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HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
APO 437
' San Francisco, California
4 July 1956
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ENIVETOK OBSERVED WEATHER FOR 3 JULY 1956
AT DETONATION TIME 0606M
Sea Level Pressure
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Free Air Surface Temperature
Wet Bulb Temperature
Dew Point Temperature
Relative Humidity
1010.2 mbs
79 .6°F
7h e9OF
73 OOF
Si &
Surface Wind
100° 16 Knots
Visibility
10 miles
CLOUDS :
1/10 cumilus; based at 1,300 ft., tops estimated 3,000 ft.
1/10 stratocumilus; based at 4,800 ft., tops unknown
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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 SULMARY FROM AIRCRAFT:
0555M; Entered clouds at 1,600 ft.
of Fniwetok,
O644M:
Solid to 30,000 ft. 32 miles NNE
4O to 50 miles to southwest of Eniwetok, reported moderate
rime icing at 15,000 ft,
O700M:
8,000 ft.
44,000 ft.
Scattered to broken cumlus based at 1,000-1,200 ft., tops
Entered solid overcast at 9-10,000 ft. and "broke out" at:
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.
out" at 14,000 ft to the east,
STATE OF SEA:
Ocean Side:
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"Broke
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Wave heights 6 feet, period 7 seconds, direction 110°.
Lagoon Side: Wave heights approximately 14 feet.
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