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-3 Day Weather Forecast for STS-37
Conditions expected on Friday, 4/5/91
Synopsis: A cold front will be approaching from the West but is
now not expected to be a factor on Friday. It will influence
weather in the event of a 24 hour scrub turnaround as predicted
winds increase. Each day conditions improve during the duration
of the launch period.
At 9:18 a.m. on Friday morning conditions are forecast to be:
Clouds: 2,500 to 6,000 scattered stratocumulus
28,000 to 33,000 broken cirrus
Visibility: 7+ miles
Wind - Pad 39B: SE 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: 30%
Probability of tanking constraint violation on Friday: 5%
Chance of violation at launch time on Saturday: 50%
Sunday: 30%
Developed by Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
USAF Air Weather Service
4/2/91