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