Launch weather briefing
Falcon 9 · USSF-266
Launch status: Go for launchSpaceX · SLC-4E, Vandenberg · Wednesday November 18 2026, 16:49:00 UTC
Liftoff in
The call
Forecast opens Fri, Nov 13, 08:49 PST
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 00:55 PST
Clear
- Temperature
- 14°C
- Wind
- ESE 11 km/h (6 kt)
- Sky · visibility
- Clear · 16 km
- Station
- METAR KVBG
- Alerts
- Coastal Flood Watch · High Surf Advisory
- Lightning
- Not monitored here (yet)
Raw report
METAR KVBG 120855Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM CLR 14/11 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01370107 58011 FZRANO TSNO $
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Who's forecasting
Never averaged
- MaxQ modelNo numberForecast opens Fri, Nov 13, 08:49 PST
- 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.