{"id":1101,"date":"2011-10-04T20:58:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T03:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/?page_id=1101"},"modified":"2020-03-24T18:06:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T01:06:15","slug":"weather","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/?page_id=1101","title":{"rendered":"Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Launch Site Weather<\/strong><br \/>\nWeather at the launch site is always a concern. If the wind is too high, we don&#8217;t want to launch. If it is 20MPH or above we can&#8217;t launch. We would prefer a comfortable temperature and no rain. And if it has rained quite a bit in the desert, the dry lake can be too muddy to drive on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the graphic image below for the five day forecast\u00a0at a\u00a0launch site.\u00a0 On that page\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;Weather at a Glance&#8221; section gives details of current conditions\n<ul>\n<li>Click on &#8220;Local Radar&#8221; for a radar view of rain in the area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Forecast&#8221; section gives the next five days &#8211; click on a specific day for details of wind and temperature across that day\n<ul>\n<li>Click on &#8220;Calendar&#8221; for history at that site &#8211; this is useful to see how much rain has fallen in recent days<\/li>\n<li>Click on &#8220;View Detailed Hourly Forecast&#8221; for more details every 3\u00a0 hours across the day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Home (Orange, CA)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/weather\/us\/ca\/irvine\/KCAIRVIN7?utm_source=HomeCard&amp;utm_content=Button&amp;cm_ven=HomeCardButton\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weathersticker.wunderground.com\/weathersticker\/big2_cond\/language\/english\/US\/CA\/Orange.gif?resize=468%2C61\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"61\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Launch Sites<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocstock.org\/lucerne.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ROC Launch<\/a> (Lucerne Dry Lake &#8211; near Lucerne Valley, CA)<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/findweather\/getForecast?query=Lucerne Valley, CA\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weathersticker.wunderground.com\/weathersticker\/big2_cond\/language\/english\/US\/CA\/Lucerne_Valley.gif?w=604\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dartrocketry.org\/launchsites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DART Launch<\/a> (Fiesta Island &#8211; near San Diego, CA)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/findweather\/getForecast?query=San Diego, CA\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weathersticker.wunderground.com\/weathersticker\/big2_cond\/language\/english\/US\/CA\/San_Diego.gif?w=604\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/home.earthlink.net\/~mebowitz\/scra2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SCRA Launch<\/a> (Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area &#8211; near Irwindale, CA)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/findweather\/getForecast?query=Irwindale, CA\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weathersticker.wunderground.com\/weathersticker\/big2_cond\/language\/english\/US\/CA\/Irwindale.gif?w=604\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripolisandiego.org\/launchsite.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tripoli San Diego Launch<\/a> (Plaster City &#8211; near El Centro, CA)<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/findweather\/getForecast?query=El Centro, CA\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weathersticker.wunderground.com\/weathersticker\/big2_cond\/language\/english\/US\/CA\/El_Centro.gif?w=604\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tccrockets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tripoli Central California<\/a> (Helm &#8211; near Fresno, CA)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Helm, CA Weather Forecast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/findweather\/getForecast?query=Helm, CA\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weathersticker.wunderground.com\/weathersticker\/big2_cond\/language\/english\/US\/CA\/Helm.gif?w=604\" alt=\"Find more about Weather in Helm, CA\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sargrocket.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Sacramento Area Rocketry Group<\/a> (Above Sacramento)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/findweather\/getForecast?query=Pleasant Grove, CA\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weathersticker.wunderground.com\/weathersticker\/big2_cond\/language\/english\/US\/CA\/Pleasant_Grove.gif?w=604\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripolivegas.com\/launchschedule.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tripoli\u00a0Vegas Launch<\/a> (Jean Dry Lake, Nevada)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Jean, NV Weather Forecast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/findweather\/getForecast?query=Jean, NV\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weathersticker.wunderground.com\/weathersticker\/big2_cond\/language\/english\/US\/NV\/Jean.gif?w=604\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsofamateurrocketry.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">F.A.R.<\/a> (Desert &#8211; near Edwards AFB)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/findweather\/getForecast?query=Cantil, CA\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weathersticker.wunderground.com\/weathersticker\/big2_cond\/language\/english\/US\/CA\/Cantil.gif?w=604\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launch Site Weather Weather at the launch site is always a concern. If the wind is too high, we don&#8217;t want to launch. If it is 20MPH or above we can&#8217;t launch. We would prefer a comfortable temperature and no rain. And if it has rained quite a bit in the desert, the dry lake &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/?page_id=1101\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weather<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1877,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101\/revisions\/1877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}