yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (12/02/90)
TO: PIOZ/PRESS
FROM: George Diller/NASA-KSC
407-867-2468/FTS 823-2468
Launch Complex 39
L-1 Day Weather Forecast for STS-35
Conditions expected on Sunday, 12/2/90
Synopsis: Surface high pressure will be located east of the
Carolinas and will dominate conditions in the Cape Canaveral
vicinity. This will produce a generally easterly flow that
generates cloud bands which will move onshore from over the
Atlantic Ocean.
At 1:28 a.m. on Sunday morning conditions are forecast to be:
Clouds: 4,000-7,000 scattered stratocumulus
28,000-32,000 scattered cirrus
Visibility: 7+ miles
Wind - Pad 39B: ENE at 12 knots gusting to 20 knots
Temperature: 62 degrees
Dewpoint: 60 degrees
Humidity: 92%
Precipitation: slight chance of showers
Probability of tanking constraint violation on Saturday: 0%
Probabilities of launch weather criteria violation: 35% at the
opening of the launch window, 15% for the overall window.
Overall chance of violation on Monday: 20%
Tuesday: 20%
Developed by Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
USAF Air Weather Service
12/1/90