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Race day weather: Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

3/13/2016

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By Doug Schneider

I'm an hour behind this morning thanks to the change to Daylight Savings Time (down with DST!), so I apologize for posting this a little late. 

The current radar (9:45 am) shows an area of rain well offshore that is moving toward the east-northeast. 
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It will take several hours for this rain to reach St. Petersburg, if it even hold together at all. Models are indicating that it will be falling apart as it moves east. So I think the most likely scenario today is a dry IndyCar race. 

Here's a model-simulated radar image at 3 pm this afternoon, around the time that the Prielli World Challenge race is scheduled to start:
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As you can see, this model (HRRR) shows the rain will still be well offshore at this time. Other models (NAM, RAP) show a similar location of the rain. While I cannot entirely rule out a shower during the PWC race, it seems more likely that it will be a dry race. 

​I'd put the chance of seeing rain during the races at around 25%.

High temperatures today will be around 78 degrees, with winds from the southwest around 10-15 mph.

For live radar, check our St. Pete radar link that the top of the page.
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