STS-107 END OF MISSION LANDING WEATHER FORECAST SPACEFLIGHT METEOROLOGY GROUP Forecaster: G. Wayne Baggett ISSUED: Thursday, January 30, 2003 George H. Diller Rob Navias NASA Kennedy Space Center NASA Johnson Space Center 321/867-2468 281/483-5111 WEATHER SYNOPSIS: High pressure over on Texas Saturday morning will build eastward across the gulf states creating drying conditions over Florida for Saturday's landing opportunities. On Sunday, winds begin turning to the northeast creating a slight chance of broken cloud ceiling below 5 thousand feet, but generally good weather otherwise. 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 Saturday as a cold front mover through Southern California. Sunday and Monday opportunities should have acceptable weather except for strong winds and blowing dust at White Sands on Sunday. END OF MISSION LANDING WEATHER FORECASTS FOR 2/1/03 Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Valid 9:16 AM EST / 8:16 AM CST Clouds: Few 3,500 Scattered 25,000 Visibility: 7 miles Winds: 300 degrees/6 knots, peak 9 knots Temperature: 58 degrees Dew Point: 49 degrees Relative humidity: 63% Precipitation: None Edwards Air Force Base Valid 10:42 AM EDT / 9:42 AM CST Clouds: Scattered 25,000 Visibility: 7 miles Winds: 240 degrees/8 knots, peak 13 knots Remarks: Wind 260 degrees/12 knots, peak 8 knots for 2nd opportunity Precipitation: None WAVE-OFF LANDING WEATHER FORECASTS FOR 2/02/03 Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Valid 7:39 AM EST / 6:39 AM CST Clouds: Scattered 3,500 Visibility: 7 miles Winds: 040 degrees/7 knots, peak 10 knots Temperature: 65 Dew Point: 60 Relative humidity: 78% Remarks: Slight Chance of broken clouds at 3,500 feet Precipitation: None Edwards Air Force Base Valid 10:39 EST / 9:39 CST Clouds: Few 12,000 Few 25,000 Visibility: 7 miles Winds: 030 degrees/13 knots, peak 23 knots Precipitation: None NOAA National Weather Service Spaceflight Meteorology Group Johnson Space Center ------------------------------------------------------------- For automatic email subscriptions to this KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to mailto:ksc-news_release-subscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov. With no subject or message. The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an email addressed to mailto:ksc-news_release-unsubscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov . With no subject or message. or you can (un)subscribe on the World Wide Web at: http://kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov/ Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm .
