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Article #4040Re: Thunder and lightning
From: Bruce Watson
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1988 00:10
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1988 00:10
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In response to the concern of the shuttle stack on its 3-hour rollout from the VAB: Most activity that is lightning risky is done in the early morning. In the summer cumulonimbus builds up in the early afternoon and produces thunderstorms by mid-to-late afternoon; hence the early rising and astronaut breakfast, etc. Otherwise thunderstorms occur with the advance of cold fronts, whose progress is more or less predictable.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!uvaarpa!mcnc!gatech!hao!boulder!cu-den!udenva!isis!scicom!wats From: wats@scicom.alphacdc.com (Bruce Watson) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Thunder and lightning Message-ID: <1516@scicom.alphacdc.com> Date: 17 Feb 88 00:10:28 GMT Organization: InterComeX/Star Net, Denver Lines: 8