HEADQUARTERS
JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN
APO 437
San Francisco, California
28 May 1956
BIKINI OBSERV2D WEATHER FOR 28 MAY 1956
ZUNI., DETONATION TDAE 0556M
Sea Level Pressure
Temperature
Dew Point
1010.5 mb
81°F
76°F
Surface Wind
090°, 12 kts
Relative Humidity
80%
Visibility
8 Miles
CLOUDS:
Surface observation:
(taken aboard USS ESTES)
2/10 Cumlus
1/10 Altostratus
5/10 Cirrostratus
Aircraft observation:
2,000 ft
8,000 ft
35,000 ft
(of Bikini Area)
3 to 4/10 Altocumlus
and Altostratus
4, to 6/10 Alto stratus
4/10 Cirrus
4, to 7/10 Cirrus and
Cirrostratus
WEATHER:
shot time,
TOPS
.
&,000 ft
12,000 ft
17,000 ft (Thin Layer)
25,000 ft
27,000 ft
35,000 ft
40,000 ft
No shower activity observed either visually or by radar at
STATE OF SEA:
Direction 070°.
BASE
Open sea; wave heights 6 feet; Period 6 seconds.
Sea water temperature, 83°F,
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