Weather Forecast for Bud Shootout/Daytona 500 Qualifying Weekend

[slorydn1]

Sorry I am a bit late with this.

This weekends weather looking a bit dodgy I'm afraid.



Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. East wind around 5 mph becoming south southwest.

Sunday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Windy, with a southwest wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 49. West southwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.


7-Day Forecast for Latitude 29.19°N and Longitude 81.04°W (Elev. 10 ft) (http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Daytona+Beach&state=FL&site=MLB&textField1=29.1922&textField2=-81.0527&e=1)

[slorydn1]

Short term forecast
national weather service melbourne fl
1058 am est sun feb 19 2012

amz550-552-555-570-572-575-flz041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-191900-
coastal volusia-flagler beach to volusia-
brevard county line 20 nm to 60 nm offshore-flagler beach to volusia-
brevard county line out to 20 nm-indian river-inland volusia-martin-
northern brevard-northern lake-okeechobee-orange-osceola-
sebastian inlet to jupiter inlet 20 nm to 60 nm offshore-
sebastian inlet to jupiter inlet out to 20 nm-seminole-
southern brevard-southern lake-st. Lucie-volusia-
brevard county line to sebastian inlet 20 nm to 60 nm offshore-
volusia-brevard county line to sebastian inlet out to 20 nm-
1058 am est sun feb 19 2012

.now...
Windy with scattered showers and isolated storms this afternoon


windy conditions ahead of an approaching
cold front have resulted in lake wind advisories for land areas and
small craft advisories for hazardous seas offshore east central
florida for this afternoon and into early evening. Moisture is
limited ahead of this system and coverage of rain will be scattered.
Spotty showers will move into east central florida starting late this
morning from the west. there is a brief window for a few storms to
develop in a narrow line of showers ahead of the front by early
afternoon along and north of interstate 4. The coverage of rain
should diminish as the line moves southward into early evening.

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[slorydn1]

NWS radar image loop of Base Reflectivity from Melbourne, FL (http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=MLB&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes)

As of now there are some spotty showers, well away from the track.

[call_me_andrew]

I hope the 26th is rained out as NASCAR's punishment for moving the race back a week.