TABLE 62
Altitude
(MSL)
feet
Surface
BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATION HARDEACK I -
Ht+2 hour
Dir
degrees
Creed
mph
H+7z hours
Dir
degrees
Speed
mph
JUNIPER
H+iSy hours
Dir
degrees
oy eed
mpn
080
16
100
09
110
O7
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
090
100
100
100
20
21
21
20
100
110
110
110
16
17
17
17
120
120
120
110
14
14
14
15
7,000
110
16
100
20
110
20
9,000
10,000
12,000
110
110
120
09
10
13
090
080
090
17
16
16
100
100
100
15
15
16
15 ,000
(120)
(15)
(090)
(17)
(160 )
(16)
25,000
140
22
140
100
09
40,000
45,000
310
090
230
300
10
13
60,000
65 ,000
080
090
1,000
6,000
8,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20 , 000
23, 000
30,000
35,000
50,000
55,000
080
110
110
120
130
130
130
130
140
150
18
18
13
16
14
15
18
21
16
12
100
110
090
090
100
100
110
120
16
18
18
16
18
15
18
20
09
110
110
100
10G
100
100
090
10¢
og
03
050
060
09
OT
-----
---
310
O70
31
36
090
080
14
13
48
51
080
090
38
ki
85 ,000
90 ,000
090
080
67
67
090
090
79
98
-----
100 ,000
105 ,000
090
090
---
-----
95 ,000
080
76
78
80
16
13
12
10
120
320
l2
10
63
16
080
260
100
090
080
18
07
02
12
OT
80 , 000
17
150
300
120
230
TO, 000
75 ,Q00
13
080
090
-----
38
32
63
121
090
-----
---
06
12
36
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NOTES;
1.
Numbers in parentheses are estimated values.
2.
Weather observations were made using the standard rawinsonde
3.
system on Nan Island (Bikini Atoll) adjacent to the Nan Tower.
Additional data was taken on board destroyers.
Tropopause height was 51,000 ft MSL.
4.
The surface air pressure was 14.64 psi, the tempercture 30.8°C,
the dew point 78.9°F, and the relavive humidity 76%.
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