TABLE 1
BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATION CROSSROADS,
Altitude
(MSL)
feet
Dir
H-hour
degrees
Speed
mph
H+5 hours
Dir
degrees
Speed
mph
degrees
Speed
mph
(070)
(09)
O45
09
O70
08
5 ,000
(130)
(26)
(130)
(15)
(120)
(14)
02
09
080
360
06
25
Calm
350
130
130
15
16
6,000
8,000
10 ,000
12,000
14,000
15,000
20 ,000
25 ,000
30,000
140
120
(120)
120
100
100
330
180
340
17
13
(19)
08
10
08
05
09
07
45,000
030
30
35,000
40,000
NOTES:
340
O70
--130
130
120
130
110
110
020
150
280
330
330
-16
Wy
14
17
16
10
06
17
02
05
31
1.
Numbers in parentheses are estimated values.
e.
Surface wind data was obtained on Bikini;
4.
H+3 hours
Dir
Surface
2,000
4,000
3.
ABLE
obtained on board the Mt. McKinley.
--120
120
020
120
130
070
oho
170
230
310
320
-14
15
16
16
17
53
06
09
O7
05
Calm
28
32
upper wind data was
Tropopause height was 54,000 to 60,000 feet (exact height is
uncertain).
At H-hour the surface air pressure was 14.68 psi, the temperature
27.2°C and the dew point 23.4°C.