U. S. NAVAL STATION NAVY No. 127 %POSTMASTER SEATTLE, WASHINGTON IN REPLY REFER TO: NS/KOD/A9-2 95:GHGW:ppk DECLASSIFIED Ser 330 FEB 4 1953 From: Commanding Officer To: Chief of Naval Operations (Aviation History and Research Section) Subj: Historical Report (OpNav Report 575-1): submission of Ref: (a) OpNav Instruction 5750.2 Encl: (1) Historical Report for period 1 July 1952 to 31 December 1952 1. In accordance with reference (a), subject Historical Report is submitted herewith as enclosure (1). W. K. RHODES U. S. NAVAL STATION KODIAK, ALASKA HISTORICAL REPORT (OPNAV Report 575-1) 1 July, 1952 - 31 December, 1952 HISTORICAL OFFICER LCDR G. H. G. WEBSTER, 283869/1310, U. S. Navy U. S. NAVAL STATION NAVY No. 127 %POSTMASTER SEATTLE, WASHINGTON IN REPLY REFER TO: A. Chronology __________ 1. On 15 July 1952, Captain R. C. BRIXNER, 61107/1310, USN, was detached and relieved by Commander S. S. SEARCY, Jr., 76250/1310, USN, Acting Commanding Officer. Captain W. K. RHODES, 59840/1310, USN, relived Commander S. S. SEARCY, Jr., Acting Commanding Officer, and assumed Command on 1 August 1952. 2. The U. S. Naval Station is under the management control of the Bureau of Aeronautics; military command and coordination control of the SEVENTEENTH Naval District. The Naval Station, Kodiak, Alaska is patterned after the 1950 Bureau of Aeronautics Manual's Standard Naval Air Station Organization. 3. Geographic Location: Kodiak Island, Territory of Alaska. 4. None. 5. Area of Geographic responsibility: a. Search and Rescue Area II as designated by ComAlSeaFron under CINCAL. b. The geographic area of responsibility for weather broadcasts remains unchanged since the last report. however, in accordance with OpNav NOTICE 5450 of 10 April 1952 (NOTAL), the Naval Aerological Facility, Kodiak, Alaska, became a U. S. Fleet Weather Central with command responsibilities as defined in OpNav Instruction 3140.14A of 2 June 1952. 6. Summary of assistance rendered by Commander Search and Rescue Area II: July ____ a. On 2 July, the USS MAHOPAC was dispatched to rendezvous with the fishing vessel YUKON II, which was requesting assistance because its tow to the disabled fishing vessel ESTELLA was breaking. The YUKON II proceeded into Lazy Bay safely, and the USS MAHOPAC returned to Naval Station, Kodiak. b. On 5 July, Coast Guard PBY-5A 48254 was dispatched to the Cape Yak- ataga area to search for LCI SR-9 reported aground. The PBY located the vessel and found seven survivors on the beach. Survival gear and emer- gency rations were dropped that day and the next. On 8 July, the Coast Guard Cutter KIMBALL arrived on the scene and attempted to land a small boat; the boat overturned in the surf but the five crew members reached the beach safely. Coast Guard PBY 8254 transported five KIMBALL crew members and three LCI survivors to Yakutat on 9 July. CAA aircraft evacuated the remainder of the group. c. On 6 July, the YTB 401 was dispatched to search the beaches of Long Island for two boys who had departed Kodiak the day before in a 12 foot skiff. Local residents found the two boys on Near Island the same day. -1- d. A Navy PBY-6A evacuated a critically ill baby from the village of Chignik on 9 July. e. On 8 July, the fishing vessel VICTORY MAID reported a man on board with an injured hand; the man was transferred by boat to Thornborough AFB. A Navy R4D evacuated the man to Elmendorf AFB on 9 July. f. A Navy PBY-6A dropped emergency rations and survival clothing to five survivors of the fishing vessel SOLAR, which broke up in Oil bay, on 10 July. The survivors were transported to Snug Harbor by another fishing vessel from where they were evacuated by an Air Force aircraft. g. A Coast Guard PBY-6A was dispatched on 11 July to search Nushagak Bay for two fishermen whose boat was found capsized on 5 July. The search was terminated with negative results. h. On 13 July, the USS Mahopac reported that she had two wires in her screw and needed a tow. The Coast Guard Cutter Bittersweet was dispatched to aid the Mahopac, but was unable to get a line to her because of heavy swells. On 14 July, the Mahopac reported that she was aground near the fishing vessel Wizard. During the next five days, the USS Owachomo, YTB 401, TAKL 36, YC942, LCU 778 and USS Cree participated in salvage operations. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG made two flights to effect transfer of messenger lines between the Mahopac and other craft. On 19 July the Mahopac was freed from the beach. The Bittersweet towed th Mahopac to Naval Station, Kodiak. i. On 14 July, a Coast Guard PBY-5AG evacuated a man with a broken hip from Cold bay. The man was originally transferred from the fishing vessel DEEP SEA at False Pass to Cold bay via the fishing vessel TROJAN. k. A Navy PBY-6A was dispatched on 20 July to search for a missing boat in the Afognak Island Area. The boat was sighted near Pillar Cape, and the PBY remained in the vicinity until the fishing vessel PARAMOUNT arrived at the scene. l. A navy R4D with 3 divers aboard was dispatched to Cold bay on 29 July to conduct salvage operations on the fishing vessel AFINITY which had capsized and sunk. The owner's body was believed to be still aboard. The vessel was raised but no body was found. Further search in the surrounding waters proved negative also. m. On 29 July, A Coast Guard PBY-5AG evacuated from Ivanof Bay a woman suffering from lye poisoning. n. On 31 July, a Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched to assist the cannery tender YARSH which had struck a rock. The PBY located the YARSH near Malina Point and was informed that no further assistance was necessary since the vessel was proceeding into a bay to beach and repair her damage. -2- August ______ a. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG and the Coast Guard Cutter CLOVER were dispatched to the Pearl Island area to assist the fishing vessel ALICE P reported aground in that area. The PBY found the fishing vessel high and dry on a reef with another fishing vessel standing by. Since the vessel stated that no further assistance was required the PBY and the cutter returned to Kodiak. b. On 10 August the tug GUY JR was reported off Port Moller, in distress and leaking badly. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched, to find the vessel and to effect a rendezvous between it and the fishing vessel DEEP SEA. When visual contact was made between the two vessels, the PBY returned to Kodiak. c. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched on 11 August to evacuate a critically injured man from Chignik. The man was found to have a fractured skull, and was returned to Kodiak and transferred to Griffin Memorial Hospital, Kodiak, the same day. d. On 14 August the Coast Guard Cutter CLOVER was dispatched to assist the fishing vessel RENABEL which was drifting with engines out of com- mission near Seal Rock Light. The CLOVER took the RENABLE in tow on 15 August and towed her to Seward. e. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG evacuated an ill messman from the TATA 241 at Umnak Island in 15 August. f. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG unsuccessfully searched the area near Jamaica Bay on 17 August for a reported signal marker and life raft. g. On 30 August a Coast Guard PBY-5AG evacuated a man with a severe back injury from Uzinki to Kodiak. h. The Coast Guard Cutter BITTERSWEET informed ComSarTWO on 30 August that an epidemic of high fever had been reported among children at Per- ryville. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched the same day with a doctor aboard to investigate. The doctor treated seven patients for a virus infection before returning to the station. September _________ a. On 3 September, a Coast Guard PBY-5AG was diverted from a logistics flight to Cape Sarichef in order to evacuate a sick man from Dutch Harbor. After delivering supplies to Cape Sarichef, the PBY evacuated the man from Dutch Harbor to naval Station, Kodiak. The patient was further evacuated to Anchorage via a transient Air Force C-47. b. On 5 September two Coast Guard PBY-5AG's were dispatched to search for a missing LCM enroute from Blue Fox Bay, Afognak Island, to Dutton, Alaska Mainland. A Navy PBY-6A on a local training flight was also diverted to aid in the search. The LCM was found in a cove near Cape Douglas by the navy PBY with the letters "OK" written on an awning. All aircraft were recalled from the search. -3- c. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG evacuated a sick man from Old Harbor to Naval Station, Kodiak on 7 September. d. On 9 September the Coast Guard Cutter STORIS was diverted to aid an injured man at Unga Island. The man was evacuated by boat to Sand Point, Popof Island, where the STORIS arrived on 10 September. Medical assistance was given by the Medical Officer of the STORIS; no further evacuation was deemed necessary. e. The Coast Guard Cutter BITTERSWEET took the fishing vessel ELIZABETH under tow on 10 September and towed her to the city dock in the city of Kodiak. The ELIZABETH had experienced engine trouble in the vicinity of Hogg Island. f. On 10 September the Coast Guard Cutter STORIS was dispatched to Perryville to render medical assistance to a woman in serious condition, due to a miscarriage. The STORIS arrived on 1 September. Medical exam- ination revealed that hospitalization was needed, but the STORIS was unable to evacuate her because of mechanical difficulties. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched to Perryville the same day and evacuated the woman on NS, Kodiak, from where she was transferred to Griffin Memorial Hospital in Kodiak. g. The USS BAGADUCE was dispatched to Perryville on 11 September to tow the Coast Guard Cutter STORIS back to Naval Station, Kodiak. The STORIS had suffered a broken thrust bearing. h. The Coast Guard Cutter CLOVER was dispatched to Driver Bay on 13 September to aid the motor vessel SUSITNA which was aground. The SUSITNA later reported that she had refloated, and the CLOVER rendezvoused with the SUSITNA in order to conduct a sea worthiness survey of that vessel. i. On 15 September a Navy R4D evacuated a two and one-half year old girl with a cut arm from Sand Point to Naval Station Kodiak. j. On 10 September a Coast Guard PBY-5AG returning from a logistics mission, searched Puget Bay and found a vessel resembling the POPEYE II which was overdue at Seward. On 11 September, the Coast Guard Cutter SEDGE entered Puget Bay and identified the vessel as POPEYE II and advised that the vessel was enroute to Seward under her own power. The POPEYE again became overdue at Seward, and on 15, 16 and 17 September Coast Guard Aircraft searched the coastline from Port Chatham to Puget Bay with no results. The search was suspended on 28 September. The POPEYE II was discovered aground at Narrow Cape, Kodiak Island, by passing hunters on 25 September. k. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched to attempt identification of aircraft wreckage sighted on Afognak Island. The aircraft wreckage was identified as old wreckage of a civilian light plane. l. On 30 September, a Coast Guard PBY-5AG evacuated a woman suffering from acute anxiety, from King Cove to NS, Kodiak. The woman was further transferred to Griffin Memorial Hospital, Kodiak. -4- October _______ a. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG departed Kodiak on 1 October to search the area between Cordova and Hanning Bay, Montague Island, for the boat DONNA LEE which was overdue at Hanning bay. The boat was sighted on the same day proceeding toward Cordova and in no difficulty. b. On 10 October, A Coast Guard PBY-5AG departed for Cape Sarichef to evacuate a man suffering from acute appendicitis. The aircraft was forced to land and remain overnight at Cold Bay because of darkness, but picked up the man on the morning of 11 October and evacuated him to NS, Kodiak. c. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG on 17 October evacuated a man suffering from a paralytic stroke from Chignik to NS, Kodiak, from where he was trans- ferred to Griffin Memorial Hospital, Kodiak. d. On 26 October, a Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched to Sand Point to render medical assistance to a woman who was in serious condition. Upon arrival, the doctor aboard the PBY found the woman had died of a stroke a short time earlier. e. Returning from the trip above, the Coast Guard PBY-5AG with a doctor aboard stopped at Perryville and attended a child who had a seriously scalded foot. November ________ a. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG with a doctor aboard departed on 8 November to render medical assistance to a woman at Unga who had given birth to triplets. Medical assistance was rendered; evacuation was not necessary. b. An Alert Notice was received on AF2570, a C-119 operating under the call "Warmwind Three", which was enroute Elmendorf AFB to NS, Kodiak. The aircraft was last heard over Kenai at 1206AST on 15 November. The ALNOT was received at 1355AST and the first search mission departed this station at 1444AST. During the following eight days, all available aircraft searched the areas from Kodiak to Homer, the Cold Bay area, and other sectors designated by ComSAR Three, who was coordinator of the search. On 23 November all aircraft were withdrawn from this search to search for a missing Air Force C-124. On 6 December this command was relieved of all commitments on this search. c. On 17 November a Navy PBY-6A was diverted from a flight from King Salmon to NS, Kodiak, to Old harbor in order to evacuate a man suffering from a serious eye infection. Upon arrival at this station, the patient was transferred to Griffin Memorial Hospital at Kodiak for treatment. d. On 21 November, the Coast Guard Cutter SEDGE was dispatched from Port Eches to search for the missing fishing vessel SORTLAND, overdue at Seward. On 22 November a message was received from the Coast Guard Cutter BITTERSWEET stating that she had located the vessel at Port Chalmers, and that the vessel did not require assistance. -5- e. On 23 November, all available search aircraft at this activity began searching for a missing Air Force C-124, AF1107, missing on a flight from McChord Field to Elmendorf AFB, last heard over Middleton Island at 1947AST on 22 November. Wreckage of an aircraft was sighted on a glacier on Mt. Gannett on 26 November by an AIr Force aircraft, and was defin- itely identified on 28 November by a civilian Supercub which landed at the scene. The Coast Guard Cutters STORIS and SEDGE participated in the search and in transporting a ground party from Wittier to Harriman Field. Further search wa suspended. A ground party reached the aircraft wreckage on 7 December, but were unable to effect salvage or removal of remains because of heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures. All efforts were suspended until approximately July, 1953. f. A Navy PBY-6A engaged in a search mission was diverted on 24 November to Rocky Bay, from where a man who had been injured in a saw mill was evacuated to Elmendorf AFB. December ________ a. On 1 December, a Coast Guard PBY-5AG was diverted from a logistics flight to Cape Sarichef to effect treatment or evacuation of a seriously ill baby at Ivanof Bay. The PBY landed at Cold bay where a doctor and a corpsman were taken aboard, then departed for Ivanof Bay. The baby was treated for acute bronchitis, but evacuation was not effected, as it responded to treatment very well. b. On 10 December, an Alert Notice was received concerning a missing Grumman enroute Kodiak to Homer, with a landing enroute at Afognak. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched on the morning of 11 December to search the area Kodiak to Homer. After the aircraft wa airborne, notice was received from Homer that the aircraft was in contact with Homer Radio. The PBY was recalled from the search. c. A Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched to Perryville on 12 December with a doctor aboard, from where a seriously ill man was evacuated to NS, Kodiak, for further transfer to Griffin Memorial Hospital in Kodiak. d. On 18 December, the Coast Guard Cutter BITTERSWEET with a Navy doctor aboard evacuated a badly burned man from Harvester Island, Uyak Bay, to Griffin Memorial Hospital, Kodiak. e. On 24 December, the Coast Guard Cutter BITTERSWEET evacuated a man from the fishing vessel WAFCO No. 2, which had been stranded in Monashka Bay, Kodiak Island, for five days. f. On 26 December, a Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched to Cape Sarichef to pick up a Coast Guard ENC with an injured eye who had been transferred from Scotch Cap Light Station to Cape Sarichef to await the plane. The PBY proceeded from Cape Sarichef to Cold bay for fuel, re- mained overnight at Cold bay, and returned the following day with the patient. -6- g. On 28 December the Coast Guard Cutter SEDGE departed Cordova to assist the vessel ALERT, reported to be unable to proceed because of burnt out bearings. The SEDGE took the ALERT in tow off Middle Ground Strait Shoal and towed her to the city dock at Cordova. h. On 30 December a Coast Guard PBY-5AG was dispatched to Perryville to evacuate a woman suffering with dysentery. The woman was brought to Naval Station Kodiak and transferred to Griffin Memorial Hospital in Kodiak. CHRONOLOGY (Continued) July ____ 7. During the first week of July, the Naval Air Mobile Trainer, Fire Fighting and rescue course (Class C) under the direction of COMAIRPAC, visited the Naval Station to give instruction and drills to the Naval Station crash/fire and rescue. 8. The Kodiak Naval Station Ground Controlled Approach Unit conducted its the-thousandth GCA approach. The aircraft making the approach was a Coast Guard PBY-5AG attached to the Kodiak Coast Guard Air Detachment. August ______ 9. On 9 August 1952, Rear Admiral E. A. CRUISE, Commandant of the SEVENTEENTH Naval District, was relieved by Rear Admiral John PERRY. 10. During the first two weeks of August 1952, the Naval Station, Kodiak, furnished one (1) PBY-6A amphibious type aircraft and flight crew to the BAREX (Point Barrow Re-supply Expedition), at Point Barrow, Alaska, for the purpose of ice reconnaissance. Nine (9) ice reconnaissance flights were flown in the artic re-supply area. Flight time for these flights totaled 30.4 hours. September _________ 11. On 10 September 1952, an Air Force F-94, AF5493 crashed and burned at approach end of runway 25 during an attempted night landing. The Kodiak Naval Station Crash Crew removed the pilot and passenger from the burning aircraft within approximately one (1) minute after the crash. 12. During the month of September 1952 local GCA minimums were changed from ceiling 300 feet visibility 1-1/2 mile to ceiling 200 feet visibility 1 mile. November ________ 13. On 4 November 1952, a warning was received from CinCPac regarding a tidal wave originating from an earthquake off the Siberian Coast. Tidal rise commenced at 1343AST rising 0.5 feet in a period of 27 minutes, then fell 1.5 feet during the next 45 minutes. -7- 14. On 14 and 15 November 1952, a United Charities Carnival was held at the U. S. Naval Station, Kodiak, Alaska. The carnival was a great success, with the proceeds going to various charitable organizations. 15. During the period 1 July 1952 through 31 December 1952, the following information is submitted from the Supply and Fiscal department: a. A material coverage system has been established in the aviation warehouse in compliance with Technical Order 38-52 and ASO Bulletin 19, 20 and 21. b. Indicators have been placed on all items of aviation stock designated as hypercritical items. c. Request has been made to COMFAIR Seattle, for permission to ship P2V2-2-3-3W and P24Y, obsolete major spares to the United States. -8- B. NARRATIVE _________ 1. The Medical Department of the U.S. Naval Station, Kodiak, Alaska as of 1 July 1952 consisted of an authorized complement of five medical officers, seven nurses and thirty one hospital corpsmen. During the period covered by this report, the complement serving in a temporary additional duty status remained the same. This complement is considered ample to complete the missions of the Medical Department. 2. During this period, the Medical Flight Team accompanied the Coast Guard Search and Rescue Organization and the U. S. Naval Station Rescue Team on approximately 24 mercy missions. The standard procedure used of sending one medical officer, a flight surgeon, accompanied by a Navy Hospital corpsman with adequate medical supplies to handle the given situation has produced a highly efficient team to render immediate professional treatment upon reach- ing the mercy mission destination. Any cases requiring prolonged hospital- ization are returned to the station via airplane and taken by ambulance to Griffin Memorial Hospital in Kodiak. All mercy missions were accomplished in a routine manner. 3. The majority of mercy flights undertaken were for humanitarian evacuation of natives in the outlying island areas. The cooperation between all activ- ities functioning in sea-air rescue has been excellent. 4. The three flight surgeons attached to this station are sufficient in number to complete any rescue mission which might occur. 5. On the night of 10 September at approximately 2235AST, an Air Force F-94 #15493 undershot the runway on a night approach to landing, bounced off the rocks below the approach end of runway 25, and slid down the runway for approximately fifteen hundred feet, disintegrating almost completely. The fuselage section immediately surrounding the cockpit remained fairly intact. The aircraft exploded upon impact and burst into flames as it slid along the runway. The high degree of readiness and training of the station crash/fire-rescue team resulted in rescue of both occupants of the aircraft in less than (1) minute. Neither of the occupants suffered from burns. The Naval Station duty ambulance crew gave immediate first aid and removed the patients to the infirmary. Both occupants survived the crash. 6. The Mobile Trainer, Fire Fighting and Rescue Course (mention in para 7 of the chronology) had visited this station two months prior to this crash. It is felt that the instruction given and accompanying realistic aircraft fire and rescue drills are of great value in the training and maintenance of proficiency of aircraft crash/fire-rescue teams. 7. During the past six months no new proven cases of Weil's Disease have been admitted to the infirmary. During August an inspection was made by the Inspector General, Medical, and recommendation was made that this activity initiate an official request to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to conduct a survey of conditions affecting the health of personnel residing on and living in areas immediately adjacent to the Naval Station. In accord- ance with the basic recommendation of the Inspector General, Medical, an official request for this survey was made to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. -9- The request was approved and it is expected that this survey will be conducted during the early part of the calendar year 1953. 8. In July 1952 the Station was notified of the increase in pay as of 6 July 1952 for Group IVa supervisors through Chief Quarterman, brought about by a revision in the differential rates for supervisors. The increase averaged $630 a year for quartermen and $460 a year for leadingmen and was expected to increase the Station's annual wage bill by $18,000. 9. The reduction in the maintenance and operating funds for the Station in FY 1953 necessitated a reduction in force. Notifications of reduction in force were prepared in August 1952 for 30 ungraded and 4 graded civilian employees. The work force was further reduced during the period by attrition so that a total reduction in the ungraded personnel of about 20% and in the graded personnel of about 5% was realized. Recruitment from the States dropped off sharply during the period, although during the end of the period it appeared that the process of attrition had halted and that a new need was being felt to fill vacancies in key ratings in the operating division. 10. In October 1952 a new Schedule of Wages for Alaska was received with in- creases for ungraded employees retroactive to 20 July 1952. The new rates averaged 10-1/4 cents per hour higher than the old. Quartermen and Leadingmen participated in this raise also, as the base on which the differentials are figured was raised. Foremen, who were not included in the earlier raise, received increases of over $1,000 a year in this one. It was estimated that the new rates would add $100,000 to the Station's annual wage bill. 1. In December 1952 the Station was advised by the Bureau of Aeronautics to abandon its policy of recruiting civilians outside the Greater Seattle Area and stipulating that recruits must pay their own travel and transportation expenses. Henceforth the Station will limit recruiting of civilians to the Seattle area except in instances where there are funds available to pay travel and transportation from the place of recruitment to Seattle. -10- APPENDIX 1. Statistics: a. There were 55 flight physical examinations conducted during the record half of 1952. The majority of groundings were due to common cold. The average length of time of groundings for this condition was five to seven days. The number of personnel grounded through 1 July 1952 to 31 December 1952 did not seriously affect or hamper the efforts or efficiency of the squadrons. b. During the period 1 July 1952 through 31 December 1952, the Naval Station complement of aircraft consisted of two (2) PBY-6A amphibious aircraft, one (1) UF-1 amphibious aircraft, two (2) R4D-5 transport aircraft, and one (1) HO3S-1 helicopter. The helicopter has never been replaced since HO3S-1 BuNo 124346 crashed while attempting a landing on Puffin Island during November of 1951. One (1) R4D-5 transport was replaced by one (1) R4D-8 transport during the later part of December 1952. c. Total hours flown by Naval Station aircraft during reporting period: twelve hundred thirty-nine hours. d. Total take-offs and landings: twenty one-hundred thirty-nine. g. Ground controlled approaches: IFR 164 Hooded 399 Visual 642 Total 1205 f. Search and Rescue Summary: (1) Total search and rescue flights 65 (2) Total air evacuation flights 33 (3) Approximate hours flown (Navy & Coast Guard) 440 (4) Natives evacuated or treated 40 -11- OPERATIONAL CLIMATOLOGY SUMMARY FOR JULY THROUGH DECEMBER 1952 1. Temperature (degrees F.) Observed Cumulative Mean in 1952 Data 1941 to 1952 Mean 45.0 44.3 Mean Maximum 49.3 48.9 Mean Minimum 30.5 29.8 Absolute Maximum 75.4 86.0 Absolute Minimum 13.0 07.0 2. Visibility Percent of time less than 1-1/2 miles 3.2 2.6 Percent of time 1-1/2 to 6 miles 14.2 14.5 Percent of time over 6 miles 82.6 82.9 3. Sky Percent of time 1/10 of clouds or less 9.9 8.0 Percent of time 2/10 to 5/10 of clouds 10.8 21.0 Percent of time 6/10 of clouds to overcast 79.3 71.0 4. Precipitation Water equivalent (inches) 39.30 36.08 Snowfall (inches) 17.4 13.0 5. Winds Maximum gust and direction (knots) NW 59 NW 92 Prevailing direction and velocity (knots)NW 9.1 NW 9.5 Percent of time calm 3.0 3.9 Percent of time average wind 1 to 20 knots 89.4 88.2 Percent of time average wind over 20 knots 7.6 7.9 Number of storms with gusts 30 to 55 knots 26.0 21.2 Number of hours in which gusts 30 to 55 knots occurred 180 323 Number of storms with gusts over 55 knots 3.0 4.2 Number of hours in which gusts 55 knots or over occurred 4.0 32.0 6 Flying Conditions Percent of time of favorable flying conditions 80.4 76.6 (The following must occur simultaneously to have favorable flying conditions). a. Ceiling: not less than 1000 feet b. Visibility: Not less than 3 miles c. Wind: Less than 20 knots Percent of time below GCA Minimums (300 feet and/or 1-1/2 miles) 6.3 5.6 -12-