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Saturday’s Artemis launch forecast improving throughout the afternoon

ORLANDO, Fla. — Saturday will be hot and muggy with highs in the upper 80s and low 90s.

Central Florida will have a 40% chance for showers and storms today and coastal showers will be possible early this morning.

Read: Tropical Storm Earl forms in the Atlantic

The Artemis launch forecast puts odds of the weather cooperating at 60%, but that’s at the front end of the window. The later in the window we get, the better the weather will be.

Read: LIVE UPDATES: NASA makes 2nd attempt at launching Artemis I moon rocket

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