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HEADCUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
APO 437
San Francisco, California
4 July 1956
MOHAWK"
ENIVETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 3 JULY 1956
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AT DETONATION TEE 0606M
Sea Level Pressure
;
Free Air Surface Temperature
Wet Bulb Temperature
79 .6°F
7h 9OF
Dew Point Temperature
:
73 .OOF
Relative Humidity
81
Surface Wind
&
100° 16 Knots
Visibility
CLOUDS:
1010.2 mbs
10 miles
:
1/10 cumlus; based at 1,300 ft., tops estimated 3,000 ft.
1/10 stratccumlus; based at 4,800 ft., tops unknown
.
10/10 altostratus; measured bases at 6,500 ft, (all opaque), tops at
15,000 ft.
.
WEATHER :
Intermittent light rain and overcast skies.
AREA WEATHER SULMIARY FROM AIRCRAFT:
O555M3
tered clouds at 1,600 ft.
of Eniwetok,
:
.
Solid to 30,000 ft. 32 miles NNE
06414:
4O to 50 miles to southwest of Eniwetok, reported moderate
O700M:
Scattered to broken cumlus based at 1,000-1,200 ft., tops
rime icing at 15,000 ft.
8,000 ft. Entered solid overcast at 9-10,000 ft. and "broke out" at
4/,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 14,000 ft to the east.
STATE OF SHA: .
Ocean Side: Viave heights 6 feet, period 7 seconds, direction 110°,
Lagoon Side: Wave heights approximately 14 feet.