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HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
APO 437
San Francisco, California

31 May 1956
ENIVETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 31 MAY 1956
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DETONATION TOME 0615é

Sea Level Pressure

Free Air Surface Temperature
Dew Point Temperature
Relative Humidity

1009.1 mb

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80.39
73.5°F
80.2%

Surface Wind
Visibility

(Wet Bulb 75.4°F)

100° at 12 kts; gusts to 15 kts
Over 10 miles

CLOUDS
1/10 cumulus; bases estimated 1500 feet (no tops reported ~ estimated to

be at 3500-4000 feet approximately 10 miles east of

station)

2/10 altocumlus; bases esti ated 19,000 feet; thin but opaque (possibly

1000 feet thick)
10/10 cirrostratus; bases estimated 30,000 feet; no tops reported (9/10
transparent)
WEATHER
No showers reported in local area.

exceptionally good visibility.

In general appeared clear and

No haze apparent.

STATE OF SEA
Ocean Side: Wave heights 4.5 feet, period 5 seconds, direction 090°,
Lagoon Side: Wave heights less than 1 foot,
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ENIVETOK SOUNDING (301700Z)

1000

Height
(Feet)

280

850

4,920

796

6,791

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Temperature
(°C)

26.5

17.3

16.8

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Dew Point
(°C)

21.6

09.7

02.5

700

10,310

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10,3

07.8

600

14,440

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-16,2

423

23,327

-15.3

29.2

693

10,630

500

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400

19,130

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-23.5

23, 688

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21,720

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