Club Arnage

Seeing as it's now only four weeks till we depart for the great race, and the Accuweather long range forecast http://www.accuweather.com/en/fr/le-mans/135975/june-weather/135975?monyr=6/1/2013 (http://www.accuweather.com/en/fr/le-mans/135975/june-weather/135975?monyr=6/1/2013), now heads into the Le Mans Week, heres hoping for a sunny and warm (or even hot) week!  We must be due a very good one by now.

Well all I know is after a lot of years going to the 24h is prepare for the worst and hope for the best

 ;D

please be nice weather again

jet Stream staying lower than normal.cloud and rain for the next 150,000 years with interspersed mini ice age.
so wellys and flip flops again this june.

Probably sounds about right

...but no need to worry...they will hold the race no matter the weather...unlike NASCAR

Or at the 'Ring during the 24h  ;D

That wasn't rain...it was Biblical!

...see Noah

Perhaps not the right place to put this but it could be relevant, and I did not want to start an advertising thread.
This lot send me regular mails and there are some good deals on it.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/festival-gear/tents

Obviously living in Guernsey I have no association to the company, apart from using them on the odd occasion.

>Martini...LB

snow?

Kristof,

Trust me, stopping the race at the Ring was absolutely the right call for not only the safety of the drivers but also the marshals. We was out at Aremberg when the rain hit and visability was pretty bad at that point and we commented on how bad it must be for the drivers in those conditions. We walked back to the car and went back to the campsite and it then started to rain 3 x heavier than when we were at the track. That rain never let up until about 7 am and the camp site flooded, the floor in the living area in the front of my tent looked a bit like a river that night. Combine that with thick fog that also came down at the same time and it was just outright dangerous to continue with the race. You know only too well how dangerous that track can be in good conditions.

From your neck of the woods and not a NASCAR fan (tho' I used to be when they were really sorta stock cars with cages in 'em) but why compare (mostly) oval racers with road racers?  ??? :)

They won't even run in the rain on a road course.  They won't even run if the track is the least bit wet.  Just watched the Aussie V-8 race in the rain.  Did NASCAR ever hear of rain tires?

They just went to fuel injection last year and still use a hand jack...and attendance is in the crapper.  Please! 

Please what???

I still wanna know why you're comparin' apples and oranges...

i still use my hand jack :)

I will only believe it the weekend before, but can't resist having a look, and it's look good for arrival, maybe a shower or two for the race.
Not getting exited at all. 8)

This is good. 'Helps prevent prostrate cancer...  :o :D ;D

Linky pinched off Pistonheads;

http://www.gavsweathervids.com/events.html

Enjoy the video forecast!

was there at the weekend - weather was hot but rained and not the best over all. Preparation for the race is well underway mind  ;D

Oh dear!
http://www.yr.no/place/France/Loire/Le_Mans/long.html

Coupled with Gavs Weather Vids (http://www.gavsweathervids.com/events.html)

Oh dear! Oh dear! Oh dear!

Can't you find some sites with better weather on them??  ;D

>Martini...LB

Well at least it looks like it might be dry for packing up time.  :-)


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Looking at this one http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Le-Mans/forecasts/latest (http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Le-Mans/forecasts/latest) its similar to last year if I remember correctly.

And this one looks better http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-FRXX0048?cm_ven=yahoo_uk&cm_cat=citypage&cm_ite=weather&cm_pla=10day (http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-FRXX0048?cm_ven=yahoo_uk&cm_cat=citypage&cm_ite=weather&cm_pla=10day)

This one looks a little better, except for Thursday and  qualifying!
http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/le_mans (http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/le_mans)

Still in the probability area of forecasting at the mo as Gav points out at the end of his 3rd update
so things could still change just hope that the Azores high pushes up and all that wet stuff tracks
up around the UK

Anyways fingers crossed!!!

I use this site for flight planning, I've found it to be one of the more accurate out there.

It's a little bit wet since 2 am ...

My local weather forcast says 42,5 mm rain on  the night between monday and tuesday.

Might cause problems on the low areas.

looks like sunshine and stormy showers all week.only 7c sat and sunday night.brrrrrr

Raining again since last night ... better now than during the race I guess.

Bloody tipping down in Yvre-le-Polin alst night, but brightening slightly this morning.

Looking quite good for w/c 24th June......

Think I will pack my wellies and forget about the sun cream.

This one doesn't look so bad and on balance I prefer its prognosis.

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/le_mans

Strange weather in Northern Europe at the mo big warm air mass moving up who knows what we will face
this weekend so pack for all eventualities!!!!

Let's face it there is bugger all any of us can do about it except, as usual, pack clothing suitable for all four seasons of the year and expect to use it all at some point.  We will still all have fun.

Its a miserable damp day over here. Lashed down through the night.

Down in Cornwall at the mo on a surfing trip suns out now temps around 18 Degs travelling backup to Bristol tonight to get the
ferry from Pompey tomorrow, will try and send  good weather over to the camp sites for you all.

I'm watching that site like a hawk and it changes every hour. Rain, sun, rain, sun  ::)



Thats what Ive done!

http://www.weather.com/weather/5-day/Le+Mans+FRXX0048:1:FR

Sorry guys!  Good luck and enjoy the wet-weather racing.  All things being equal I think the racing in the wet is some of the most exciting racing I watch.  At Sebring it will come down in buckets and then stop, sun comes out and it is hot again.  Strategy is cool to watch.  Try to buck up for the rain and I hope you either stay dry or have a great place to get in for the rain.

If it's hot and sunny we get a sun tan and have trouble keeping the beer cold.
If it rains we get wet.
Whatever happens we have an awesome time.
The weather will be what it is.
I couldn't care less as long as I'm there!

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Before the internet peddling doom we set off without clue about what to expect. Simpler times!

Couldn't agree more. Stop looking at weather forecasts.