Author Topic: STS-124: Landing Weather Thread (Read 3668 times)

nathan.moeller · « **on:** 06/14/2008 04:13 am »

Going to get this running so we can avoid cluttering our Flight Day 15 thread in the morning.

All weather is forecast 'go' for Discovery's return to Earth tomorrow morning, but if anyone has updates to post/check, please place them here.

This weekend has KSC landing attempts only. Edwards will be activated Sunday if both attempts today are waived off. Landing must occur by Tuesday at the latest.

cb6785 · « **Reply #1 on:** 06/14/2008 07:51 am »

Current NWS forecast:

Overnight: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly cloudy, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming east between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Update: No forecast of isolated showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 1pm.

cb6785 · « **Reply #2 on:** 06/14/2008 08:32 am »

If landing should be postponed to sunday the conditions are:

KSC:

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming east between 5 and 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Edwards:

Sunday: Sunny. Highs 94 to 104. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 71. West winds 10 to 20 mph.

psloss · « **Reply #3 on:** 06/14/2008 10:42 am »

Quote from: nathan.moeller on 06/14/2008 04:13 am

This weekend has KSC landing attempts only. Edwards will be activated Sunday if both attempts today are waived off.

Monday. They will only make attempts to land at KSC today and tomorrow.

psloss · « **Reply #4 on:** 06/14/2008 10:51 am »

Quote from: cb6785 on 06/14/2008 08:32 am

If landing should be postponed to sunday the conditions are:

Hopefully this will be one of those days where Rob can just be on his honeymoon and weather is not a factor.

For reference sake, though, those forecasts are too general for a shuttle approach and landing. The official forecasts come out of the Spaceflight Meteorology Group:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/smg/smgwx.htm

Here's their latest forecast, issued about 90 minutes ago:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/smg/SMG_prod.php?pil=OAV&sid=JSC&version=0

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000
NOUS54 KWNJ 140826
OAVJSC

NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SPACEFLIGHT METEOROLOGY GROUP / WS8
LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
HOUSTON TX 77058
415 AM CDT SATURDAY JUNE 14 2008

LANDING FORECAST FOR STS-124

EXPECTED LANDING DATE: 06/14/08
TIME: 1515Z
SITE: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER...FL

U.S. LANDING SITES - EOM - SATURDAY 06/14/08

SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FL
FIRST OPPORTUNITY
KSC FEW030 7 06004P06

SECOND OPPORTUNITY
KSC SCT035 7 09007P12
SLGT CHC SHRA WI 30 NM

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CA
EDW FEW200 7 22009P16

NORTHRUP STRIP...WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR NM
NOR SKC 7 20006P10

FLIGHT RULE VIOLATIONS:
KSC ... NONE
EDW ... NONE
NOR ... NONE

U.S. LANDING SITES - EOM+1 - SUNDAY 06/15/08

SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FL
KSC FEW035 SCT250 7 11006P10

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CA
FIRST OPPORTUNITY
EDW SKC 7 22007P13

SECOND OPPORTUNITY
EDW SKC 7 24013P21

NORTHRUP STRIP...WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR NM
NOR FEW100 7 22005P08

FLIGHT RULE VIOLATIONS:
KSC ... NONE
EDW ... NONE
NOR ... NONE

THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED 14/1700Z

KSC...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER...FL
ICAO ID IS KTTS
EDW...EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE...CA
ICAO ID IS KEDW
NOR...NORTHRUP STRIP WHITE SANDS SPACE HARBOR...NM
ICAO ID IS KE28 (KHMN IS NEARBY)

WILEY/HOOD/LAFOSSE/WAHNER