By Doug Schneider
High pressure over the Pennsylvania and upstate New York areas will provide nice weather as practice sessions begin on Thursday at Watkins Glen International. That should continue for most of Friday as well, but there are some models that are developing some pop-up showers late in the day. I'm not very confident that this will happen or have any impact on the racing, so I'm keeping the rain icon out of the graphic for now. The chance of rain during the day on Friday is less than 20%.
On Saturday a cold front will be approaching the area from the north, which will bring a better chance of showers. The timing is too uncertain to pinpoint this far out, but the coverage of showers appears to be scattered at this time, so I do not expect it to be a persistent all-day rain - passing on/off showers are more likely. The impact on the racing should be low, which means that all scheduled events should be able to be completed.
The front should be through the area by Sunday morning, but there will still be an upper level trough over the region. Under this trough, there could be some light showers in the Watkins Glen area, but most of the activity should stay to the east, near Albany. I'm uncertain enough about the location of the showers that I am putting in a 20% chance of rain, but I don't think it will have an impact. Temperatures will be cooler and winds will be stronger on Sunday.
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On Saturday a cold front will be approaching the area from the north, which will bring a better chance of showers. The timing is too uncertain to pinpoint this far out, but the coverage of showers appears to be scattered at this time, so I do not expect it to be a persistent all-day rain - passing on/off showers are more likely. The impact on the racing should be low, which means that all scheduled events should be able to be completed.
The front should be through the area by Sunday morning, but there will still be an upper level trough over the region. Under this trough, there could be some light showers in the Watkins Glen area, but most of the activity should stay to the east, near Albany. I'm uncertain enough about the location of the showers that I am putting in a 20% chance of rain, but I don't think it will have an impact. Temperatures will be cooler and winds will be stronger on Sunday.
Check back through the week for updates to the forecast.
