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Atlanta, GA

SAT Sept 4 SUN Sept 5 SUN Sept 5

Sunshine & clouds Variably cloudy, chc. of showers and storms late in the day. Showers and storms possible
High: 92
 High: 87
Low: 65		 Race Temp: 88

FORECAST DISCUSSION SATURDAY NOON EDT:

New forecast model data is in and it doesn’t look good. Here is the information I am looking at for 8pm EDT Sunday evening. Atlanta Motor Speedway is Click for bigger image.

They say a picture speaks a thousand words and the two above images scream a bunch of words not appropriate for this blog. The time is for 8pm EDT and as you can see south of Atlanta there is a lot of color. That means the models are coming together more and showing a scenario that NASCAR fans don’t want to see.

I don’t want a wash out and I wish I had better news to share. This is not looking good and if the race were to get washed out and moved to Monday, the forecast then doesn’t look much better. I will continue to keep you updated.

SATURDAY:
1:30 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Final Practice – Partly sunny – temp: 88
3:30 p.m EDT
Nationwide Qualifying – Partly sunny – temp: 91
5:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Qualifying – Partly sunny – temp: 92
7:30 p.m EDT
Nationwide Race – Patchy clouds – temp: 85

SUNDAY:
7:30 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Race – Showers and storms becoming likely through the evening– temp: 83

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