TABLE 14 KOON BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATLON CASTLE = Altitude (MSL) feet Dir H-heur degrees opeed mph Dir Ht3 hours _ degrees Speed mph bir H+9 hours deprecs speed mph Surface 1, 000 2,009 3,000 4,000 5,000 OO O70 060 090 120 (140) 23 20 18 09 08 (10) O70 --080 --090 (120) 20 -~ 23 -Vy (10) 080 ~-080 --~ 100 (090) 15 -17 -22 (20) 7,000 8,090 9,000 10, 000 12,000 14, 0CO 15 ,C0O 16,006 18 ,OU0 20 , 000 25,000 30, 000 35, C00 170 190 200 200 180 200 (200) 190 200 220 190 210 210 20 16 16 16 20 09 (10) 12 12 05 23 25 32 w-160 --170 160 170 (170) 170 180 210 200 250 eho -14 -14 14 10 (14) lT 22 18 23 ek 28 --100 --140 150 180 (180) 180 280 260 210 220 220 -15 -Ov 12 12 (09) 08 03 12 18 36 36 45,000 50, 000 52,000 55,000 60,000 65 , 000 70,000 280 20 230 woe ----~ --- 28 hO ks ----- 260 260 --250 290 130 150 43 37 -el 15 17 Lo eho 250 --260 2G 160 110 Sl 47 -33 O7 26 26 79,000 --- -- mas -- Oso 26 6,000 40,000 75,000 NOTES: 1. @. 3. 4. 170 230 --- 14 39 -- 150 250 -~- 10 38 -- 080 250 o80 Numbers in parentheses are estimited values. Wind data was obtained on bonrd the U.S.S. Curtiss. Tropopause height was 53,000 ft. MSL. 17 55 29 At. H-hour the sea level) vressure was 1009.7 mb, the temperature 81°F, the dew point ‘75°F ard the humidity 82%. 78