TABLE
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BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATION HARDTACK I —
Altitude
(MSL)
feet
Surface
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
Dir
H-hour
degrees
oho
050
050
O70
130
350
360
150
190
210
230
350
320
Speed
mph
16
29
35
36
09
12
14
15
12
09
06
12
15
15 ,000
(320)
(15)
40,000
270
yy
16,000
18 ,000
20 ,000
23,000
25 ,000
30,000
35,000
330
300
260
210
2h0
200
210
45,000
50,000
55,000
60, 000
270
270
270
280
65 ,000
250
70,000
O70
75 4000
180
YUCCA
16
15
O7
15
18
13
32
51
ho
38
33
18
15
09
NOTES:
1.
Numbers in parentheses are estimated values.
2.
Wind data was taken on board ship located within 30
3.
4.
nautical miles of the Tower at Nan Island, Bikini Atoll.
Tropopause height was 53,000 ft MSL.
At H-hour the surface air pressure was 14.67 psi, the
temperature 25.7°C, the dew point 69.6°F, and the relative
humidity 75%.
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