TABLE 50
Altitude
(MSL)
feet
BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATION HARDTACK IH+; hour
“Dir
degrees
050
070
080
090
090
090
21
22
21
21
al
20
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
12,000
110
110
120
110
110
15,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
23,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
37,000
4h , 000
45,000
50,000
54,000
14 ,000
40 , 000
55 ,000
56,000
57,000
60,000
62,000
6) ,000
66,000
70,000
73,000
78,000
89,000
NOTES:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Dir
mph
Surface
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
H+95 hours
Speed
degrees
Speed
mph
ASPEN
H+12s hours
Dir
degrees
Speed
mph
060
060
060
O70
090
090
21
22
22
22
2h
25
060
O70
O70
O70
O70
O70
22
22
23
wy
16
--o-100
100
100
--22
22
13
090
080
080
080
090
(110)
110
120
120
140
150
160
170
---
(12)
13
13
13
21
23
26
29
--
(110)
110
110
120
120
130
140
(140)
140
(16)
17
15
18
17
21
23
(26)
28
{090)
090
090
090
100
120
130
(150)
---
(16)
18
17
17
15
18
23
(24)
--
~-160
190
100
-23
30
14
----190
---
--28
--
180
--200
---
46
-20
--
100
120
150
22
10
26
.
---
110
200
--
15
33
090
090
170
23
ak
ok
22
2h
2h
22
12
23
el
17
17
15
25
(110)
(13)
(110)
(18)
(150)
(12)
150
08
060
17
100
20
-----
060
--as
090
--+
-----
---
20
--29
----
--O70
<---120
090
060
--—
-15
--38
23
45
---
110
o--
--+
120
--060
a
080
110
10
--
-08
-23
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Numbers in parentheses are estimated values.
Wind data was taken on board ship located within 30 nautical
miles of the Tower at Nan, Bikini Atoll.
Tropopause height was 52,000 ft MSL.
The surface air pressure was 14.66 psi, the temperature 27.4°C,
the dew point 74°F, and the relative humidity 78%.
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