Rainy season starts: Typical afternoon heat, storms

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Evening update:

The weather will stay hot and stormy. For the rest of the workweek, we will enter into a more typical phase of afternoon thunderstorms developed by the sea breeze and moving inland. Temperatures will reach the upper-80s and there will be plenty of humidity.

For Thursday, a high temperature of 89 degrees in Orlando with afternoon storms moving in from the east. Storms will cease around sunset. Isolated storms could retract toward the east coast during the early evening.

Make sure to stay hydrated if you are working outdoors and use sunscreen.

Earlier version:

Today’s historic space event happening right from our back yard has been postponed due to bad weather.

The Demo-2 Crew Dragon Mission was scrubbed around 4:15 p.m. due to bad weather conditions across the area.

There are scattered storms in the area, but the clouds continue to be thick over Cape Canaveral.

Here’s what you can expect for the rest of the evening:

Evening temps will drop to the lower 70s.

"We are not going to launch today."

Due to the weather conditions, the launch is scrubbing. Our next opportunity will be Saturday, May 30 at 3:22pm ET. Live #LaunchAmerica coverage will begin at 11am ET. pic.twitter.com/c7R1AmLLYh
— NASA (@NASA) May 27, 2020

Much better! Storms are in the forecast, but inland... less clouds along the coast. https://t.co/yHJgiAJ3U7
— Irene Sans (@IreneSans) May 27, 2020

Forecast for First Crewed Launch: SCRUBBED

The forecast called for a 60 percent chance of a go for the first crewed launch from Cape Canaveral since the Shuttle Missions in 2011. The main concern was to be flying through precipitation and clouds. Although rockets don’t produce lightning themselves, the speed at which it travels through a cloud can trigger lightning to happen within this cloud. Also, there could be frozen precipitation at the upper levels which can damage the rocket.

As far as upper-level winds, these criteria vary depending on payload and rocket. Some rockets can withstand more winds than others. If the winds are too strong it can be like a horizontal wall that a rocket can encounter. The 45th Weather Squadron provides upper-level wind data to SpaceX and they determine if the forecast works for the launch.

The next launch window is on Saturday. In that case, currently, the chance for a “go” to launch is of 70 percent.

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