STS-107 END OF MISSION LANDING WEATHER FORECAST SPACEFLIGHT METEOROLOGY GROUP Forecaster: G. Wayne Baggett ISSUED: Friday, January 31, 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 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. END OF MISSION LANDING WEATHER FORECASTS FOR 2/1/03 Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Valid 9:16 AM EST Clouds: Scattered 3,500 Scattered 25,000 Visibility: 7 miles Winds: 300 degrees 10 knots, Peak 15 knots 310 degrees 15 knots, Peak 20 knots 2nd Opportunity Runway: 33 planned for both opportunities Temperature: 56 degrees Dew Point: 48 degrees Relative humidity: 66% Precipitation: None Edwards Air Force Base Valid 10:42 AM EDT / 9:42 AM CST Clouds: Scattered 25,000 Visibility: 7 miles Winds: 230 degrees 8 knots, Peak 13 knots 230 degrees 15 knots, Peak 25 knots 2nd opportunity Runways: 22/04 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: Few 3,500 Visibility: 7 miles Winds: 350 degrees at 4 knots, Peak 6 knots Runways: 33/15 Temperature: 54 degrees Dew Point: 44 degrees Relative humidity: 59% Precipitation: None Edwards Air Force Base Valid 10:39 EST / 9:39 CST Clouds: Few 12,000 Scattered 25,000 Visibility: 7 miles Winds: 020 degrees 12 knots, Peak 18 knots 030 degrees 15 knots, Peak 25 knots 2nd Opportunity Runways: 22/04 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 .
