European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stars and stripes saturday september 28, 1985 photos by Dave Dudlo weather forecaster Llu Herto Milo ions data from strip Chart recorders at a representative Osbert info site which is located near the runways at held. Azores based station provides Challenge Tor weather observers h j. Kinc Crl Pikr i a. Hureau 1 Vii s 1 1 . A ores in the a ores where the weather can change rapidly at am Lime of sear it s not easy to make predictions. Hul that s what the air % Dei i j of the i5lh weather so is failed on to do 1 t col. Keith d. Hutchison the de Tach men t commander said it s probably Mure difficult lure asking Al than at bases i Lii rope or in the United slate be cause. In my surrounded by Waler in the vast Ness of the North la hic. Lajes has t Many observation posts from which to gel an idea of surrounding weal her conditions. Instead of having observation Points record atmospheric soundings As they do in the slates we Only one. And that s in Bermuda. 1.000 Miles from us. Without that Dala input in makes it hard to fore Hutchison said. Sonic of the weather station s More sex pictures received every is hours. This helps fill in the void where surface Dala is lacking and with the satellite data the detachment can pinpoint fronts and other major features to the North Atlantic the biggest headache cur the forecast cars is correctly predicting when Hurricane Force winds will strike in Winter said Mas Ter sol. Bayabo Estrada. Chief of the base weather station. We give the base at least an hour s warning before the Strung winds hit he said "1 ast i february we had a recorded gust of 1 i j Mph Here and during 45 out of \0 Days last Winter we had winds in excess of 511 he said. Weather is a Lions on i he islands of 1 lures and 1 anal Send forecasts to the 1 Ajes weather people and these Are appreciated. 1 sir. Id i said and weather Iron l coming from the Northeast w Here ill our Iron is come from inn i pass those irada ome it passes 1 lures. 1k7 Miles away we have eight to 12 hours before the frontal system reaches us. From 1 anal we have about three to five hours before we gel while the wind May howl at just about any Lime Al . The temperatures Are fairly steady with the maximum Range on any Day being about 12 to 14 degrees be tween the High and the Low. The lowest temperature recorded Here last Winter was 39 degrees bul i Mirada said thai was extremely Low for Lajes although Lajes does t gel really High temperatures in summer to degrees is considered a scorcher ils High humidity makes temperatures seem like they Are 95 or 100. He explained. In makes people from St. Louis feel right Al he said. The uncomfortable time Here runs from the end of december through March and during that time you can feel the cold through it your Bones bul the other months of the year Are warm and the detachment shares the station with a portuguese air Force meteorological Sec lion. The americans and the 22 Portu Guese share the same Dala and split mis Sion recons Bililies. The Blue suiters work in a multinational situation and forecast for the department of defense nato and third world aircraft and Crews pass ing through Lajes. Besides nine american military Mem Bers and a . Civilian assigned to the detachment 10 portuguese weather observers work for the . Air Force. The portuguese Are very Good observers and they have a wealth of experience Hutchison. The detachment also provides the army s trans terminal unit with a daily weather package and Brief in support of ils Harbor operations Al nearby Praia a Vito Ria. The weather personnel also give a daily briefing to the naval air facility operations staff in support of their anti submarine War fare and surface ship surveillance missions. Master sri. Bin urho Estrada studies the weather As depicted h satellite photos. Portugese air Force Cap. Jose baptism left works with staff sri. Or
