TABLE 4
ENIWETOK WIND DATA FOR OPERATION SANDSTONE —
Altitude
(MSL)
feet
Surface
2,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
10,000
14,000
15,000
16,000
20,000
25,000
30, 000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
55,000
H-hour
Dir
Speed
degrees
mph
080
----“090
~+160
--090
--220
210
210
220
210
210
200
200
YOKE
H+3 hours
Dir
Speed
degrees
mph
16
--14
-12
-O7
-12
16
ek
48
57
54
49
LO
O70
O70
090
170
180
150
080
090
100
170
250
270
--~--~+
--—
15
21
12
O7
08
39
AL
29
28
ho
TO
LT
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NOTES:
1. Tropopause height was estimated to be 56,000 ft MSL at H-hour.
2.
3.
The H-hour wind data was estimated by the USAF weather station
on Eniwetok Island.
The H+3 hour winds were measured.
At H-hour the sea level pressure was 1050 mb, the temperature
79°F, and the dewpoint 72°F.
20