[sci.space.shuttle] KSC Weather Briefing for 10/04/90

yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (10/05/90)

          TO:   PIOZ/PRESS
          FROM: George Diller/NASA-KSC


                              Launch Complex 39/STS-41
                              L-2 Weather Forecast
                              Conditions expected on 10/6/90



          Synopsis:  High presssure will bring easterly winds.
                     A weak cold front may extend across central or south
                     Florida creating scattered rainshowers with
                     occasional ceilings below 8,000 feet.
                     Tropical Storm Klaus will not be a factor.


           At 7:35 a.m. on Saturday conditions are forecast to be:

          Clouds:  3,000-8,000 scattered cumulus
                   25,000-28,000 scattered cirrus


          Visibility: 7 miles

          Wind: E-10 knots, possible gusts to 18 knots

          Temperature:  80 degrees

          Dewpoint:     77 degrees

          Humidity:     90%

          Precipitation: chance of showers


          Probabilities of weather criteria violations--
          Tanking violation: 0%
          Launch weather criteria violation: Saturday 30%
                                             Sunday   30%
                                             Monday   30%



          Developed by Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
          USAF Air Weather Service

          10/4/90