TABLE 13°
BIKINL WIND DATA FOR OPERATION CASTLE-
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
15,000
16,000
18 , 000
Dir
H-hour
degrees
Speed
mph
Dir
H+3 hours
degrees
Speed
mph
ROMEO
Dir
H+9 hours
degrees
Speed
mph
oo
060
O70
060
060
060
080
160
170
--180
150
100
(100)
090
100
12
15
16
15
13
08
06
OT
09
~09
12
12
(15)
17
20
O70
O70
O70
O70
090
120
100
160
10
120
180
140
100
(100)
090
100
12
17
17
14
10
12
13
14
C6
06
06
12
13
(17)
22
22
O70
060
O70
090
110
120
(140)
150
17O
190
200
150
110
(100)
(090)
100
20
el
18
21
21
17
(15)
15
12
09
06
08
17
(18)
(20)
30
25 ,000
30,000
35,000
170
220
180
16
09
21
180
130
180
O7
05
20
200
170
220
02
32
15
45,000
50,000
55,000
56,000
60,000
300
14.0
270
~-~
270
06
17
17
~15
250
150
200
160
---
10
10
12
O7
--
200
150
170
--eho
17
20
05
-15
65 ,Q00
67 ,OCO
320
080
12
25
“==
~-o
--~
--ms
---
20,000
40,000
62,000
NOTES:
1.
2.
3.
4,
100
200
---
23
Wa
--
120
190
---
29
15
--
(080)
290
260
(17)
08
12
Numbers in parentheses are estirated values.
Wind datu was obtained on board the U. S&S. S. Curtiss.
Tropopause height was 55,000 ft MSL.
At H-hour the sea level pressure was 1012.4 mb, the temperature
80°F, the dew point 72°F and the relative humidity 77%.
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