Be sure to follow our main Twitter feed @RacecastWx as we will be using it as our one-stop place for forecasts and updates on Twitter. We'll continue to have our personal accounts as well, but we'll only use those to retweet our forecast and for personal use. As always, our forecasts will still be featured on our Facebook page along with our Instagram account. Thank you and have a great Saturday.
By Scott Martin - @RaceWx4You The morning may start off a little foggy and may have some very light drizzle falling at Circuit of the Americas that may briefly make the track a little damp before cars start rolling on the track. All of the fog should dissipate by 9-10AM, but skies will remain mostly cloudy throughout the day. I wouldn't be surprised if you feel a few drops of rain at some point, but no organized shower activity is in the forecast. That is why I am only going with a 10% chance of a few sprinkles. The afternoon high will be in the mid-80s, around 86 degrees. Winds will be out of the south averaging 5-10 MPH.
Be sure to follow our main Twitter feed @RacecastWx as we will be using it as our one-stop place for forecasts and updates on Twitter. We'll continue to have our personal accounts as well, but we'll only use those to retweet our forecast and for personal use. As always, our forecasts will still be featured on our Facebook page along with our Instagram account. Thank you and have a great Saturday. By Scott Martin - @RaceWx4You A subtropical high pressure center is keeping control of the weather pattern over Texas, and will continue to do that throughout the weekend. Friday morning will start off close to 70 degrees, and with the amount of moisture in the air, some fog will be possible before 9 or 10AM. The fog will lift, but a good bit of cloud cover will remain throughout the day. The afternoon high will be around 84 degrees, but with the dewpoints in the lower 70s, it will feel very muggy out at the track. Skies will clear out some, becoming partly cloudy during the mid to late afternoon hours, but cloudy skies will return during the late evening and through the overnight hours.
Saturday is going to be almost an exact duplicate of Friday's weather... A mild morning with some fog possible, with mostly cloudy skies throughout most of the day. Clouds will clear out some for the mid to late afternoon hours, but return for the night and overnight hours. With dewpoints near 70 degrees, the afternoon high of 84 degrees will once again feel muggy. The good news is that there is no chance of rain at this point. I will continue to have updates throughout the rest of the week. Be sure to follow our main Twitter feed @RacecastWx as we will be using it as our one-stop place for forecasts and updates on Twitter. We'll continue to have our personal accounts as well, but we'll only use those to retweet our forecast and for personal use. As always, our forecasts will still be featured on our Facebook page along with our Instagram account. Thank you and have a great Thursday night. By Scott Martin - @RaceWx4You The main change that I made to the forecast graphic was to change out the background image, but as for the weather, only minor adjustments were made to the temperatures and the wind speeds. The forecast continues to be a dry but very warm one, as afternoon highs in Austin will be about 10 degrees above normal. The breeze out there will be nice, but don't expect it to cool you down very much as it will mainly be out of the south-southwest all weekend long. Afternoon highs each day will be in the mid-80s, while temperatures will be in the upper 60s at 7AM for each day. While the rest of the nation is getting ready for the holiday season, it still feels like early summertime in Texas.
I will continue to have updates throughout the rest of the week. Be sure to follow our main Twitter feed @RacecastWx as we will be using it as our one-stop place for forecasts and updates on Twitter. We'll continue to have our personal accounts as well, but we'll only use those to retweet our forecast and for personal use. As always, our forecasts will still be featured on our Facebook page along with our Instagram account. Thank you and have a great Wednesday. By Scott Martin - @RaceWx4You Not a bad looking weekend out in Austin, Texas for this weekend's Trans Am Championship presented by Pirelli action at Circuit of the Americas. Warm temperatures can be expected throughout the event weekend, along with mild mornings, and dry conditions. A high pressure center will develop over northern Mexico, and this will allow for a southwesterly flow bringing in warmer air from south of the border. No rain is expected throughout the event weekend, but be sure to bring your hats, shades, and plenty of sunscreen. Highs will be in the 80s with early morning lows in the 60s. This would be nearly perfect weather for the summer, but pretty warm as highs will be nearly 10 degrees warmer than average for early November. Be sure to stay hydrated.
By Doug Schneider - @Race4caster It will be a great weekend to head to beautiful Virginia International Raceway to take in some awesome race cars. Trans Am will have a shared weekend with SVRA's Heacock Classic Gold Cup Historic Races, and the schedule is jam packed with action. A large area of high pressure will be stationary over the Great Lakes and Mid Atlantic region, and it will keep dry and sunny weather across Virginia later this week. Temperatures will be pretty warm too under the high pressure ridge, between 4 and 8 degrees above normal for late September in southern Virginia. There's good agreement among the models on this pattern, so I don't expect that there will be many changes needed to this forecast through the week. Check our social media feeds on the right for updates.
By Doug Schneider - @Race4caster The SVRA and Trans Am event at Watkins Glen will start off with some wet weather, but conditions will be improving over the weekend.
There will be a large upper level trough across the area on Thursday and Friday, which will produce cloudy and cool weather with scattered showers. Thunderstorms do not appear to be a threat at the track, and at this time I do not expect that the rain on Friday will be very heavy. It looks like there will be mainly light showers that are on and off at times through the day, perhaps occurring with more frequency in the afternoon than the morning. The chance of rain will continue Friday night, but I expect that the trough will be moving fast enough that the chance of rain will end before the TA2 race on Saturday morning at 10:55 am. This is one part of the forecast that I'm not very confident about right now - it is possible that a few showers could linger into Saturday morning, but I'm going with a dry day for now because I don't think it will have an impact while there is action on the track. Clouds will be decreasing through the day, with mostly sunny skies developing in the afternoon. Despite the sunshine, a north wind will keep temperatures cool, with highs in the mid 60s. Sunday looks great as a strong high pressure ridge builds into the area. While morning temperatures will be quite cool, in the 40s, sunny skies will bring temperatures up to the upper 60s in the afternoon. By Scott Martin - @RaceWx4You Well a lot has changed since my last forecast for this weekend's events at Road America for the Trans Am Series Presented By Pirelli. We now will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms to end out the race weekend.
FRIDAY Definitely the best day of the event weekend when talking about the weather. We'll have sunny skies throughout the day today with cool temperatures for late August. Afternoon highs will warm up in the upper 60s after temperatures will be starting off at 50 degrees at 7:00AM. No rain for today, and winds will start off out of the north at 5-10 MPH and shift out of the east by the early afternoon hours. SATURDAY There will be a warm front approaching from the west during the day that will bring an increase of clouds to the area, along with slightly warmer temperatures. It will still be rather cool at 7:00 AM with temperatures starting off in the lower 50s, but afternoon highs will make it to near 70 degrees. Winds will be out of the east at 5-10 MPH to start with, but will shift out of the southeast by the afternoon hours. With the shift in the wind direction, this could bring an isolated shower or two to the area, but with a dry airmass at the surface, you may not see much rain at all. Rain chance will only be at 20% for the late afternoon hours. SUNDAY The warm front will have moved through the area and a center of low pressure will be approaching the state from the west. Along with that, an upper level trough will move into the state from the north allowing that low to deepen. This will increase the chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout the day, especially the early morning through the early afternoon hours. Skies will be cloudy throughout the day, and afternoon highs will be in the upper 60s. The best chance of rain will be during the 1:00 AM - 11:00 AM time frame, with scattered showers possible after that. The chance of rain during event times will be at 50%. By Doug Schneider - @Race4caster The forecast for Mid-Ohio is coming into better focus today, and the good news is that race day for the Trans Am Series is looking pretty nice. But there could be some rain before that.
Today will begin mostly sunny, but clouds will increase in the late morning and early afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop across central and eastern Ohio as moisture spreads up from the south, but the coverage of showers should be scattered. The chance of rain at the track today is around 30%, and any showers that may occur should be brief, so there should be plenty of dry track time for practice sessions. The chance of rain rises on Friday as there will be a cold front approaching from the west that will result in greater coverage of showers and storms in the afternoon. Expect the timing of storms on Friday to be 2 pm or later, so the qualifying sessions could be impacted. If a storm occurs at the track, it could produce a quick quarter of an inch of rain, in addition to cloud-to-ground lightning. Those at the track will need to stay weather-aware and take shelter when thunder is heard. The front is expected to move through Friday night, and drier air will build in behind it. This should give a nice day for racing on Saturday, with partly cloudy skies and highs in the upper 70s. |
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