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From: starrfie@hydro.la.asu.edu (Sumner Starrfield)
Subject: STS-61 LAUNCH WEATHER OUTLOOK - sci.space.news #5083 (fwd)
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 15:39:02 MST
Subject: STS-61 LAUNCH WEATHER OUTLOOK - sci.space.news #5083
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA
LAUNCH WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR STS-61
Launch minus 5-days
November 26, 1993
George H. Diller
NASA Kennedy Space Center
407/867-2468
Synopsis: High pressure will generate generally northeast winds. An
upper level trough of low pressure is forecast to be over the eastern
Gulf of Mexico. This is expected to be the primary influence on launch
weather conditions creating some chance of low clouds and showers.
At the opening of the launch window at 4:57 a.m. on Wednesday the
forecast is:
Clouds: 3/10 scattered stratocumulus at 4,000 feet
4/10-7/10 scattered to broken stratocumulus at 7,000 ft
6/10 broken cirrostratus at 28,000 feet
Visibility: 7 miles or greater
Wind - Pad 39B: NE/10-16 knots
Temperature: 71 degrees
Dewpoint: 62 degrees
Humidity: 73%
Precipitation: showers in the Cape Canaveral/KSC vicinity
Other weather concerns: chance of low ceilings
Probability of launch weather criteria violation on Wed.: 40%
tanking criteria violation on Wed.: 0%
USAF Range Weather Operations
Cape Canaveral, Florida
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