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SIRTF
Launch Weather Forecast
Issued:
August 23, 2003
Valid: Monday, August 25, 2003
Sunrise:
6:57
a.m. Sunset: 7:52
p.m.
Moonrise: 4:36
a.m.
(All times are Eastern Daylight Time) |
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| Synopsis |
| Weak
and dissipating frontal boundary approaching from the north will
be move through central FL over the weekend, before returning
northward during the day on Monday. Main threat for thunderstorms
along the east coast will be Saturday. By Sunday, winds
turn E-NE and all thunderstorm activity will remain west and south
of the area. Forecast beyond Tuesday will depend on evolution
of the strong tropical wave (former TD #9) as this system has
the potential to redevelop. Main concerns for the instantaneous
launch window will be the proximity of residual cloud cover associated
showers and thunderstorms that develop during the afternoon and
evening hours.
At launch time on Monday:
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| Clouds |
Scattered
2/8, 3,000
- 5,000
feet
Scattered 2/8, 12,000
- 14,000
feet
Scattered 3/8, 25,000
- 28,000
feet
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| Winds |
| Wind speed at Launch Pad/direction: |
6
- 12
mph/
ESE |
| Visibility |
| Visibility: |
7+ miles |
| Temperature |
| Temperature: |
74º F - 76º
F |
| Dew point: |
n/a |
| Humidity |
| Relative Humidity: |
90% |
| Weather
Concerns |
| Cumulus cloud rule,
anvil cloud rule, debris cloud rule |
| Probability of weather prohibiting
launch |
20% |
| 24-hour delay: |
30% |
| 48-hour delay: |
40% |
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Launch
forecast by USAF 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station
SLF Wind Forecast by National Weather Service Space Flight Meteorology
Group, JSC
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August
Launch & Landing Weather Forecast Calendar
2003
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