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APPENDIX C-- Report on Accident to Eastern Air Lines Aircraft NC 21727 near Vero Beach, Florida, on April 3, 1941
- The 6:35 A. M., 7:35 A. M., 8:35 A. M., and 9:35 A. M. Weather Sequence from Miami to Jacksonville, Florida, on April 3, 1941
6:35 A.M. Sequence: | |
| MIAMI, Class C. Weather 0635 E |
High broken clouds, lower scattered clouds at 5000 feet, sea-level pressure 1010.8 millibars, temperature 75, dew point 67, wind southeast 16 miles per hour, altimeter setting 29.85 |
| WEST PALM BEACH 0635 E |
Ceiling estimated 5000 feet, upper and lower broken clouds, pressure 1011.2 millibars, temperature 73, dew point 64, wind southeast 13, altimeter setting 29.85. |
| VERO BEACH 0635 E |
Ceiling estimated 8000 feet, overcast, pressure 1011.2 millibars, temperature 70, dew point 62. Wind direction missing, velocity 13 miles per hour, altimeter setting 29.85. |
| MELBOURNE 0635 E |
Ceiling estimated 6500 feet, overcast, visibility 8 miles, pressure 1010.8 millibars. Temperature 69, dew point 63, wind east 14, altimeter setting 29.84. |
| ORLANDO 0635 E |
Ceiling estimated 900 feet, overcast, lower broken, visibility 2 miles, mild thunderstorm, moderate rain, light fog. Temperature 63, dew point 59, wind east southeast 9. Remarks: Lightning all quadrants. |
| DAYTONA BEACH | Ceiling estimated 5000 feet, overcast, visibility 8 miles, light rain, pressure 1012.5 millibars. Temperature 64, dew point 61, wind southwest 4, altimeter setting 29.89. |
| JACKSONVILLE 0635 E |
Ceiling unlimited, high overcast, visibility 10 miles or better, pressure 1010.8 millibars. Temperature 62, dew point 55, wind southeast 8, altimeter setting 29.84. |
7:35 A. M. Sequence: | |
| MIAMI, Class C Weather 0735 E |
Ceiling 1600 feet, high broken clouds, lower broken clouds, visibility 8 miles, pressure 1011.2 millibars. Temperature 74, dew point 68, wind east southeast 10, altimeter setting 29.85. |
| WEST PALM BEACH 0735 E |
Ceiling estimated 5000 feet, overcast, pressure 1011.5 millibars. Temperature 74, dew point 63, wind southeast 15, altimeter setting 29.86. Pressure tendency falling then rising. 0.4 millibars in the last three hours. Stratocumulus clouds moving from the southeast. |
