Launch weather briefing
Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-18
Launch status: Go for launchSpaceX · SLC-4E, Vandenberg · Thursday October 29 2026, 04:17:00 UTC
Liftoff in
The call
Forecast opens Fri, Oct 23, 21:17 PDT
Odds start 5 days before T-0
Forecasts more than five days out swing too much to stand behind. Conditions at the pad are below in the meantime. The window across the launch slot, the launch rules one by one and the viewing outlook arrive with the number.
Right now at the pad · observed 06:24 PDT
Light rain
- Temperature
- 15°C
- Wind
- N 9 km/h (5 kt)
- Sky · visibility
- Light rain · 13 km
- Cloud base
- 427 m
- Station
- METAR KVBG
- Alerts
- None (NWS, checked 06:37 PDT)
- Lightning
- Not monitored here (yet)
Raw report
SPECI KVBG 231324Z AUTO 01005KT 8SM -RA SCT003 OVC014 15/14 A3002 RMK AO2 RAB1255E02RAB12E23RAB24 SLP168 FZRANO TSNO $
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The live sky over SLC-4E
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Who's forecasting
Never averaged
- MaxQ modelNo numberForecast opens Fri, Oct 23, 21:17 PDT
- Official range forecast—No official forecast recorded for this launch yet
Other forecasters' numbers are shown as published, in plain ink: never averaged with ours or drawn in our dial.