TABLE 5
ENIWETOK WIND DATA FOR OPERATION SANDSTONE —
Altitude
(MSL)
feet
15 ,000
2ko
250
280
270
40,000
270
NOTES:
mph
10
17
13
13
270
45,000
Speed
080
100
130
220
30,000
35,000
H-hour
degrees
Surface
2,000
5,000
10,000
20 , O00
25,000
Dir
270
Dir
H+2 hours
degrees
Speed
mph
ZEBRA
Dir
H+3 hours
degrees
Speed
mph
100
110
110
190
09
16
15
12
090
100
110
220
09
17
14
14
21
31
250
260
20
2g
260
250
ek
36
50
260
46
290
Ly
270
55
14
50
83
Oo
240
260
290
280
OT
hs
48
48
2ko
270
290
08
hh
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1.
Tropopause height was 54,000 feet MSL at H-hour.
2.
The H-wind data was estimated by the USAF weather station
on Eniwetok Island.
The H+2 and H+3 hour winds were measured.
At H-hour the sea level pressure was 810 mb, the temperature
3.
81°F, and the dew point 74°F.
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