With the forecast for Showers on Friday and Thunderstorms for Saturday SLRA is cancelling the Buder Park Launch for this weekend. The next launch is scheduled for Saturday 8/8/2026.

Forecast for tomorrow’s launch

Sunday hourly:

7am – Mostly Sunny    70°  (feel like 74°)    N 6mph 

9am – Sunny                   79°  (feel like 83°)    N 7mph 

11am – Mostly Sunny    82° (feel like 92°)   NNE 8mph 

1pm – Moslty Sunny    86°  (feel like 97°)      NNE 9mph 

3pm – Partly Sunny    89°  (feel like 96°)    NNE 9mph  5pm – Partly Sunny    87° (feel like 91°)     NNE 9mph 

Buder Park Launch update for 7/11/2026. With weather calling for storms, We are moving the Buder Park Launch event to Sunday 7/12/2026. Setup will be 8:30-9:00 with rocket launches to follow.

Sunday forecast:  Partly cloudy. High around 90°F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.

Launch update for 6/27/2026

With weather looking better for Sunday, SLRA is moving the event to Sunday 6/28/2026.

Forecast:

Saturday -  30% chances of showers at 8am and 9am and again throughout the afternoon.

Sunday hourly:

7am – Hazy    73°    2mph 

9am – Partly Cloudy    83°    2mph 

11am – Mostly Sunny    89°    4mph 

1pm – Sunny    93°    4mph 

3pm – Sunny    94°    5mph 

5pm – Sunny    92°    5mph 

We have a Model Rocket launch scheduled for Saturday 6/27/2026. At this time, the forecast is good but will need to keep an eye on the weather. At this point it still looks good and we do have Sunday as a backup.

9 am Cloudy  75°  3 mph NNE

10 am  Mostly Cloudy  76° 3 mph ENE

11 am  Mostly Cloudy  78°  4 mph E

12 pm  Cloudy  79°  3 mph S

1 pm  Cloudy  79°  4 mph SSW

2 pm  Cloudy  80°  4 mph SSE

3 pm  Mostly Cloudy  81°  5 mph SSW

4 pm  Mostly Cloudy  81°  5 mph SSW

5 pm  Mostly Cloudy  81°  5 mph S

Due to predicted thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday we are cancelling the June 13^th Buder Park launch.

Forcast for Valley Park, MO:

Mostly sunny with a chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.

This Saturday’s low power launch at Buder Park is a GO

8:30 am set time. launch will commence upon completion of setup (ETA 9:00am)

The forecast for Valley Park is Mostly Cloudy:
8:00 am 63 degrees 2mph NW wind
10:00 am 68 degrees 3mph NW wind
12:00 noon 72 degrees 3mph NW wind
2:00 pm 75 degrees 3mph NW wind

Note - the launch will starting around Noon/setup at 11:3am.

This Saturday’s low power launch at Buder Park is a GO
8:30 am set time. launch will commence upon completion of setup
The forecast for Valley Park is sunny:
8:00 am 57 degrees 6mph W-SW wind
10:00 am 65 degrees 9mph West wind
12:00 noon 74 degrees 6mph West wind
2:00 pm 79 degrees 10mph West wind

This Saturday’s low power launch at Buder Park is a GO
8:30 am set time. launch will commence upon completion of setup
The forecast for Valley Park is sunny:
8:00 am 54 degrees 4mph N-NE wind
10:00 am 62 degrees 7mph NE wind
12:00 noon 69 degrees 6mph NE wind
2:00 pm 74 degrees 6mph E-NE wind