Weather Forecast for Daytona 500 Weekend

[slorydn1]

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southwest wind around 10 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 67. North northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. North northeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Northeast wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

7-Day Forecast for Latitude 29.19°N and Longitude 81.04°W (Elev. 10 ft) (http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Daytona+Beach&state=FL&site=MLB&textField1=29.1922&textField2=-81.0527&e=1)

[slorydn1]

short term forecast
national weather service melbourne fl
949 am est sun feb 26 2012

amz550-552-555-570-572-575-flz041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-261700-
coastal volusia-flagler beach to volusia-
brevard county line 20 nm to 60 nm offshore-flagler beach to volusia-
brevard county line out to 20 nm-indian river-inland volusia-martin-
northern brevard-northern lake-okeechobee-orange-osceola-
sebastian inlet to jupiter inlet 20 nm to 60 nm offshore-
sebastian inlet to jupiter inlet out to 20 nm-seminole-
southern brevard-southern lake-st. Lucie-volusia-
brevard county line to sebastian inlet 20 nm to 60 nm offshore-
volusia-brevard county line to sebastian inlet out to 20 nm-
949 am est sun feb 26 2012

.now...
Through early afternoon...light rainfall will continue to spread
across the northern sections...especially areas near and north of
interstate 4. The rainfall will mainly be light but become nearly
steady. Rainfall accumulations are expected to range from only trace
amounts up to around a quarter of an inch. The extensive clouds and
rainfall will hold temperatures in the lower to mid 60s in these
areas...and even some upper 50s across far northern interior sections
including northern lake county. To the south of the interstate 4
corridor...rainfall developing will be more spotty and temperatures
will reach into the lower to mid 70s.

[Alexamateo]

Shame it wasn't yesterday, the Nationwide race had perfect weather.

[slorydn1]

at 1114 am (Eastern time) I saw rain drops on the camera lenses..............gonna be a LOOOOOONG day

[Tazio]

Do y'awl boys think the'll get this barbeque started?

[slorydn1]

If it were to stop raining right now it takes approximatly 2.5 hours to dry a track the size of Daytona. As of now it is still raining......
Sit back and grab a :beer:

Here is the radar loop for that area. The track is pretty much right at the "+" Just below the words Daytona Beach.

NWS radar image loop of Base Reflectivity from Melbourne, FL (http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=MLB&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes)

[call_me_andrew]

The weater was nice when the race was supposed to be held last week.

[slorydn1]

The weater was nice when the race was supposed to be held last week.

Was just discussing this very topic with my brother. It would be fitting if this did become the first Daytona 500 postponed due to rain. It seems everything Bri-Bri touches gets messed up. He's famous for turning chicken salad into chicken.....well you know the rest :up:

[slorydn1]

Just looked at the southeast regional radar picture. This is a train of moisture stretching all the way back to Texas and its aimed straight at Daytona....it will be raining for a day or more if it doesn't shift north.....Might as well call it a day, I'll go out and wash my Mustang :D


http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/southeast_loop.php

[slorydn1]

Track dryers called to the track at 3:29pm eastern time. There is a small window, but I am just not feeling it today. Guess it really depends on how long NASCAR plans on waiting this out. ISC has sent every piece of track drying equipment in their arsenal to Daytona, so we'll see.....

[Nem14]

And washing the Mustang will then make it rain where you are : < )

[Jonesi]

And washing the Mustang will then make it rain where you are : < )

Not if you Rain-X the windows. ;)

[slorydn1]

And washing the Mustang will then make it rain where you are : < )

No worries....it's in the garage :p

Maybe it will draw the rain north from Florida towards North Carolina and we get the race in. I got things to do tomorrow :D

[slorydn1]

Race postponed until noon on Monday

[raybak]

Bloody Nuisance that rain, was looking forward to sitting down and watching the replay tonight, we are actually getting the race on One HD here in Australia, live and a replay as well.

Ray

[Sparky1329]

The race is now rescheduled for 7:00 PM on Fox.