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To: TigerLikesRooster
Weather near the Musudan-ri Taepodong-2 ICBM launch site as we speak (per Japanese forecasting). It is (at 1900 local), nearly 3 degrees C with rain, so means almost to a sleet. I think the weather is bad for tomorrow (1 April), but from the next day (2 April), weather is better, average wind speed about 14km/h at the site. Weather varies from bad to so-so into the weekened. Perhaps they have their best shot from 6 April onward. This is subject to change. They cannot afford to launch in snow, sleet, rain and with high winds:

更新日時: 56 min 28 sec ago 3 ℃ 小雨 湿度: 88% 露点温度: 2 °C 風: ほぼ無風 突風: - 気圧: 1021 hPa (下降) 視程: 4.5 キロ UV: 0 out of 16 Elevation: 19 m Rapid Fire Updates:

7 posted on 03/31/2009 3:00:33 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

If weather remains bad for the duration of announced launch window(Apr. 4~8,) they could just wait for another few days and launch later. Even without official notification to the international body.
It is N. Korea after all.


8 posted on 03/31/2009 3:07:02 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (from "Irrational Exuberance" to "Mark to Zero": from '96 to '09)
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