KSC-05-S-00245
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Coming up in our webcast, Launch Director Chuck Dovale will take us through launch day, and Deputy Project Scientist Sue Smrekar will answer your questions about the mission. Question winners will be announced at the end of this show. But first, Clay Flinn, our launch weather officer, is here to tell us about the forecast for launch day. Thanks for joining us today, Clay. Thank you, Tiffany. Good to be here. Weather always seems to be a big story, especially during now, right now, during hurricane season. Can you tell us how things are looking for launch day? Sure. A major player is our weather, the type of weather that we receive here during our summer months it deals with the position of the subtropical ridge axis. Presently, the ridge axis is to our south, which results in southwesterly flow. If you take a look at that satellite picture that we have of the peninsula of Florida, you'll note that we have a line of thunderstorms pretty much oriented north to south and they'll move
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