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From: starrfie@hydro.la.asu.edu (Sumner Starrfield)
Subject: Weather for Tomorrow at the Cape
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 93 10:20:04 MST
LAUNCH WEATHER FORECAST FOR STS-61
24-hour scrub turnaround
December 1, 1993
George H. Diller
NASA Kennedy Space Center
407/867-2468
Synopsis: High pressure over the Atlantic together with an upper
level trough of low pressure over the Gulf of Mexico will bring
generally northeast winds and low level clouds.
At the opening of the launch window at 4:27 a.m. on Thursday the
forecast is:
Clouds: 4/10-7/10 scattered to broken stratocumulus at 4,500 ft
Visibility: 7 miles or greater
Wind - Pad 39B: ENE/8-14 knots
Temperature: 70 degrees
Dewpoint: 63 degrees
Humidity: 79%
Precipitation: slight chance of scattered showers
Other weather concerns: chance of ceiling below 8,000 feet
Probability of launch weather criteria violation on Thur.: 40%
tanking criteria violation on Thur.: 0%
Probability of launch weather criteria violation on Fri.: 20%
USAF Range Weather Operations
Cape Canaveral, Florida
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