valushle edjunedy Nee daily winds alefy rons wore sade reutinaly, with
the runs being stopped up at selocted stations pricr te a set poricd te

ae many ae eight (8) runs por day. Mune te maximum cbtainable heights were
required; the averages wore above 65,000, foct; with aeny runs reaching
120,000 feet.

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(2) Planning forecasts as eriginally conccived woro issucd

forty-eight and thirty-oight houre prier to cach shet hour. Tho forecasts
theaselves conalatod of winds fer the shet site for cack ton thousand foot
lovel from the surface toe mincty thousand foot.

Tho winds were forccast

to sixtoan paints of the compase and for an interval of speod to the nearcst
five knots.

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(3) Fellovdng the eclection of a specific shot tine, detailed

forecasts were issued at, twonty-four,thirtocs, eight and four hours price

to H hour, ‘the details of these forecasts wero far in axcess cf those in
the planning fervsaste; winds were forecast te the nearest ten degrees and
te the knot, fer twe thousand feet increments from the aurfaco ta twenty

thousand foet, for fivo thousandfeet incroments from twonty thousand te

seventy thousand fect, and for eighty and nincty thousand fost.
(4)

The above forecasts were obtained by tho Radsafo personnct

at specific periods pricr te each shet. ‘The forecasts, along ith all
available pertinent cbecrvations, wore plettod as hodographs (wind voctor

diagrems) using a particle rate of fall of 5000 foct per hour te sormlisa
theplet fer further sonveniont computations.
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ee adr Particle Prajoctory Forecasts. In addition to the wind
forceasts thamolves, suxiliary air particis trajoctory forecasts wero

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