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BIKINI OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 28 MAY 1956
ZUNI
SHOT TIME 0556M
Sea Level Pressure
1010.5 mb
Temperature
81°F
Dew Point
76°F
Relative Humidity
804%
Surface Wind
090°, 12 kts
Visibility
8 Miles
CLOUDS
Surface Observation:
(taken aboard USS ESTES)
2/10 Cumulus
2,000 ft
1/10 Altostratus
5/10 Cirrostratus
Aircraft Observation:
8,000 ft
35,000 ft
(of Bikini Area)
FASE
3 to 4/10 Altocumulus
and Altostratus
4 to 6/10 Altostratus
4/10 Cirrus
4 to 7/10 Cirrus and
Cirrostratus
TOPS
8,000 ft
12,000 ft
35,000 ft
40,000 ft
17,000 ft (Thin Layer)
25,000 ft
27,000 ft
WEATHER
No shower activity observed either visually or by radar at shot time,
STATE OF SEA
Open sea; wave heights 6 feet; Period 6 seconds.
Sea water temperature, 83°F,
. COPIES oor
> LAL RC
Direction 070°,