Lone Star weather obsession thread (Page 4)

If it rains, put a little less pressure in your tires, slow down and stay away from the yellow and white stripes.  Just be cautious and you should be fine.  Everyone will be in the same situation as you.

I'm lovin' www.accuweather.com's forecast! I hope it's the most accurate!

rode last night in a similar wind... if it continues, it will be nice on the ride back toward T2... not perfect, but better than ESE...

Sunday is looking good... c'mon Mother Nature hold it together!

A tailwind coming back from San Luis pass would be awesome, I would much rather get the headwind portion overwith.

http://www.g-townsurf.com/

Check out the surf forecast too. The SURF & MARINE FORECAST (about mid ways down the page) gives a good outlook on what they predict this weekend will be like.

"High pressure will move into the area today giving us a light offshore flow for the remainder of the afternoon. A developing low pressure system will move into place Wednesday night and will eventually lead to light to moderate onshore flow through Friday which according to most swell models will give us some thigh to waist high surf by Friday afternooon. We may have a few rideable waves as early as Thursday but Friday into Saturday looks a little better and here is why, a Pacific cold front will move off the coast Saturday around mid-day with light to moderate WNW winds... So, right now Saturday might be kind of interesting if all this comes together… Either way we should have a few rideable waves by week’s end so stay tuned and we will keep you informed…"

My question is this; Are light winds for surfers the same as light winds for bikers?  Oh man.....

The wind forcast for Sunday looks like a complete tailwind coming back to T-2. This sits well with me.

x2...looks like we are pretty much screwed, should clear up right when its over and be nice the rest of the weekend though. Perfect. Not sure what decision I will make Saturday morning if this holds true, but I may have to sit out my first tri

Edited by mademille 2010-04-22 2:17 PM

Ohhh nooo nooo nooo you won't! You will do this! We can do it! It'll be fun! Yes it sucks and I've pouted enough over it but it's our first time and we need to laugh our way through it!

I've put in a request to Mother nature to either slow the system down, or speed it way up.  We'll be fine. .  You ought to go for it. Worse case, they cancel the swim and make it a du.  You'd have just that much more to tell about your first tri! 

I've been checking a couple of different forecasts, and they aren't the same.  So, it's just too early to get too bummed yet.

We will definitely have wind, it's just which direction will it come from.  If it's directly from the South, then we will have a crosswind the entire ride. If it truns from the SW, as one forecast has it, then we'll have a tail wind heading back, which would be nice.

Stay positive Saturday racers!  I don't think it will be as bad as it may seem!     40% of showers/T-Storms... but that's 60% it's not... just sayin'.     No sittin' out!   you may have to slow down a bit, but it can still be fun!

btw, mademille... Palm Springs huh?  my wife lived in Yucca Valley and has family in DHS, PS, Riverside, and Yucca.  We go back from time to time... the desert has it's own unique beauty, smells and cool factor!  oh and Joshua Trees    Ha!  Good luck on Saturday!  Hang tough, you got this!

Thanks for the encouragement guys! I just don't want to be a danger to anyone else out there on the bike course! Hopefully it won't be too bad!

I love it there, but the economy is much better here! I do miss the endless sunshine and mountains though!

Well this makes me feel slightly better...

Those 15 mph winds sound like they're gonna be tons of fun on Saturday.

So I'm actually starting to think a little rain might not be a bad thing...

When someone asks me what my time was (which will most likely be pitifully slow, rain or not) I can always say, "well, ya know, I really couldn't go very fast because of the wet roads" (they don't need to know that I never go very fast!)


Edited by mademille 2010-04-22 5:21 PM