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fourth hour of fox & friends. and we this is fox, and we really are friends, and we re glad you re here with us. [laughter] will: thanks for spending your labor day with us. rachel: so grateful. by the way, the barbecue came from new jersey, and it was delicious. will: something tells me that s not a new jersey accent. [laughter] rachel: no. but he did make it in new jersey. path president pete: he said i can take this real stuff and bring it up to the yankees up in the northeast, and they ll love it. it s really good. [laughter] rachel: oh, i love it. he s a great barbecuer, also a great baker. those are some of the best chocolate chip cookies i ve ever had in my life. pete: national tailgating day. we are psyched that it s almost football season well, it is football season for college, and this week is the fox & friends fantasy football draft. if you weren t tuning in earlier on the show, will cain is the, if not the commissioner, the shadow commissioner of the ne
we re all keeping our eyes up on the sky. their going to be looking for cumulus clouds that could suddenly create storms, but also they re going to be paying attention to the surface electric field rule which in simple terms means that, you know, the rocket could create its own electric current or its own lightning during launch. so that could be really harmful to that system, so they re going to be watching out for those things. guys? will: brandy, thank you rachel: thank you, brandy. will: apologize to brandy for [laughter] we were on camera together. rachel: i ve never if appreciated my hair guy,aboutmy, more than today. anthony. will: the national buffalo wing festival. adam. adam: hey, guys. i m in buffalo what an amazing morning it is to be wearing a mullet. with me, the emcee of the event.
later today? reporter: well, within that two-hour window, we have two primary concerns that we have to keep our eyes out on. one being that surface electric field that you heard about in the package previously the rocket shoots up and could create its own lightning within the second concern, which would be clouds. and cumulus clouds at that. so we have a better chance of liftoff or an all clear later in the launch, about 20% shot later on. 40% shot of a weather hazard as we get into the first period. we need to watch out for the lightning again and the clouds. so within lightning ten miles within cumulus clouds as well looking at your mission. there it is. scattered showers and thunderstorms a bit of easterly wind could push a few of those showers and storms on to shore. the further the storms go out inland, the better. so we ll watch that wind over the upcoming hours as it begins to push more to the east. that s a better chance for us