#MEwx Hot, muggy and how to make a balloon with a 5 camera payload
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This morning we have mostly sunny skies with highs in the lower 80s. Winds are Light and variable.
Tonight we’ll have mostly clear conditions during evening hours becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s with light and variable winds.
The outdoor temperature is 65.7°F, the dewpoint is 58.3°F and it feels like 65.7°F.
We didn’t receive any rain here over the past 24 hours.
Today’s sunrise is 5:00 AM, sunset is 8:27 PM and we’ll have 15 hours 27 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 1:49 AM and Moonset is 5:49 PM. The moon phase is Waning Crfescent and is 16% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on June 21 and our next new moon is on July 5.
The wind velocity is between 2.0 MPH and 4.5 MPH from the North Northwest.
The Relative pressure is 30.02, the Absolute pressure is 29.82 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.
The Humidity is 78%, the UV index is 3 placing the average person at moderate risk and the solar radiation reading is 353.8W/m2.
Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with Sun and clouds.
Do you have high school age or college kids in your house this summer?
Do they like space, flying, weather and/or photographic gadgets?
Then this summer project is for them!!!
Launch a 5 go-pro camera payload on a balloon (hey, why should the Chinese have all the fun??)
Well here’s a video on how to do it and be legal when you do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QudqzI2iKk
And yes, they tell you how to retrieve it comes down.
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