Oct
05
Daily Forecast Oct. 5, 2020
Have a GREAT Monday!
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 50
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Oct
02
Weekend Forecast Oct 2 & 3, 2020
Have a GREAT Weekend!
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 67
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51
Oct
01
Daily Forecast Oct. 02, 2020
Have a GREAT Friday!
Friday
A chance of rain. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 66.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 47
Sep
30
It’s a go for LAUNCH!
We are a GO for launch from Wallops tomorrow (Oct 1st).
NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is targeting Thursday, Oct. 1, for the launch of its 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station. The five-minute launch window opens at 9:38 p.m. EDT.
Loaded with nearly 8,000 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft will launch on the company’s Antares rocket from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The latest Wallops Launch Range forecast, issued this afternoon, remains at 70% probability for favorable weather. Cloud ceilings and cloud cover are the main concerns.
The launch may be visible, weather permitting and depending on other local conditions (such as elevation), to residents up and down the East Coast of the United States.
When accessed from a smartphone browser, the Wallops Mission Status Center website can provide specific viewing information based on location.
Due to restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will be CLOSED for this launch.
Live coverage of the launch will begin at 9 p.m. EDT and air on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Live coverage and countdown commentary also will stream on social media.
The Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the SS Kalpana Chawla, will arrive at the space station Sunday, Oct. 4. Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA will grapple Cygnus and Flight Engineer Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos will act as a backup. After Cygnus capture, mission control in Houston will send ground commands for the station’s robotic arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station’s Unity module. Cygnus is scheduled to remain at the space station until mid-December, when it will depart the station. Following departure, the Saffire-V experiment will be conducted prior to Cygnus deorbit and disposing of several tons of trash during a fiery re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere approximately two weeks later.
Story from NASA.
Sep
30
Daily Forecast Oct. 01, 2020
Happy first day of October!
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 72
Thursday Night
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52
Sep
29
Daily Forecast Sept. 30, 2020
Have a great last day of Sept. One month closer to 2021!
Wednesday
Showers likely, mainly before 9am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 72.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 55
Sep
29
Daily Forecast Sept. 29, 2020
Have a good day!
Tuesday
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 77.
Tuesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 60.
Sep
28
Daily Forecast Sept. 28, 2020
Have a GREAT Monday! Today looks to be the last day in the 80s for some time. By mid week we will have highs in the 70s and by the weekend highs in the mid 60s.
Monday
A slight chance of showers before 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 81.
Monday Night
A chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66
Sep
25
Weekend Forecast Sept. 26 and 27, 2020
Enjoy the last weekend of September.
Saturday
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76.
Saturday Night
Patchy drizzle with a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Night
A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66
Sep
24
Daily Forecast Sept. 25, 2020
Have a GREAT Friday!
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 79
Friday Night
A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59