STS-106 Launch Weather Forecast 8 September 2000 12:00 AM EDT

Kennedy Space Center contact: George H. Diller

ISSUED: Friday, Sept. 8, 2000 12 midnight

VALID: Friday, Sept. 8, 2000 8:45 a.m. EDT

Synopsis: Surface high pressure to the north will create an on-shore low
level flow. This will bring the possibility of low cloud ceilings and
intermittent coastal rain showers to the Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral
vicinity.

At the 8:45 a.m. launch time on Friday:

Clouds:

4/8 – 6/8 scattered to broken cumulus/stratocumulus clouds

3,000 – 7,000 feet

3/8 scattered cirrus

25,000 – 28,000 feet

Visibility: 7 miles

Wind at Launch Pad: N at 3-5 knots SLF: N at 5 -10 knots

Temperature: 74 degrees Dewpoint: 69 degrees

Relative Humidity: 82%

Weather concerns:

Coastal rain showers

Chance of low cloud ceiling at SLF

Probability of weather prohibiting launch: 40%

24-hour scrub: 40%

48-hour scrub: 30%

Solid Rocket Booster Recovery Area

Winds: NE/17-22 knots Seas: 7-9 feet Water Temperature: 84 degrees

Sunrise: 7:05 a.m. Sunset: 7:36 p.m.

Launch Forecast by USAF45th Wx Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
SLF Forecast by NOAA-NWS Space Flight Meteorology Group, Houston