000FXUS66 KLOX 170033AFDLOXArea Forecast Discussion...UPDATEDNational Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 433 PM PST Mon Dec 16 2024.SYNOPSIS...16/431 PM.There will be a chance of light rain over the Central Coast thisevening, and again for next weekend. It will be fairly warm this week, with gusty Santa Ana winds at times in the wind- prone areas, peaking Tuesday night into Wednesday. Otherwise, the remainder of the area will remain dry for the next 7 days.&&.SHORT TERM (TDY-THU)...16/250 PM.A decaying cold front over NorCal this afternoon will bring areasof light rain to San Luis Obispo County late this afternoon andinto the mid evening, mainly from Morro Bay north to Monterey County. The rain will amount to a few hundredths of an inch beforeit comes to an end by midnight. Besides the light rain possible in SLO County this evening, therewill be another chance for light rainfall over SLO County this weekend, as another decaying cold front from the north moves alongthe Central Coast, mainly from Saturday afternoon into Saturdayevening. There will be a slight chance of light rain in SantaBarbara County as well, but forecaster confidence of much moisture reach below Point Conception is very low at this juncture.A moderate Santa Ana event is slated to develop Tuesday intoTuesday night as a strong surface high pressure system developsover the Great Basin. Offshore gradients will peak around 7 to 8mb both from the northwest and northeast with this event. Thiswill focus the areas of strongest winds mainly over EasternVentura and Western Los Angeles Counties. This high pressure system over the Great Basin will bring an overall moderate Santa Ana event, with the highest offshore wind gusts...around 60 mph...expected to occur over the Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains, and along the Malibu Coast. For these areas, a High Wind Warning has been hoisted for the time of the strongest winds, which looks to be from Tuesday late afternoon through Wednesday early evening. Other offshore wind gust prone areas in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties will see wind gusts mainly up to 45 to 50 mph, which areas are covered with wind advisories, designating the areas where strong winds will still bea concern for anyone outdoors during the strongest wind times.
SPACEX NROL-149, VANDENBERG SFB, CAPRIMARY: 12/17/24 0920Z-1350ZBACKUP: 12/18/24 1906Z-1336Z
PDF of online press kit.
All systems are looking good and propellant load is about to begin for today’s launch of the @NatReconOfc's NROL-149 mission from California
Mission success: #NROL149 launched today at 8:19 a.m. EST on a @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.Congratulations to our launch team and partners on NRO's sixth proliferated and final launch of 2024!Press release: https://nro.gov/news-media-featured-stories/news-media-press-releases/Archived-Press-Releases/Press-Release-Article/Article/4006919/nro-launches-sixth-mission-of-proliferated-architecture-with-nrol-149/
Dec 17, 2024NROL-149 MissionType: Government/Top SecretOrbit: UnknownLaunch Cost: $52,000,000Sixth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
Falcon 9 launches the @NatReconOfc's NROL-149 mission from California
NROL-149 marked NRO's sixth proliferated and final launch of 2024! 🚀And did you know this was @SpaceX's 22nd flight for the first stage booster, and was previously flown for NROL-113 & NROL-167? 😮
Quote from: realnouns on 12/15/2024 05:23 pmGo Beyond returned to PoLB on Dec 15 @ 4:46am PTGo Beyond departed PoLB on Dec 15 @ 4:46pm PT
Go Beyond returned to PoLB on Dec 15 @ 4:46am PT
Quote from: realnouns on 12/15/2024 05:22 pmDebra C + OCISLY + B1082 returned to PC on Dec 15 @ 6:56am PTDebra C + OCISLY departed PoLB on Dec 15 @ 3:27pm PT
Debra C + OCISLY + B1082 returned to PC on Dec 15 @ 6:56am PT
