By Doug Schneider
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Afternoon showers and thunderstorms could affect practice sessions on Friday at Mount Panorama, but the chance of impacts during the race is low.
The pattern across Australia later this week will feature a high pressure ridge near the southern coast of Australia, across Tanzania to New Zealand. This will produce an easterly flow from the ocean to inland New South Wales. Moisture from the ocean running into the Blue Mountains will result in some afternoon showers and thunderstorms popping up each day, tracking west toward Bathurst. Friday is expected to have scattered coverage of showers and storms around Bathurst, due to instability being a little higher that day. Saturday and Sunday will have less coverage due to less instability, with only isolated showers and storms in the area. Temperatures will be warm each day, in the 80s F and upper 20s to near 30 C.
For those of you in the United States, the Eastern Time Zone is 16 hours behind the time in Bathurst. The race is scheduled to begin at 5:45 AM Sunday Australian Eastern Daylight Time, which is 1:45 PM Saturday in the Eastern Standard Time zone.
The pattern across Australia later this week will feature a high pressure ridge near the southern coast of Australia, across Tanzania to New Zealand. This will produce an easterly flow from the ocean to inland New South Wales. Moisture from the ocean running into the Blue Mountains will result in some afternoon showers and thunderstorms popping up each day, tracking west toward Bathurst. Friday is expected to have scattered coverage of showers and storms around Bathurst, due to instability being a little higher that day. Saturday and Sunday will have less coverage due to less instability, with only isolated showers and storms in the area. Temperatures will be warm each day, in the 80s F and upper 20s to near 30 C.
For those of you in the United States, the Eastern Time Zone is 16 hours behind the time in Bathurst. The race is scheduled to begin at 5:45 AM Sunday Australian Eastern Daylight Time, which is 1:45 PM Saturday in the Eastern Standard Time zone.
