TARPLE
15
BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATION CAST GM =
Altitude
(MSL)
feet
Surface
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
& , 000
Dir
H-hour
dcgrees
Siced_
mph
Dir
Ht? hoars
degrces
050
20
090
080
21
21
060
090
090
ek
20
090
22
100
Ly
090
20
Oyo
10
---
350
oh
O60
15,000
(300)
(18)
18,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
290
260
200
250
eho
16,000
---
--
--
(10)
12
-1h
08
090
oh
(010)
(10)
(350)
(08)
16
17
38
46
51
260
220
220
290
260
O9
20
34
50
48
2h0
230
210
250
ako
08
Lh
18
33
36
250
260
220
h6
32
10
2h0
210
110
A
ok
29
260
260
150
dh
50
29
---
--
100
33
090
20
85
awe
120
110
360
2ho
60 , O00
180
70,000
75,000
80 , 000
85 , C00
---------
95 ,000
---
90 , 000
--
---
(1c0)
110
--130
250
65 , 000
--
(18)
17
-17
40,000
45,000
50,000
55,000
mph
18
(090)
080
--080
12,000
deriees
Speed
O8u
(20)
21
21
20
14,000
mph
Ht hours
Dir
16
-+-
(100)
110
120
130
9,000
10,900
Speed
UNTON
---
18
14
OT
29
h6
17
-----
--
--
-+100
020
360
260
3h0
090
090
100
085
050
2.20
-16
08
le
te)
o2
6
58
26
62
"8
~-130
360
340
eo
190
100
110
100
120
=
-+
15
O7
Og
39
16
31
50
7
7
--
--
NOTES:
1.
Numbers in parentheses ore cstimited values.
2.
Wind data was obtained on bourd the U. S. S. Curtiss.
3.
Tropopause height was $7,000 ft Mol.
4.
At. Hehour the sea level pressure was 1007.4 mb, the temperature
81°F, the dew point 76°P and the homidity 66%,
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