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RED FLAG FORECAST UPDATE 6:00 PM EST:

It just took one brief downpour to put NASCAR’s final race under an extended red flag. Looking at radar, there’s not much out there. If you follow me here or on Twitter you’ve heard me say, “It’s not the rain you see but the rain you don’t that you have to worry about” and this is the case this evening.

Personally I think once we get this race restarted we are good. The odds of an another isolated shower to hit Homestead-Miami Speedway is around 10 to 20 percent. I don’t feel like we see another one but that doesn’t mean we won’t. I’ll keep you updated.

SUNDAY EVENING FORECAST:
6:00 p.m EST
Sprint Cup  Race  – Patchy Clouds, isolated threat of a shower – temp: 76
7:00 p.m EST
Sprint Cup Race –   Patchy Clouds, isolated threat of a shower  – temp: 77
8:00 p.m EST
Sprint Cup Race –   Patchy Clouds, isolated threat of a shower  – temp: 77

FORECAST UPDATE Sunday 3:30 AM EST:

Hard to believe the NASCAR season is almost over, but the 2011 season comes down to one race Homestead-Miami Speedway. We have heard all week “nothing will stand in the way” of Tony Stewart or Carl Edwards when it comes to them winning 2011 Sprint Cup. The only thing that could “stand in their way” is something neither Edwards or Stewart can control, the weather.

Mother Nature has had some fun with NASCAR this season and she would be a very unwelcomed guest if she brought rain to NASCAR’s final party. It appears she will end the season being a fan of NASCAR. The forecast for Sunday looks similar to what we saw Saturday at Homestead-Miami. Clouds, and sunshine with gusty winds. Temperatures will be comfortable near 80 to mid 75.

There is just a small chance of an isolated shower. Winds have been coming onshore all weekend, and we have seen, on occasion, a few small showers form from this flow off the Atlantic. This is why I mention an isolated threat of showers. The threat is very low and seems very unlikely, but it still needs to be mention.

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SUNDAY:
11:00 a.m EST
Sprint Cup  Pre-race  – Partly sunny, gusty winds, isolated threat of a shower – temp: 80
1:00 p.m EST
Sprint Cup Pre-race –  Partly sunny, gusty winds, isolated threat of a shower – temp: 81
3:00 p.m EST
Sprint Cup Race –  Windy, Partly Sunny, small threat of an isolated shower – temp: 80

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