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Of course, we can't launch without good weather! Delta Weather Officer Joel Tumbiolo is here with us today to tell us what's in store. Welcome, Joel.

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Thank you, Bruce. Glad to be here.

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Summertime weather patterns are in full swing right now across Florida, and what kind of weather problems do you have to watch out for this time of year?

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Well, as you mentioned, during the summer months -- June, July, August -- that is our peak thunderstorm time of the year.

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So every afternoon, Florida is notorious for having thunderstorms in the area.

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It's just a matter of where they form and what direction they move once they form.

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So we'll be monitoring any thunderstorms and, again, the main thing from those thunderstorms is lightning.

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We do follow the lightning and also the winds from the thunderstorms.

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Okay, thanks. Well, since we're launching this afternoon, how does the forecast look for today?

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Well, relatively speaking, for, again, for an afternoon and evening launch in the middle of August, we're looking pretty good.

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We will have thunderstorms forming in the early afternoon, mainly to our west,

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and they will slowly work their way towards the central part of, interior parts of Florida as the afternoon wears on.

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So, we are expecting thunderstorms to our west.

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We will be monitoring any anvil clouds from those thunderstorms, because they can not be within 10 miles of the launch site,

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and we'll also be monitoring the ground-level winds at the time liftoff is expected.

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But we are expecting a 70 percent chance of having good weather for the launch this evening.

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Okay, well, 70 percent is good, so...Joel, thanks for joining us.

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Thank you.

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