By Doug Schneider
Quite a bit of rain has fallen today at COTA, with just over a half inch of rain recorded at the Austin airport a few miles northwest of the track as of 4 pm CDT. The good news is that the rest of the event should be rain-free, with comfortable temperatures and plenty of sunshine.
The upper level low pressure system that brought rain to the area today will be tracking to the east, pushing rain off the Texas coast on Friday. With dry air expected to build in through the day, clouds will be decreasing from mostly cloudy in the morning to mostly sunny in the afternoon.
The weekend weather continues to look great, with sunny skies Saturday and Sunday, with a northeast wind providing comfortable temperatures and humidity levels.
There is one thing to note that I don't think will impact the racing, but could be a factor for Sunday night and Monday - A tropical system is expected to develop off the Texas coast over the weekend, and may start to drift to the west late Sunday. Rain may begin to spread back into COTA on Sunday night, but well after the racing has been completed.
The upper level low pressure system that brought rain to the area today will be tracking to the east, pushing rain off the Texas coast on Friday. With dry air expected to build in through the day, clouds will be decreasing from mostly cloudy in the morning to mostly sunny in the afternoon.
The weekend weather continues to look great, with sunny skies Saturday and Sunday, with a northeast wind providing comfortable temperatures and humidity levels.
There is one thing to note that I don't think will impact the racing, but could be a factor for Sunday night and Monday - A tropical system is expected to develop off the Texas coast over the weekend, and may start to drift to the west late Sunday. Rain may begin to spread back into COTA on Sunday night, but well after the racing has been completed.
