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Looks like this picture is form Ventspils (with worst conditions) and this snow seems to me mostly artificial?Quote:
Originally Posted by ururu
Latest weather:
Currently it is between +1 and +2 degrees and and +1.2 on the road-surface in SS1
Rain-showers continue until the midnight, then the moon should come out and there should be between -1 and -2 degrees tomorrow morning. Day is sunny and on the sun the temperature climbs up to +1 or +2. It fells below zero at around 4 or 5 PM again. My 8PM it will be -5 already.
There might be some light snow-fall very early on Saturday morning (at around 3 or 4 AM) and there should be proper minus degrees until around 1PM on Saturday. The temperature should stay around zero for the reminder of the day.
here is one camera picture close to Liepaja:
http://balticroads.teeinfo.ee/pic/s/...0131120002.jpg
No snow on the fields like you can see
Another picture close to SS1 (More snow):
http://balticroads.teeinfo.ee/pic/s/...0131123002.jpg
Close to Ventspils (no snow again):
http://balticroads.teeinfo.ee/pic/s/...0131123003.jpg
Little bit further inland close to Day 2 stages:
http://balticroads.teeinfo.ee/pic/s/...0131120002.jpg
You can see that there is nearly no snow on the coast and more snow further inland.
...So we could expect nearly no snow, but really a lot of icy places, black ice etc. on most of the stages. It is quite a luck we have got in ERC calender one more snow-event (rally du Valais) :D :D :D because the first two events are not very good talking about weather.
We have driven through all the stages except Ventspils Super Special.. Wet and soft almost everywhere.. There is not so much of snow. Maybe in sunday stages there still be some snow, but tomorrow stages and saturday stages almost gravel.. Maybe the organisers cancel some part of the stages??? If someone has more info let us know... In Liepaja it is raining now. It rains some wet snow earlier but now just water..
A friend drove tomorrow's stages this afternoon. His photos from SS1 are here: www.AutoSport.CZ
He said 3/4 of tomorrow's stages are covered by ice, the rest is mix of gravel and ice. He said it's impossible to compete there without studs. Looks like Bluuford was right... again :)
Eurosport coverage from Rally Latvia http://www.ralsys.com/irally_admin/n...ort%20Logo.jpg Rally Latvia - Rally Liepāja-Ventspils - the second round of the 2013 ERC gets under way this Friday, with Qualifying on Friday morning, and the opening stage SS1 Rallyofchampions.com 6.39km set to start at 1710 local time (1610 CET, 1510 UK, Ireland Portugal)
Eurosport is broadcasting the event as follows: all times CET
Saturday 2 Feb Highlights Day One: 2330-0000 (Eurosport)
Sunday 3 Feb Highlights Day One: 0800-0830 (Eurosport2)
Sunday 3 Feb Rally Review: 2330-0000hrs (Eurosport)
Monday 4 Feb Rally Review (replay): 0730-0800 (Eurosport2)
Monday 4 Feb Rally Review (replay): 1430-1500 (Eurosport2)
Tuesday 5 Feb Inside ERC: 2315-2345 (Eurosport)
British Eurosport is broadcasting as follows: all times UK, Ireland
Saturday 2 Feb Highlights Day One: 2345-0015 (British Eurosport)
Sunday 3 Feb Highlights Day One: 0700-0730 (British Eurosport 2)
Sunday 3 Feb Highlights Day One: 1000-1030 (British Eurosport 2)
Monday 4 Feb Rally Review: 0000-0030 (British Eurosport)
Monday 4 Feb Rally Review: 0630-0730 (British Eurosport 2)
Monday 4 Feb Rally Review (replay): 0730-0800 (British Eurosport)
Tuesday 5 Feb Inside ERC: 2330-0000 (Eurosport)