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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: figure 2-1) at UTM coordinates 630266 on the Alamogordo Bombing Range,
New Mexico, at 0530 Mountain War Time, on 16 July 1945. The
detonation had a yield of 19 kilotons and left an impression 2.9
meters deep and 335 meters wide. The cloud resulting from the
detonation rose to an altitude of 35,000 feet (5). The TRINITY
detonation is shown in figure 2-2.
At shot-time, the temperature was 21.8 degrees Celsius, and the
surface air pressure was 850 millibars. Winds at shot-time were
nearly calm at the surface but attained a speed of 10 knots from the
southwest at 10,300 feet. At 34,600 feet, the wind speed was 23 knots
from the southwest. The winds blew the cloud to the northeast (5).
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