yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (10/03/90)
TO: PIOZ/PRESS
FROM: Diller/NASA-KSC
Launch Complex 39
STS-41 L-4 Day Weather Outlook
Expected conditions on 10/6/90
Synopsis: A high presssure system centered to the northeast of
Florida is the dominant feature. A tropical wave has
developed 1600 miles southeast of Florida. Its effect
on Cape Canaveral, if any, will be routinely assessed.
At 7:35 a.m. on Saturday conditions are forecast to be:
Clouds: 3,000- 8,000 scattered
25,000-28,000 scattered
Visibility: 7+ miles
Wind: SE-8 knots
Temperature: 78 degrees
Dewpoint: 76 degrees
Relative Humidity: 95%
Precipitation: slight chance of showers and early morning fog
Probabilities of weather criteria violations--
Tanking violation: 0%
Launch weather criteria violation: Saturday 20%
Sunday 20%
Monday 20%
Prepared by Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
USAF Air Weather Service
10/2/90