Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
Recce is on Wednesday, stages are closed now before they freeze. (think they were close pretty much all day today)

Weather forecast is for freeze from now (already freezing right now), with only afternoon temps going above 0.

The big question as it looks right now is Sunday.
For all long stages, ground temperatures dropped below zero at around 15:30-16:00 today, gravel road does not need too much minus degrees to freeze. just some time and few degrees. I have lived in a small village for 18 years and basically you need one night with 1-2 degrees below zero and then you have only puddles that need a bit more time, otherwise it was OK to go with 5-6 tonnes tractor without any marks on surface. To make sure the road last, was the reason why stages are closed today and tomorrow.

For Likenäs they have built every year very thick layer of ice. With spikes and plus degrees they turn it to a slush from the top, but road should stay OK. It will be just very tricky end of rally for the drivers. And there is still some time to go, so, I would not take precipitation forecasts so granted yet

One of my work fields at the university is adaptation to the changing climate. One way is to run away, the other way is to find solutions for staying. I dont want to run away, I like to find solutions This is what Rally Sweden is doing right now and the best we can do right now is to support their adaptation