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Title: Maxton weather question...
Post by: Frank06 on September 09, 2009, 07:47:51 PM
What are the temperatures generally like in September?  I'm assuming 70's.... has the event ever been canceled due to very bad weather, etc?

thanks,
Frank
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: Cajun Kid on September 09, 2009, 08:06:10 PM
Frank,

Don't jinx  the weather for us  LOL...  :cheers:   never say the  "R"  word.

Temps could be  mid 70's  to high  80's...

This week was 82 to 89..

Who knows what next week will look like ??

Charles
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: Joe Timney on September 09, 2009, 08:15:11 PM
80 to 85 degrees is the average temp this time of year. The only total rain out was the March Meet of 1998. It rained 5 straight days and we ran out of beer so we went home!!! Can anyone name the players???

Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: narider on September 09, 2009, 09:59:12 PM
March Meet of 1998. It rained 5 straight days and we ran out of beer so we went home!!! Can anyone name the players???

I can try and name the top 10 or 12 most likely suspects...

Beckett
Williams
Sarda
Guthrie
Mackey
Timney
Glass
Cannon
Rothfuss
Zainfeld
Hinni
Bryant
Anheuser Busch (which was obviously the first one to leave)

How many did I get right? If I do better then 50% I beat the weather man in that county.
Todd
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: Frank06 on September 10, 2009, 06:26:14 AM
I promise that I'll never mention the R-word!
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: roadracer on September 10, 2009, 09:50:40 AM
I said I wasn't going to do it, but you made me look at the weather for next weekend.  TWC's 10 day has Friday & Saturday up.

Friday 83/64  60% chance of T-storms and 30% chance of overnight showers.  Winds out of the NE at 6.

Saturday 81/58  20% chance of rain.  Winds out of the NNE at 13.

If that holds can you say headwind...lol.
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: Joe Timney on September 10, 2009, 11:45:42 AM
OK Todd,
It was Lionel, John Beckett, Clem Roberts, Mike Poteet, Jim McDonald and I lasted all weekend...I know a couple others showed up Friday and left Saturday morning but it was too long ago!!! Oh Yeh...too many brain cells wasted. LOL
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: Seldom Seen Slim on September 10, 2009, 04:50:42 PM
Hey, youse guys -- there is a weather icon/click here thingie for Maxton on the home page of this site.  I don't care very much for the commercial weather sites -- like Weather.com or the WeatherUnderground -- ostly because they've got enough commercials in the pages that it takes a while to load.  I prefer the NOAA weather site -- but they don't have the little "click here" thumbnail service so there's not an easy way to have them up front. 

One good thing about NOAA is that the local radar is one click away from their home page.  For instance, here's our home forecast (I've got it bookmarked on this 'puter -- and you can put in either city, state or zip code to get any forecast, probably like on the commercial sites - but again, with no advertising):  http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Skandia&state=MI&site=MQT&textField1=46.38&textField2=-87.23

So what's the Maxton weather for the weekend?  http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=NCZ087&zflg=1
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: Cajun Kid on September 10, 2009, 08:50:22 PM
SSS,,, you are the man. !!!!
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: roadracer on September 11, 2009, 12:52:57 PM
This will change 100 times before next weekend.  From the 10 day forecast.

Fri. Day 82 degees, 20% showers, 54 percent humidity, Wind from N @5.
      Night 62 degrees, 20% showers, 82 percent humidity, wind from ssw @ 3.

Sat. Day 81 degrees, 60% Tstorms, 82 percent humidity, wind from nne @7.
      Night 62 degrees, 60% showers, 74 percent humidity, wind from n @ 5.

Sun. Day 80 degrees, 20% showers, 71 percent humidity, wind from n @ 7.
       Night 61 degrees, 20% showers, 83 percent humidity, wind from n @ 5.
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: DahMurf on September 11, 2009, 01:05:39 PM
60% huh, that's pretty high! I guess everyone should stay home!!!!

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Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: racer x on September 11, 2009, 10:15:17 PM
My weather prediction is perfect sky ,tail wind and cool air...... Friday :cheers:
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: roadracer on September 14, 2009, 08:34:03 AM
No staying home.  If it rains we can all put on rain tires and start new classes.  Think of the points for the open records...LOL. :-D
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: Cajun Kid on September 14, 2009, 10:21:44 AM
The Saturday/Sunday Forecast is improving !!!   

See you all Friday afternoon.

Charles
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: Stan Back on September 14, 2009, 11:23:06 AM
"No staying home.  If it rains we can all put on rain tires and start new classes."

Or just say you've got rain tires on and claim new records -- sorta like displacement.

Stan
Title: Re: Maxton weather question...
Post by: relaxedfit on September 14, 2009, 12:36:39 PM
I've tried that "claim new records" but they've got those pesky little time slip issues.