATION TIME O616M
Sea Level Pressur
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Free Air Surface ‘Texpcrature
Wet Bulb Temperate
Dew Point Temperature
Relative Humidity
Surface Wind
Visibility
Weather
1007.8 mbs
81.4°F
T7.6°F
76.2°F
8, &
070° 27 knots
10 miles
Widely scattered rain
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showers,
CLOUDS:
3/10 curmlus, based at 1800 ft; tops estimated ‘0-15,000 ft. with
isolated top: to 30,000 ft.
10/10 cirrostratus, bases estimated 30,000 ft. (h/10 transparent),
“AREA WEATHER SUMMARY FOii ATIRCRASTs
Scattered cumlus clouds with tops averaging less than12,000 ft,
Occasional cwmillus top to 18,000 ft. Hazy conditions below 10,000 ft.
Could see GZ at O615H from 18000 fte
Scattered cumulus tops to 16,000 ~ 48,000 ft., 50 miles northeast
of Eniwetok.
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STATE OF SEA:
Ocean Side: Wave heights ft., period 5seconds, direction 100°
Lagoon Side: Less than one foots
ENIWETOK UPPER AIR SOUNDING:
(Releasc time 0600H)
”
a
°
Pressure
(Mill4bars)
1000
938
850
(
700
600
500
Height
(Feet) -
250
2133
Temperature
(°c)
26.8
22.5
1,980
18,2
U4LL0
2.5
10290
9.8
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Dew Point
{%)
2.2
16,8
23.5 |
2.8
- 5.8