2009-11-1 8:15am East Croydon station London to Brighton Veteran Car Run

Well, I'm still in. As I mentioned some days ago, the weather forecasters can't seem to decide what the weather is going to be like over the week-end. Last year it was similar--the forecasts were truly dreadful until the morning, and then it turned out to be a glorious day. Right now, Metcheck doesn't look too bad--slight rain forecast from noon, but relatively sunny and dry in the morning. That is bound to change again, though. Metcheck say:

All eyes are on the weekend weather as there is the potential for some really quite nasty weather to sweep in off the Atlantic on Sunday as a deepening low moves across the country.

Confidence is still rather low over the exact track this system will take, which in turn will affect where the heaviest rain and strongest winds occur. As things stand at the moment, the low looks set to deepen quickly as it approaches Britain and Ireland, with a possible north-eastwards track across southern Ireland and then across northern England. This would bring the heaviest rainfall across central parts of Britain, with the strongest winds to the south and east of the low. We are monitoring developments closely, and it is likely that an Advanced Weather Warning will be issued later today once expected developments become clearer.

I keeep going on about this because this is the one ride of the year on which the weather is really important to me. It's a very visual ride--you want to see the sun gleaming on the cars and you want the spectators come out to cheer the cars on, as they create a great atmosphere. So, let's hope that the forecasts settle at some point and that Sunday will be sunny.