Before revision: Falcon 9 Launch Weather Criteria sustained wind at the level of the launch pad in excess of , upper-level conditions containing wind shear that could lead to control problems for the launch vehicle, launch through a cloud layer greater than thick that extends into freezing temperatures, launch within of cumulus clouds with tops that extend into freezing temperatures, within of the edge of a thunderstorm that is producing lightning within 30 minutes after the last lightning is observed, within of an attached thunderstorm anvil cloud, within of disturbed weather clouds that extend into freezing temperatures and contain moderate or greater precipitation, within of a thunderstorm debris cloud, through cumulus clouds formed as the result of or directly attached to a smoke plume.
After revision: sustained wind at the level of the launch pad in excess of , upper-level conditions containing wind shear that could lead to control problems for the launch vehicle, launch through a cloud layer greater than thick that extends into freezing temperatures, launch within of cumulus clouds with tops that extend into freezing temperatures, within of the edge of a thunderstorm that is producing lightning within 30 minutes after the last lightning is observed, within of an attached thunderstorm anvil cloud, within of disturbed weather clouds that extend into freezing temperatures and contain moderate or greater precipitation, within of a thunderstorm debris cloud, through cumulus clouds formed as the result of or directly attached to a smoke plume.