TARPLE 19

BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATLON REDWING —

Altitude

(MSL)

Dir

H-hour

Speed

Surface
1,000

090
100

06
20

120
090

18
18

120
090

090

23

110

23

100

21
16
16
15
13
13
14
16

110
110
110
100
100
090
110
130

22
1T
17
18
15
18
17
18

090

4,000

090

5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
12,000
14,000

090
090
090
090
100
120
120
140

23

ek

mph

H+6 hours

degrees

3,000

degrees

Dir

feet

2,000

nyph

H+3 hours

Dir __—sSpeea

CHEROKEE

100

18

110

2h

degrees

100
100

100
ogo
090
090
090
120
120
110

Speed
mph

17
22
25

26

26

22
21
23
22
17
13
16
15

15,000

(140)

(16)

(140)

(17)

(130)

(15)

18 ,000

130

17

160

16

170

23

16,000

140

17

150

17

150

15

20 ,000
25 ,000
30,000
35,000

140
150
140
260

21
10
O7
OT

170
090
150
220

15
20
14
12

150
160
150
220

15
20
10
09

45,000
50,000

2ho
250

18
37

250
250

37
39

250
2ho

38
25

60,000
65,000
70,000
75,000
78,000

100
030
100
090
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20
23
25
55
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100
090
090
090
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12
30
Lo
45
--

150
090
090
080
080

09
23
31
53
60

--

090

39

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40,000
55,000

80 ,000
85 ,000

87,000

90 , 000

95 000
100 , 000

230
210

090
080

---

080
090
090

17

O1

58
63

70
85
93

250
180

090
090

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ooo
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23

O7

53
35

--

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230

230

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25

14

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NOTES:
1.
Numbers in parentheses are estimated values.

2.

Tropopause height was 52,500 ft MSL.

4,

At H-hour the sea level pressure was 1009.0 mb, the temperature

3.

Wind data was obteined on board the U. S.

S. Curtiss.

81°F, the dew point 73°F, and the relative humidity 76%.

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