Greetings Racers and Race Fans! It's time to start the 2010 NASA-SE race season.  The Winter Meltdown Race is this weekend at Carolina Motorsports Park.  General Lee forecasted an early spring this past week for the southeast on ground hogs day in Atlanta.  Unfortunately, it will not feel very spring like this weekend with temperatures forecasted to be about 10 degrees below average.  Friday a low pressure system will track south of the area.  Current forecast models are keeping all moisture with this system to the south of Kershaw.  As with previous storm systems the past few weeks, each model run every day has brought the low pressure further to north with each run.  Keeping this in mind, the further North the low pressure system is, then the better chance of rain for the region.  For the Enduro on Friday keep your rain tires handy.  Regardless of track of system, I think all weather should clear out of South Carolina by race time on Saturday afternoon.  Behind the system, a cold High pressure system will build in and bring cold and windy weather for Saturday.  Sunday winds should diminish and temperatures will be a bit warmer compared to Friday and Saturday.  Temperatures will still be cold and below average for the entire event.  Bring warm clothes to dress in layers, and don't forget the ice scraper for scraping the ice off the car for early morning practices.  Below are the average temperatures and the Preliminary forecast.  See you at the track! MB

 

Friday: Becoming Mostly Cloudy, Cold, 30% chance of rain late, High 47, Low 27.

Saturday: Becoming Partly Cloudy, Cold, Windy, High 42, Low 26.

Sunday: Partly Sunny, Continued cold, High 48.