yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (04/04/91)
TO: PIOZ/PRESS
FROM: George Diller/NASA-KSC
407-867-2468/FTS 823-2468
Launch Complex 39
L-2 Day Weather Forecast for STS-37
Conditions expected on Friday, 4/5/91
Synopsis: A cold front will be located in the central Gulf of
Mexico with high pressure located in the Atlantic off Cape
Hatteras. Elements affecting the weather criteria probabilities
are possible launch pad wind or crosswind violations, the chance
of ceilings below 8,000 feet, and a slight chance of showers.
At 9:18 a.m. on Friday morning conditions are forecast to be:
Clouds: 3,500 to 7,000 scattered stratocumulus
28,000 to 33,000 broken cirrus
Visibility: 7+ miles
Wind - Pad 39B: ESE at 10 knots gusting to 18 knots
Temperature: 74 degrees
Dewpoint: 60 degrees
Humidity: 72%
Precipitation: chance of showers
Probability of launch weather criteria violation at the beginning
of the launch period: 40%
Probability of launch weather criteria violation over the
duration of the launch period: 20%
Probability of tanking constraint violation on Friday: 0%
Chance of violation at launch time on Saturday: 50%
Sunday: 30%
Developed by Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
USAF Air Weather Service
4/3/91