2013-08-24 - LFGSS Track Day VIII

me, ms.chris and killian will be along later to watch, if it dries up.

Have fun today guys. Hope it dries up and y'all have a ball.

Keep an eye on their twitter feed: https://twitter.com/HerneHillVel

I interpreted this as keeping an eye on the rain's twitter feed and thought "I bet the rain is enough of a dick to have one of those where it gloats about ruining everything"

I'm SW9 and the current situation is that it's wet but stopped raining. Let's see what happens in the next hour or two. Fingers crossed

me, ms.chris and killian will be along later to watch, if it dries up.

Careful out there Kev, it's slippery :)

Be there or be square dry

No rain in SW18, just thick fog, MET is saying it wont rain (a lot) :D
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/london#?tab=fiveDay&fcTime=1377385200

Yellow warning of Rain
Issued at:
1221 on Fri 23 Aug 2013

Valid from:
0005 on Sat 24 Aug 2013

Valid to:
2300 on Sat 24 Aug 2013

Warning:
Outbreaks of rain affecting parts of England and northeast Wales during Saturday are likely to be heavy in places, with the risk of torrential thundery downpours, lightning and local accumulations in excess of 40 mm within just a few hours. The highest probability of heavy rain is considered to be towards the east and southeast of England.

The public should be aware of possible localised surface water flooding where this occurs, as well as some disruption in general to summer outdoor activities.

Chief Forecaster's assessment:
A frontal zone stalling over central and eastern Britain will produce spells of thundery rain or showers at times through Saturday. Exactly where the heaviest rain occurs remains somewhat uncertain, but with the focus probably towards the south and east of the area shown, whilst northern and western parts of the region may improve later on Saturday. As in many thundery situations, there will be a great deal of variation in rainfall over small distances, with some areas inevitably escaping the heaviest of the rainfall.

Oh, what.

Mate... that's set to Sunday, haha.

The weather is trolling us. "Exactly where the heaviest rain occurs is uncertain" - I bet you a tenner it's Burbage Road, SE24...

Mate... that's set to Sunday, haha.

hoping i wouldn't get caught :P

The weather is trolling us. "Exactly where the heaviest rain occurs is uncertain" - I bet you a tenner it's Burbage Road, SE24...

We can make a pretty good guess by looking at http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

See how the winds carry the rain in a perfect trollface shape directly over London, round and round

Won't somebody think of the cricket!!! No? Oh okay then carry on ...

Sunshine and showers right? Not endless rain, y'all need to look at picking that moment and opportunities to win quality swag..
Years of cricket and sailing makes me the ultimate optimist ;)

No, it's not sunshine and showers. That's not usually a problem as wind and sun will dry the track quickly.

What I'm seeing outside is persistent rain and heavy cloud, and not enough wind to shift either.

An educated guess would be if the rain stops and the cloud cover/moisture in the air clears, then you'd have around 2 hours before the track is safe to ride (sooner if it was very windy and sunny).

And besides its an anticyclone the circuit is in the middle of the maelstrom.. We'll be chasing the clouds as we ride round..

^^ thanks Rob

HHV does have it's own ecosystem. For all you know it might be bathed in sunshine right now.

trollface

it's been raining non stop in Camberwell since I woke up earlier, not heavy at all but light and constant... unfortunately enough to soak the ground. bad day for this and the Open..

Swap your bikes for these and go race down a grassy hill:

Yesterday I read Luke Howard's "on the modification of clouds" and I have to say it looks like we're fucked for today :( :(

Raining steadily here, 1mile from HHV.

I will be heading down anyway and presuming others will be too, even if it's only to ride back up again?

Less than 1 mile from HH, rain has been falling like mad since 4am. Oh well no need to water the garden..

I'm heading over lunchtime, I need to get out of the house and away from the doomengers
Eat some cheese and drink champagne..