TABLE 53
Altitude
BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATION HARDIACK I —
He; hour
(MSL)
feet
Dir
degrees
Speed
mph
Surface
O70
23
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10 ,000
12,000
14,000
070
O70
O70
O70
080
100
100
110
110
110
110
110
23
25
23
20
18
21
22
22
23
23
21
20
H+95 hours
REDWOOD
H+1e5 hours
Dir
degrees
Speed
mph
Dir
degrees
Speed
mph
080
23
090
25
090
080
090
090
100
100
110
120
110
120
110
120
29
29
28
26
23
22
22
20
18
20
20
21
090
100
100
100
110
110
110
110
110
110
120
100
33
29
2k
12
17
16
23
25
28
2k
25
ou
15 ,000
(110)
(18)
(110)
(21)
(100)
(25)
23 ,000
080
12
100
22
130
20
16,000
18 ,000
20,000
25 ,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
55,000
60 , 000
65 ,000
70,000
72,000
NOTES:
l.
e.
3.
4.
100
090
100
140
O70
180
170
210
230
310
130
-------
18
16
18
12
06
08
16
26
eu
O7
08
----
110
120
110
100
--------------wo--woe
al
25
21
28
----~
“+
------
100
120
110:
140
120
140
190
220
OO
140
080
090
100
110
26
29
23
23
23
OT
O7
09
16
18
28
41
54
46
Numbers in parentheses are estimated values.
Wind data was taken on board ship within 30 nautical miles
of the tower at Nan Island, Bikini Atoll.
Tropopause height was 52,000 ft MSL.
The surface air pressure was 14.65 psi, the temperature 27.3°C,
the dew point 78.5°F, and the relative humidity 924%.
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