Updated Weather Forecast Remains “Very Favorable”

The Spaceflight Meteorology Group has updated its forecast for space shuttle Atlantis’ landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The forecast remains “very favorable,” with no predicted flight rule violations that would prevent landing at 5:56:58 a.m. EDT.

Here is the official Spaceflight Meteorology Group landing forecast for Kennedy:

WEATHER SYNOPSIS:

KSC – The EOM weather outlook for KSC remains very favorable. Surface high pressure will continue to build across the southeast U.S. into Thursday with dry conditions and light winds expected for EOM. No weather flight rule violations are forecast for EOM+1 at KSC as the large scale weather pattern over east central Florida changes very little between EOM and EOM+1.