HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN

APO 437

San Francisco, California

28 May 1956
BIKINI OBSERV2D WEATHER FOR 28 MAY 1956
ZUNI., DETONATION TDAE 0556M

Sea Level Pressure
Temperature
Dew Point

1010.5 mb
81°F
76°F

Surface Wind

090°, 12 kts

Relative Humidity

80%

Visibility

8 Miles

CLOUDS:

Surface observation:

(taken aboard USS ESTES)

2/10 Cumlus
1/10 Altostratus
5/10 Cirrostratus
Aircraft observation:

2,000 ft
8,000 ft
35,000 ft
(of Bikini Area)

3 to 4/10 Altocumlus
and Altostratus
4, to 6/10 Alto stratus

4/10 Cirrus

4, to 7/10 Cirrus and
Cirrostratus

WEATHER:
shot time,

TOPS

.
&,000 ft
12,000 ft
17,000 ft (Thin Layer)

25,000 ft

27,000 ft

35,000 ft

40,000 ft

No shower activity observed either visually or by radar at

STATE OF SEA:

Direction 070°.

BASE

Open sea; wave heights 6 feet; Period 6 seconds.

Sea water temperature, 83°F,

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RD Status Removed. Auths DF, J-2 Div, 31 May 56

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