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Show Vacation Planning a vacation in the Intermountain West this summer? If so, Dugways Detachment 19 of the U.S. Air Forces 6th Weather Wing has prepared a climatology guide which may help you pick your spot and the type of trip youd like to take. Clip this handy guide and save it for future Utah Zion National Park: High temperatures range in the middle 90s with the average low in the upper 60s. Precipitation ranges from 050 to 1.30 in late August. Bryce National Canyon: High temperatures reach close to 80 degrees, with the low averaging in the low 40's. Precipitation averages 1.75 some snow fall each month. during the summer, with Lake Powell: High temperatures are in the mid to upper 90's, with a low near 65 degrees. Precipitation ranges from 1.00 in June to 059" in August. Canyonlands: High temperatures average close to the 90 degree mark, with a low near 60. Precipitation averages just over 1.00 with July the driest month. Capitol Reef: High temperatures are dose to 90 degrees, with a low dropping to the 60 degree mark. Preinch mark in early cipitation averages near the one-ha- lf May to one and a half inches in late August. Check the weather before you choose Arches National Monument: High temperatures will be in the mid-t- o upper-90- s, dropping to the high 50 s by sunrise. Precipitation will average near one-ha- lf inch during the summer months. Dinosaur National Monument: High temperatures during the afternoon reach 91 degrees, dropping to 51 degrees in the early morning hours. Precipitation amounts are heavy during May and June, greater than one inch, dropping to near 050 in late August. Flaming Gorge Recreation Area: The warm- est temperatures occur in July and August when they reach the mid 80s, the mom&ng lows drop to 48 degrees. Precipitation reaches two inches by June and drops to one inch during July and August. Northern Utah (Cache Valley): High temperatures average near 85 degrees with the normal low of 53 indegrees. Precipitation averages close to dies during May and drops off to 0.60 by late August. Precipitation during the summer months is usually associated with late afternoon thunderstorms. Snow occasionally falls in the higher elevations of the state year round, however in rally trace amounts during the months of July and August. Arizona a recreation spot Grand Canyon: North Rim: (Elev. 8,090') Afternoon temperatures reach the low 70s, while normal sunrise temperatures are near 40 degrees. Precipitation ranges from 1.31 in May to well over three inches in August. This area is closed from' mid October to mid May. South Rim: (Elev. 7,011) High temperatures during the afternoon reach 80 degrees, while the morning lows fall to the low 50s. Precipitation is lighter than the North Rim area, ranging from 0.60 in May to 255 in late August These areas also receive much erf the precipitation from late afternoon convective showers. Hints for camping Montana Glacier National Park: High temperatures are usually in the high 60s and low 70s, with morning temperatures frequently below 32 degrees. Snowfall has occurred during all months of the year at Glacier. Die least chance of snow is from mid July to mid August. Wyoming A good way to find the current temperature anytime day or night is to count the number of Cricket Chirps within a 14 second period, add 40 to this number and you have the temperature within one degree F. When die Moon is in its house (a halo around the Moon) Rain or Snow usually within 24 hours. Rain before seven, usually lifts before eleven. A sunshiny shower, never lasts an half hour. With dew before the next day will surely be bright. Strong southerly winds, rain or dust storms it surely . mid-nigh- Yellowstone: Lake Mead Recreation Area: High average in the upper 90s, with the low dropping all die way down to 70. Precipitation usually averages 0.4 during the summer months with southerly winds at 4 to 6 mph. Fishing season officially opens throughout Utah this year on June 2. Dining the past ten years the average temperature is usually in the 80 s much of the state with a low of 40 degrees in the north to 50 in the south. It generally is windy during the first week of June with close of an inch of precipitation. to one-thir- d Temperatures are much the same with snow during all months of the year. Here again the least chance of snow is from mid July to mid August. Temperatures frequently drop below freezing during the summer months, with readings from 20 to 26 degrees not uncommon. as Glacier t, brings. During a summer shower the heaviest rainfall usually occurs two minutes after the first sprinkle is felt. Weather forecasts are available for a three day period and further outlooks for longer time periods upon request by calling extension 5158 or 5733. Violations prompt DTC parking guide Recent increases in the incidence of parking violations by Deseret Test Center personnel at Fort Douglas have resulted in detailed guidance for the parking of private vehicles fra employees of Building 100. AS A TENANT unit on Fort Douglas, the Deseret Test Center has consistently manifested a cooperative attitude towards its host unit, the Salt Lake Support Detachment. Increases in parking violations on post by DTC personnel hinder this spirit of cooperation. Therefore, to maintain DTCs high standards of cooperation, personnel are requested to abide by all traffic regulations at Fort Douglas. The following guidance has been disseminated for parking at Fort Douglas: AUTHORIZED PARKINC. (1) Both sides of Soldiers Circle immediately in front of Building 100 (Reserved parking only as posted). (2) West side of Service Road directly behind Build100. ing (3) North side of Hempstead Road. (4) Parking lot north erf Hempstead Road. (5) North side of road between Building 100 and 102. 250 suggestion receivHoward Yerke of Communications-Electronic- s es a $250 suggestion award fra1 his proposal to buy an ultrasonic cleaner to be used in the maintenance of elephone equipment. Making the award is Ground Commander Col. Arthur J. way Kingdom. Dug-Provin- g (6) Parking area east of Wasatch Blvd - directly below the Service Road behind Building 100. PROHIBITED PARKING. (1) Both sides of Chase Street directly in front of the Veterinarians Office (Building 28). (2) All areas where curb is painted red or which are otherwise posted. Safe drivers Dugway Proving Ground Commander Col. Arthur J. Kingdom (extreme left) and Equipment Pool NCOIC SFC Earl Edwards (extreme right) present Safe Harold Driver Awards to Sp5 Arnold Carter, Sp4 Joseph Fenwick, Sp5 Ronald and Salazar Young. Orville Sp4 Sykes, Sp5 Henry Jones, Sp5 (1-- r) Army updates reorganization Consolidation and realignment plans by the Army are expected to save about $58 million annually and eliminate approximately 4,600 military and civilian spaces. Couple this with improved management actions and Army reorganizations announced in January, and you have an annual savings of $248 million accrued by fiscal year 1975, and a reduction of 19,600 military ind civilian spaces. Highlights of the program include: Realignment and consolidation of Army Aviation flight training. Primary helicopter flight training and associated organizations at Ft. Wolters, Tex., and attack helicopter training at Hunter Air Field, Ga., will be moved to Ft. Rucker. Ft. Wolters and Hunter Field will tie placed in a caretaker status. Relocation and consolidation of Signal School and Center. Activities currently split between Ft. Monmouth, N.J., and Ft. Cordon, Ga., will lie consolidated in two phases at Ft. Cordon, with the Southeastern Signal School. In the first phase, tactical communication courses will lie moved, followed in the second phase by the remaining Signal School courses. Relocation and consolidation of Defense Language Institute. Ft. Monmouth will become the new home of the Institute. The East Coast Branch currently at the Washington Navy Yard will be the first to move, while the Institutes headquarters at Anacostia, the English Language Brandi at Lackland Air Force Base, Tex., and the Systems Development Agency now at the Presidio of Monterey will follow later. The West Coast Branch will remain at the Presidio of Monterey. Relocation and realignment of Military Police School. Die MP School and Training Brigade will be moved from Ft. Gordon to Ft. McClellan, Ala. Reduction in Ft Dix, N.J. training mission. Reductions in basic training workload with result in either closure of the Army Training Center at Ft. Dix, or by reduction in training activities at all six current training stations. A study on the matter will be completed in the summer. Even if the Center is closed at Ft. Dix, the personnel center, hospital and certain other Ft. Dix functions would be maintained. Various closures. Valley Forge General Hospital; North Post at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska; and Charleston Army Depot, S.C., will lie closed, and operations at Ft. Story, Va., will tie reduced. i Command realignment. Above mentioned schools and training centers will become elements of the new Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) established at Ft. Monroe, Va., along with other Army schools and training activities. Assistance to affected civilian employees. Department of Defease Stability of Employment Program will be in effect, as will the Civil Service Commissions Displaced Priority List. Employee Program, and the FOR THREE Reenlisting for three years for present duty assignment is James L. Gainey of the ASL Met Team at Dugway. Military Personnel Officer Capt. Paul J. Niemann performed the oath of enlistment while Sp5 Gaineys wife Alfreda served as witness to the ceremonies. RE-UP- S THREE MORE YEARS Ronald Young of the Equipment Pool reenlists for three years for present duty assignment. Equipment Pool Branch Commander Capt. Ronald J. performed the oath of enlistment, while Post Career Counselor SFC David L. McKinney served as witness for the ceremony. Sp4 Ver-doo-ra Four honors C. C. Stems of Suitability Evaluation Division walked away with the lions share of the awards in a recent ceremony. Mr. Sterns received two letters of and a appreciation, one suggestion award is Reginald Kenthe (r) presentations pin. Making dall, division chief. ten-ye- I Ken Fredcrickson ties received a vice pin. 20-ye- of Facili-- Martha F. Wells, MISO, reser- - ceived a certificate for 20 years of Federal Service. I 30 years L. Helm is congratulated by Deseret Test Center Commander Colonel Robert A. Shade for the completion of 30 yean in government service. Mr. Helm is an animal caretaker foreman in Life Sciences. Charles |