TABLE 14
KOON
BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATLON CASTLE =
Altitude
(MSL)
feet
Dir
H-heur
degrees
opeed
mph
Dir
Ht3 hours _
degrees
Speed
mph
bir
H+9 hours
deprecs
speed
mph
Surface
1, 000
2,009
3,000
4,000
5,000
OO
O70
060
090
120
(140)
23
20
18
09
08
(10)
O70
--080
--090
(120)
20
-~
23
-Vy
(10)
080
~-080
--~
100
(090)
15
-17
-22
(20)
7,000
8,090
9,000
10, 000
12,000
14, 0CO
15 ,C0O
16,006
18 ,OU0
20 , 000
25,000
30, 000
35, C00
170
190
200
200
180
200
(200)
190
200
220
190
210
210
20
16
16
16
20
09
(10)
12
12
05
23
25
32
w-160
--170
160
170
(170)
170
180
210
200
250
eho
-14
-14
14
10
(14)
lT
22
18
23
ek
28
--100
--140
150
180
(180)
180
280
260
210
220
220
-15
-Ov
12
12
(09)
08
03
12
18
36
36
45,000
50, 000
52,000
55,000
60,000
65 , 000
70,000
280
20
230
woe
----~
---
28
hO
ks
-----
260
260
--250
290
130
150
43
37
-el
15
17
Lo
eho
250
--260
2G
160
110
Sl
47
-33
O7
26
26
79,000
---
--
mas
--
Oso
26
6,000
40,000
75,000
NOTES:
1.
@.
3.
4.
170
230
---
14
39
--
150
250
-~-
10
38
--
080
250
o80
Numbers in parentheses are estimited values.
Wind data was obtained on bonrd the U.S.S. Curtiss.
Tropopause height was 53,000 ft. MSL.
17
55
29
At. H-hour the sea level) vressure was 1009.7 mb, the temperature
81°F, the dew point ‘75°F ard the humidity 82%.
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