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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Final Prep!

Well, tomorrow is the big race where Andrew will be starting on the front row.

We are finishing the changing of fluids and final settings based on what we think the weather will be tomorrow.

Latest forcast I have seen is a 20% chance of showers before noon (our race is at 10:20am local time) with more rain forcast as the day moves ahead.

Andrew has been doing a great job and the car is good so I am still optimistic for a good finish.

Andrew did his short live radio from the track on a Seattle radio station (570 KVI) this morning, he had a good time and it went well.

I will try to update you on the weather or maybe some of you can update me via this blog on what you are seeing on some of the weather sites.

posted by Caddell Motorsports at 10:44 AM

3 Comments:

  • Roger,

    Here is the weather discussion from the NOAA web site:

    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
    215 AM CDT SAT OCT 14 2006

    .DISCUSSION...

    RATHER QUIET TODAY WITH FOCUS TURNING TO THE SOUTHWESTERN UPPER LOW
    FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE IMAGERY DEPICTS THE
    UPPER LOW OVER SRN CALIFORNIA...MOVING SLOWLY EAST. THIS LOW IS
    TAPPING A GOOD SUPPLY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM DEEP IN THE SERN
    PACIFIC. AS THE LOW MOVES A LITTLE NORTH OF EAST...THE BAND OF
    TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN PRECIPITATION
    DEVELOPMENT.

    PREFER THE GFS/ECMWF OF MOVING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TO NEAR THE FOUR
    CORNERS...BEFORE THE SYSTEM OPENS UP INTO A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ON
    MONDAY. GULF MOISTURE IS NOW BEGINNING TO RETREAT SLOWLY NW ALONG
    THE RIO GRANDE WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
    THE GULF MOISTURE WILL BE SLOW TO ARRIVE...BUT A BAND OF TROPICAL
    MOISTURE WILL SURGE NE INTO KS/MO ON SUNDAY AS WEAK SHORTWAVES EJECT
    NE OUT OF THE UPPER TROUGH. HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AND
    STRENGTH OF THE SHORTWAVES. HOWEVER...THE UPPER TROUGH WILL INITIATE
    WEAK TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE ISENTROPIC LIFT ON THE 295-305K SURFACE.
    THE ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BEGIN THROUGHOUT THE CWA TONIGHT AND
    CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...QG FORCING IS RATHER WEAK.
    AS A RESULT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPEAR LIGHT AT THIS TIME.
    NIGHT.

    THE AIR MASS WILL INITIALLY NEED TO SATURATE FROM ABOVE.
    THEREFORE WILL KEEP POPS LOW TONIGHT. AIR MASS WILL EVENTUALLY
    SATURATE ON SUNDAY...EXCEPT FOR AREAS NEAR THE IOWA BORDER.

    HAVE ALSO RAISED POPS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES AND
    GULF MOISTURE SLOWLY INCREASES. WILL KEEP THE PRECIPITATION IN THE
    CHANCE CATEGORY AS THE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THE SHORTWAVE IS STILL
    SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION.

    GUIDANCE LOOKS OK FOR TODAY BUT PREFER TO TREND TOWARD THE COLDER
    MAV GUIDANCE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY DUE TO EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND
    EVAPORATIVE COOLING POTENTIAL ON SUNDAY.


    Here is a link to the Kansas City NOAA radar:

    http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=eax&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no

    I will check for changes throughout the evening. Go Andrew!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:00 PM  

  • 9:00 am CST
    On the radar it looks like the heavy rain cell is moving to the east. The radar loop shows several smaller rain cells in the area. Hit and miss. More later.
    Mark

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:05 AM  

  • Congrats Andrew and family!!!! Great job!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:52 AM  

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