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#260
by
jacqmans
on 30 May, 2007 23:40
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#261
by
Michael22090
on 31 May, 2007 01:45
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A nice view of the pad all lit up, with the stack silhouetted against it. Also, a current look at the white room.
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#262
by
Avron
on 31 May, 2007 02:28
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On the risk of weather delaying launch, would the time of day lower that chance.. i.e. is there a pattern at this time of year?
What are the odds?..
Rob?
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#263
by
Austin
on 31 May, 2007 02:39
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Avron - 30/5/2007 7:28 PM
On the risk of weather delaying launch, would the time of day lower that chance.. i.e. is there a pattern at this time of year?
What are the odds?..
Rob?
Having lived in Orlando, I can tell you that it is not uncommon to have afternoon thunderstorms this time of year (in fact, all summer long), but they often dissipate by evening. I don't think it will pose a problem for the early evening launch time.
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#264
by
shuttlefan
on 31 May, 2007 02:41
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Avron - 30/5/2007 9:28 PM
On the risk of weather delaying launch, would the time of day lower that chance.. i.e. is there a pattern at this time of year?
What are the odds?..
Rob?
In June, in Florida, 7:34pm is better than 4pm. Less of a chance of thunderstorms at that time than in the afternoon. With the sun almost down at that time, daytime heating will have went down, so less chance of t'storms. It'll be a real-time call.
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#265
by
rdale
on 31 May, 2007 03:36
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If you're in the US you've seen countless stories on the extreme drought and fire problems that FL has been dealing with lately... KSC is in a moderate to extreme drought right now, and while a glitch in the pattern will bring a nice chance for rain this weekend, a good saying we use is "when in a drought, keep rain forecasts out." So after this weekend we should be back into a very dry pattern, which eliminates the daytime storm season for the time being.
As people noted, if we jump back to a "typical summer" pattern the lateness will help, but the long range outlook shows below-normal precip in the launch week timeframe.
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#266
by
Rocket Guy
on 31 May, 2007 03:43
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Yea, we aren't getting the typical pattern we should be by now with this drought. They keep saying maybe in a few days but it has yet to happen. And I think a front is about to come through this weekend, something that only tends to happen in the winter months normally.
But knowing the way things seem to happen in my world, the pattern will finally break in June 7th :-)
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#267
by
Avron
on 31 May, 2007 03:47
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Thanks for all them replys..
So in a nutshell -- WAG 20% WX preventing launch..?
I.e. low risk from what we know now.
"long range outlook shows below-normal precip in the launch week timeframe." -- good news
I assume -No storms on track?.. i.e. winds will not be an issue
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#268
by
MKremer
on 31 May, 2007 05:04
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Avron - 30/5/2007 10:47 PM
Thanks for all them replys..
So in a nutshell -- WAG 20% WX preventing launch..?
I.e. low risk from what we know now.
Better to say - 20% against long range until 4-6 hours before, then cross your fingers and monitor a hell of a lot for conditions that could force either a delay or a scrub until the next possible launch window.
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#269
by
psloss
on 31 May, 2007 07:56
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rdale - 30/5/2007 11:36 PM
As people noted, if we jump back to a "typical summer" pattern the lateness will help, but the long range outlook shows below-normal precip in the launch week timeframe.
If they formalize the launch date today, maybe then it's close enough to start a weather thread -- but it's been dry down here in the Southeast for what seems like a long time. This has been a weird Spring; it sure doesn't seem like the normal seasonal pattern, or that "typical" applies right now.
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#270
by
Jonesy STS
on 31 May, 2007 08:48
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Might be time for a weather thread?
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#271
by
Jonesy STS
on 31 May, 2007 08:52
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#272
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 May, 2007 09:07
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I wrote the article for this site based on the L2 documentation, as opposed to 'correcting' any other site. We don't do that here.
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#273
by
Felix
on 31 May, 2007 10:35
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NASA managers will host a news conference no earlier than 2 p.m. EDT Thursday. The briefing will air live on NASA TV from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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#274
by
johng
on 31 May, 2007 11:01
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Morning news in Orlando is predicting a wave of tropical weather to come thru from the Yucatan area of the Gulf of Mexico this Friday & Saturday. After that their forecast is for more normal summer weather - low 90's and 20% rain daily for launch week.
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#275
by
nathan.moeller
on 31 May, 2007 12:31
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johng - 31/5/2007 6:01 AM
Morning news in Orlando is predicting a wave of tropical weather to come thru from the Yucatan area of the Gulf of Mexico this Friday & Saturday. After that their forecast is for more normal summer weather - low 90's and 20% rain daily for launch week.
Thank goodness the weather usually clears up some in the evening. A little more than eight days to go
Are the PBDs still open or is Atlantis all closed up for flight?
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#276
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 May, 2007 13:05
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Felix - 31/5/2007 11:35 AM
NASA managers will host a news conference no earlier than 2 p.m. EDT Thursday. The briefing will air live on NASA TV from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
We believe it's 4pm NET now....although someone just said still arohnd 2pm. We'll keep an eye on it.
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#277
by
psloss
on 31 May, 2007 13:05
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nathan.moeller - 31/5/2007 8:31 AM
Thank goodness the weather usually clears up some in the evening. A little more than eight days to go Are the PBDs still open or is Atlantis all closed up for flight?
We're probably going to have to wait until launch day and even launch time possibly on the weather, as usual.
Don't forget that they want to keep the S3/S4 batteries charged until as close to launch as possible...that's still on-going on the schedule.
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#278
by
Chris Bergin
on 31 May, 2007 15:37
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Orbiter, SRB, ETVAS and TSM Ordnance installations are complete.
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#279
by
landofgrey
on 31 May, 2007 15:49
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Chris Bergin - 31/5/2007 9:05 AM
We believe it's 4pm NET now....although someone just said still arohnd 2pm. We'll keep an eye on it.
if anyone hears a time update, please post.
I've heard 4pm for the conference also, but who knows, it could end up being 6 or 7 knowing the way these things go. it's all good for me, i need to get to ksc for it and the later in the day it is means the longer i can stay in my office. plus i have a 1pm meeting today.
