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U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DIVISION OF RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH PHOTO
FIGURE 10.—Public
Health
Service
representative
conducting
a
meeting
in one of the local homes in Las Vegas, as a part of an extensive
educational program around the NevadaTest Site.
Weather Predictions
The Weather Bureau Research Station was started in 1956
to study intensively the meterology of the Nevada Test Site.
In late 1957 the station became responsible for providing meterological support for nuclear weapons tests. Prior to these
dates this function was performed by the Air Weather Service
of the U.S. Air Force. The Weather Bureaustation at the Nevada Test Site received all of the atmospheric sounding infor-
mation taken every six hours by the stations shown on the
map (fig. 11), and most of the hourly and six-hourly weather
information produced in the entire United States, Canada,
Mexico and eastern Pacific Ocean. In addition, there were
and are some 26 wind, 20 temperature, and 18 precipitation
measuring stations located on the Test Site. Ten of the wind
and three of the temperature stations that reflect major ter-
rain effects at and near the Nevada Test Site provided telemetered information for use just prior to and immediately following each nuclear detonation.
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