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  1. Newsgroups: sci.space.news
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!dont-send-mail-to-path-lines
  3. From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
  4. Subject: KSC Weather Report for 07/30/92 (Forwarded)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul30.235908.22364@news.arc.nasa.gov>
  6. Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
  7. Followup-To: sci.space
  8. Sender: usenet@news.arc.nasa.gov
  9. Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
  10. Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 23:59:08 GMT
  11. Approved: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
  12. Lines: 48
  13.  
  14.           FROM: George H. Diller
  15.                 NASA-KSC  407/867-2468
  16.  
  17.  
  18.                                  Weather Forecast for STS-46
  19.                                  Forecast prepared on L-1 day
  20.                                  Thursday, 7/30/92
  21.  
  22.  
  23.  
  24.           Synopsis: High pressure will dominate providing dry, stable
  25.           weather conditions.
  26.  
  27.  
  28.                During the launch window from 09:56 a.m. - 12:26 p.m. on
  29.           Friday, July 31, the conditions are forecast to be:
  30.  
  31.           Clouds:
  32.  
  33.           3,000-6,000 scattered cumulus
  34.           25% sky coverage
  35.  
  36.           25,000-28,000 scattered cirrus
  37.           40% sky coverage
  38.  
  39.           Visibility: 7 miles or greater
  40.  
  41.           Wind - Pad 39B:  SW becoming SE, 8 knots increasing to 12 knots
  42.  
  43.           Temperature:  87 degrees at window open, 92 by window close.
  44.  
  45.           Dewpoint:     75 degrees at window open, 73 by window close.
  46.  
  47.           Humidity:     70% at window open, 55% by window close.
  48.  
  49.           Precipitation: chance of thunderstorms after 1 p.m.
  50.  
  51.           Probability of launch weather criteria violation: 5%
  52.           Probability of tanking constraint violation: 5%
  53.  
  54.           Chance of violation at launch time on Saturday  20%
  55.                                                 tanking:  5%
  56.  
  57.           Chance of violation at launch time on Sunday :  25%
  58.                                                 tanking:   5%
  59.  
  60.  
  61.           Developed by Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility, USAF
  62.