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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