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 APPENDIX C

THE 8 30 P M E'ST WEATHER SEQUENCE BETWEEN BUFFALO AND DETROIT CONSISTING OF OCCASIONAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU, OCTOBER 30, 1941

BUFFALO, Classification

Ceiling 35 hundred feet, overcast visibility 2-1/2 miles,

Instrument light fog, light smoke, sea level pressure 1024 7 millibars temperature 48, dew point 44 wind southeast 3, altimeter setting 30 23

DUNKIRK

Ceiling 5 thousand feet, overcast lower broken clouds visibility 5 miles, light fog, temperature 45, dew point 44, wine calm

ERIE, Special

Ceiling estimated 6 thousand feet, broken clouds, visibility 1-1/2 miles, light ground fog sea level pressure 1025 1 millibars, temperature 48, dew point 46, wind calm, altimeter setting 30 25

JARVIS

Ceiling 36 hundred feet, overcast, visibility 1-1/4 miles, light fog, sea level pressure 1024 9 millibars, temperature 44, dew point 44, wind north 4, altimeter setting 30 24

GLENCOE

Ceiling unlimited, high overcast, lower scattered clouds at 55 hundred feet, visibility 1 mile, light fog, sea level pressure 1025 7 millibars, temperature 44, dew point 43, wind calm, altimeter setting 30 26

PERRY

Ceiling 41 hundred feet, overcast visibility 2 miles, light fog, temperature 49, dew point 47, wind calm

CLEVELAND, Classification

Ceiling 56 hundred feet, overcast, visibility 1-1/4 miles, light smoke,

Instrument sea level pressure 1024 4 millibars, temperature 53, dew point 48, wind calm, altimeter setting 30 23

DETROIT CITY AIRPORT

Ceiling estimated 5 thousand feet, overcast, visibility 2-1/2 miles, light

Classification Instrument rain, light smoke, sea level pressure 1025 4 millibars, temperature 46, dew point 42, wind north 2, altimeter setting 30 26

DETROIT

Ceiling 5 thousand feet, overcast visibility 1-1/2 miles, light smoke, sea

WAYNE COUNTY AIRPORT level pressure 1024 7 millibars, temperature 45, dew point 43, wind

Classification Instrument

north-northeast 8, altimeter setting 30.23

SELFRIDGE FIELD

Ceiling 35 hundred feet, overcast, visibility 1-1/4 miles, light fog, light rain shower, sea level pressure 1025 4 millibars, temperature 45, dew point 44, wind northwest 6

MALTON

Ceiling 2 hundred feet, overcast visibility 3/4 mile light rain, light fog sea level pressure 1025 3 millibars, temperature 43, dew point 41, wind calm, altimeter setting 30 24