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STS-107 Landing
Weather Forecast
Issued:Friday,
Jan. 31, 2003
Valid: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003
Launch & Landing Weather Criteria
| Synopsis | |
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High pressure over Texas Saturday morning will push drier over Florida for tomorrow's landing opportunities accompanied by increasing northwesterly winds. By Sunday morning, the high will be centered over Florida creating light northerly winds and only a few, if any clouds. Acceptable weather is expected at KSC for Monday's landing opportunities in the event of two wave-off days. No weather
constraints are expected at Edwards or White Sands on Saturday,
but winds will increase at Edwards for the later opportunity
as a cold front approaches Southern California. Sunday and Monday
opportunities should have acceptable weather except for strong
winds and blowing dust at White Sands on Sunday. At the 9:16 a.m. EST landing time on Saturday: |
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| Clouds | |
| Scattered
3,500
feet Scattered 25,000 feet |
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| Winds | |
| Wind speed at Landing Facility/direction: | Peak 15 Knots/ WNW |
| Visibility | |
| Visibility: | 7 miles |
| Temperature | |
| Temperature: | 56° F. |
| Dew point: | 48° F |
| Humidity | |
| Relative Humidity: | 66% |
| Weather Concerns | |
| None. | |
| Edwards Air Force Base Landing Facility | |
| 10:42 a.m. EST / Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 | |
| Clouds | |
| Scattered at 25,000 | |
| Winds | |
| Wind speed | Peak 13 knots/SW |
| Visibility | |
| Visibility | 7 miles |
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Precipitation |
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| None forecast | |
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Landing forecast by National Weather Service Space Flight Meteorology Group, JSC |
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