The White Falcon - 05.12.1980, Qupperneq 3

December 5, 1980
White Falcon 3

Two S.P.’s chosen
or SAC Elite Guard
Two members of Air Forces Iceland
Security Police have been selected
to serve as members of the Strategic
Air Command Elite Guard recently.
They are A1C Mark G. Pugliese and
A1C Michael J. Berrill. Their
duties will include the protection
of the Commander-In-Chief of Head-
quarters building and ceremonial
honors for visiting dignitaries from
the U.S. and overseas.
Capt. E.C. Schram, Chief of
Security, AFI, said, "A1C Pugliese
and A1C Berrill have been two of our
best security policemen. They are
important members of our division."
Applications due for
dependent scholarships
The 1981 Dependent's Scholarship
Program's applications are due no
later than March 15, 1981. The
application, as well as school
transcripts and SAT or ACT test
scores, must reach the Commander,
Naval Military Personnel Command
(NMPC-641C) no later than the
deadline.
The Scholarship Pamphlet (NAVPERS
15003H), Application for Dependent's
holarship Program (NAVPERS 1750/7,
n be obtained from the Commander,
val Military Personnel Command
(NMPC-614C/Pers-7311), Navy De-
partment, Washington, D.C. 20370.
Furniture sale
A retail sale of excess household
furniture to defense force members
will be held Monday 9 to 10 a.m.
in building T-866 (Disposal Ware-
house) .
Sales are on a "first come,
first served, as is, where is"
basis. No refunds or exchanges are
made. Items must be paid for in
U.S. dollars and must be removed
immediately.
ServMart open to
personnel on Friday
coo;
The ServMart is open to privatm
individuals again Friday afternoons.
Office and art supplies are featured
along with small hand tools. The
station gas station is selling many
of the small hand tools in a
cooperative effort with the supply
partment to make the item-:
liable during more hours of the
k.
Eagle Scout
James Thyden pins an Eagle Scout brooch on his mother during a ceremony
honoring James for attaining the highest rank in scouting, Eagle Scout.
James, 15, is a sophomore at A.T. Mahan High School.
December will be colder and darker
December is the month of maximum
snowfall and minimum sunlight.
During this month two major patterns
occur: fair and cold weather under
the influence of a strong Greenland
high pressure cell or stormy with
temperatures near freezing under the
influence of a deep low pressure
center moving over Iceland from the
southwest.
The average temperature falls to
near freezing, 32.7°F (0.4C); a drop
of 3.4*F from November. The coldest
temperature recorded during the
month occurred in 1973 when the tem-
perature dropped to 7°F (-13.9C).
The warmest temperature for the
month occurred in 1976 and also
in earlier years when the tempera-
ture reached 49°F (9.4°C).
Prevailing winds predominate
from the northeast quadrant 34.6% of
the time, and the southeast quad-
rant 30.2% of the time with a mean
wind speed of 14 knots. A peak
wind gust of 73 knots was recorded
in 1972. Chill Index II becomes
the predominate condition with
frequent occurrences of Chill Index
III and the slight possibility of
Chill Index IV. The mean equivalent
air temperature therefore is only
11 degrees Fahrenheit.
Overall the precipitation amount*
for December make it the second wet-
test month, however, more than one
third of this total falls as snow.
Rain or drizzle can be expected on
nearly 17 days of the month vhlle
measurable amounts of snow may be
expected on over 11 days of the
month. Snowfall reaches its annual
maximum mean of 19.1 Inches and
blowing snow becomes very common.
The winter solstice occurs on
December 21 with only four hours
and 12 minutes between sunrise and
sunset. After this date the hours
of daylight gradually Increase to a
maximum in late June.
THE
WHITE
FALCON
The White Falcon Is published
weekly by the Iceland Defense
Force Public Affairs Office for
military and U. S. civilian per-
sonnel and their dependents sta-
tioned in Iceland. It is printed
by the 0. S. Naval Station Print
Shop with appropriated funds per
NAVS0 P-35.
Opinions expressed are those
of the writers and are not neces-
sarily official expressions of
IceDeFor, the Department of De-
fense or the U. S. Government.
The White Falcon office Is lo-
cated in Bldg. 734C; telephone
4612/5192. Editorial* deadline is
noon Tuesday.
Commander Iceland Defense Force
RADM Richard A. Martini
Public Affairs Officer
LCDR M. L. Sundin
Asst. Public Affairs Officer
Mr. Mik Magnusson
Command Senior Journalist
JOC Bob Ralnville
Staff
J02 Frank Fisher--Editor
J03 Dave Guise—Sports Editor
PH3 Thom Llndgren—Photographer
SN Karen Dean Guise
SN Janet Willard