TABLE 13° BIKINL WIND DATA FOR OPERATION CASTLE- Altitude (MSL) feet Surface 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 15,000 16,000 18 , 000 Dir H-hour degrees Speed mph Dir H+3 hours degrees Speed mph ROMEO Dir H+9 hours degrees Speed mph oo 060 O70 060 060 060 080 160 170 --180 150 100 (100) 090 100 12 15 16 15 13 08 06 OT 09 ~09 12 12 (15) 17 20 O70 O70 O70 O70 090 120 100 160 10 120 180 140 100 (100) 090 100 12 17 17 14 10 12 13 14 C6 06 06 12 13 (17) 22 22 O70 060 O70 090 110 120 (140) 150 17O 190 200 150 110 (100) (090) 100 20 el 18 21 21 17 (15) 15 12 09 06 08 17 (18) (20) 30 25 ,000 30,000 35,000 170 220 180 16 09 21 180 130 180 O7 05 20 200 170 220 02 32 15 45,000 50,000 55,000 56,000 60,000 300 14.0 270 ~-~ 270 06 17 17 ~15 250 150 200 160 --- 10 10 12 O7 -- 200 150 170 --eho 17 20 05 -15 65 ,Q00 67 ,OCO 320 080 12 25 “== ~-o --~ --ms --- 20,000 40,000 62,000 NOTES: 1. 2. 3. 4, 100 200 --- 23 Wa -- 120 190 --- 29 15 -- (080) 290 260 (17) 08 12 Numbers in parentheses are estirated values. Wind datu was obtained on board the U. S&S. S. Curtiss. Tropopause height was 55,000 ft MSL. At H-hour the sea level pressure was 1012.4 mb, the temperature 80°F, the dew point 72°F and the relative humidity 77%. 74