TABLE 49
Altitude
BIKINI WIND DATA FOR OPERATION HARDTACK I -
H+s hour
465 hours
MAPLE
H+12* hours
(MSL)
feet
Dir
degrees
Speed
mph
Dir
degrees
Speed
mph
Dir
degrees
vpeed
mph
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
080
080
080
080
100
110
120
130
140
130
130
100
o8o
(080 )
080
25
23
2h
23
22
22
22
18
20
20
18
2h
al
(22)
2k
oo
O70
070
080
090
120
1ho
150
150
140
130
120
140
(140)
140
25
22
20
17
14
17
20
18
18
16
20
20
2h
(21)
18
050
070
O70
080
090
100
110
100
110
110
110
120
120
(130)
130
21
23
23
21
20
20
16
13
09
12
14
13
18
(20)
20
140
130
190
28
21
10
130
140
190
26
15
08
130
120
330
15
20
18
(285 )
(17)
(285)
(17)
(06)
(250)
(07)
13
360
08
18,000
20,000
23,000
25,000
1ho
29
120
30 , 000
270
20
40,000
45,000
50,000
54,000
270
310
330
O70
33
2k
20
03
290
(315)
340
---
25
(24)
23
--
--
350
02
35,000
250
38
55,000
(080)
(06)
60 ,000
100
14
56,000
---
63,000
65 ,000
--O7O
-33
75,000
80,000
83,000
84 , 000
85 ,000
90 ,000
090
090
--—
090
090
32
58
“+
-69
79
70,000
090
el
280
24
(350)
130
-----
090
--090
--090
--=e
09
---
25
-56
-56
---
150
280
290
350
350
---
230
100
---
080
--090
100
—
--oo~
13
18
17
26
2h
--
O7
22
“ak
-60
61
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NOTES:
i.
Numbers in parentheses are estimated values.
2.
Wind data was taken on board ship located within 30 nautical
miles of the Tower at Nan, Bikini Atoll.
3.
4.
Tropopause height was 53,000 ft MSL.
The surface air pressure was 14.66 psi, the temperature
27.0°C, the dew point 74°F, and the relative humidity 81%.
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