TRADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
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ifornia
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22 July 1956
HURON
ENIWETOX OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 22 JULY 1956
AT DETONATION TIME 0616M
Sea Level Pressur-
1007.8 mbs
Free Air Surface “erperature
81.4°Rr
Wet Bulb Temperature
77 6°F
Dew Point Termersture
Relative Humidity
76.2°F
8,
&
Surface Wind
090° 17 knots
Visibility
Weather
10 miles
Widely scattered rain
showers.
CLOUDS:
3/10 cumulus, based at 1800 ft., tops estimated 10-15,000 ft. with
isolated top:s to 30,000 ft.
10/10 cirrostratus, bases estimated 30,000 ft. (/10 transparent).
AREA WEATHER SUiiMARY F2O0ii AIRCRAPT:
Scattered cumulus clouds with tops averaging less than 12,000 ft,
Occasional cumulus top to 18,000 ft. Hazy conditions below 10,000 ft.
Could see GZ at 06151 from 16,000 ft.
Scattered cumulus tops to 16,000 ~ 18,000 ft., 50 miles northeast
of Eniwetok,
STATE OF SEA:
Ocean Side: Wave heights h
ft., period 5
seconds, direction 100°
Lagoon Side: Less than one foots
ENIWETOK UPPER AIR SOUNDING:
ressure
(Millibars)
1000
938
850
700
600
500
Heignt
(Feet)
250
2133
1.980
10290
LWhLho
19200
(Releasc time 0600i‘)
Temperature
Dew Point
26.8
22,5
18.2
9.8
2.5
~ 642
2);.2
18,8
13.5
2,8
- 5,8
~16.2
(°c)
(°c)