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Atlanta, GA

FRI Sept 3 SAT Sept 4 SUN Sept 5 SUN Sept 5

Sunny Skies Sunny skies Variably cloudy, chance of storms. Showers and storms likely.
High: 93
 High: 91
Low: 64		 High: 87
Low: 65		 Race Temp: 88

FORECAST DISCUSSION FRIDAY 11:00 AM EDT:

The forecasts for Friday and Saturday are great for the Camping World Truck and Nationwide series, but Sunday night for the Sprint Cup race is becoming more in doubt. I am not saying it will get washed out but the threat of rain continues to increase as tropical depression thirteen continues to develop into tropical storm Lee along the Louisiana coast. To make this an even more complicated forecast is we have a cold front arriving from the north that is expected to be in north Georgia by Sunday evening. The moisture associated with soon-to-be Lee interacting with the cold front is where I think we will see our showers and storms Sunday night.

My gut tells me that rain will impact Sunday nights race in some way, either shortening it or causing delays or even the possibility of postponing it. To make matters worst, Labor Day Monday is an even wetter forecast than Sunday night. On Twitter, a lot of people ask me, “What’s the likelihood of NASCAR moving the start of the race up to Sunday afternoon?” I honestly don’t know and with the exception of moving the time up a couple of minutes I don’t recall a race being moved up by several hours.  Sunday afternoon, still has a chance of showers and storms but rain becomes more likely after 8pm Sunday night.

FRIDAY:
 12 p.m EDT
Truck Final Practice – Mostly sunny – temp: 84
5 p.m EDT
Truck Qualifying – Mostly sunny – temp: 92
6 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Practice – Mostly sunny – temp: 90
8 p.m EDT
Truck Race – Mostly clear – temp: 85

SATURDAY:
8:30 a.m EDT
Nationwide Practice – Mostly sunny – temp: 70
9:45 a.m EDT
Nationwide Final Practice – Mostly sunny – temp: 77
1:30 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Final Practice – Mostly sunny – temp: 87
3:30 p.m EDT
Nationwide Qualifying – Mostly sunny – temp: 91
5:00 p.m EDT
Sprint Cup Qualifying – Mostly sunny – temp: 91
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 after 8pm – temp: 83

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