[LM24] The Le Mans 2015 SUNNY weather thread

[isynge]

As people have said previously, there will be weather. Most of the forecasts suggests it'll probably end up being a bit mixed.

It won't be as challenging as Silverstone in April, I'll direct my learned colleagues to my previous answers regarding what good weather at Spa means, and invite the fury of the Greek Gods of Moderation by saying a little southern rain to dampen down the dust, moderate the temperature, and keep us guessing will be perfectly tolerable. I'll also confess to being a die hard Northern European who's all too prone to finding it all too hot when the temperature approaches the high 20s and beyond (think about it, why did hill stations like Simla or Ooty end up being so popular in India in the 19th century?) so a bit of moderate temperature I suspect I can probably live with.

As context I seem to recall a pretty wet night in 2008 and it not really dampening down (no pun intended) the quality of the race we got to see.

[vincegail]

Can we rename this thread to 'The Le Mans 2015 windy weather thread' please?

[PascaLM]

Originally Posted by vincegail

Can we rename this thread to 'The Le Mans 2015 windy weather thread' please?

It will be windy till Wednesday evening and the night (50 km/h from north-east).

[vincegail]

Carrefour will sell a lot of replacement gazebo's.....

[GT6]

windy? what have you been eating Vince
will be there in 20 hours or so so after that it will be warm and dry

[vincegail]

Pasta Ã* la Vincenzo

[GT6]

will be there this time tomorrow vince so pop by and have a drink with us tomorrow evening

[PascaLM]

The forecasts are better but still uncertain.
Météo-France announce a stormy weather and winds up to 60 km/h in the night from Thursday to Friday.
"Prevention is better than cure".

[whitemr2]

Thank you Pascal, my tent is safe, I think. Better safe than sorry
BUT sofar it's been GOOD

[vincegail]

My gazebo has had a striking resemblance to a certain leaning tower somewhere in Italy for the past days

[Aysedasi]

Lovely weather here this evening - sunny and warm with a lovely cool breeze.

[Kpy]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Lovely weather here this evening - sunny and warm with a lovely cool breeze.

Commentator's curse.
Not so lovely at the circuit just now.
Prec******ion in fact

[Tim the Grey]

I must remember the guy ropes for the awning on the camper...
I might just bring the extra tarp as well, for a sunshade, of course.

[chernaudi]

I'd think that local/European forecasts would be a bit more accurate, but Accuweather now reporting that at least a mostly dry LM24 is now almost certain.

Best chance of rain in Sunday night--after the race is over. Chance of rain during the race is minimal.

[PascaLM]

Big storm over Tours this night as I was going back home. The storms were late for the qualif.

[Aysedasi]

Very big thunderstorm on the outskirts in the night - woke me up in my comfy bed for a few minutes.....

[Kpy]

The storm hit the circuit too, but rain now not forecast until after the race

[Victor_RO]

I blame Andrew for the weather I'm sheltering from in the centre of the city right now. But if this means no R-word for the race...

[Mike E]

Amazed my tent survived the storm last night. Could just do with this horrible wet stuff blowing over now.

[rdjones]

Well I am looking out of the office window here in Leeds and it is lovely and Sunny.....

[Aysedasi]

Being a namby-pamby has definite advantages..... Still grey and wet here but warm. Foie gras and fresh pain for lunch followed by cherries.... Lovely.

[GT6]

Well it was warm, but the storms did a fair bit of damage on the camp sites and we did have some **** but race was pretty much dry and even at night i was never cold, with just a light sweatshirt over my teashirt all that was required

[PascaLM]

Oh yes, the weather could have been worse ; it was in the right tempo for the race.

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Very big thunderstorm on the outskirts in the night - woke me up in my comfy bed for a few minutes.....

That storm was really something. Sounded like the rain was going to rip through the tent. Biggest one we've had in our five years at Le Mans. Although there was a pretty decent one during the week in 2012. Or it might have been '11.

All in all the weather was pretty good. If you sit down for a prolonged amount of time during the night you're going to get chilly but it really wasn't too bad. Thursday was super muggy and actually pretty uncomfortable in a packed grandstand. Happily it turned into a nice evening for the parade. Although a lot of people got soaked before that. Half-hearted attempt at rain in the final hours of the race. Managed to put the tent away in the dry so happy with that.

[Truckosaurus]

We had good luck with the weather on the whole. The wind on Tuesday made putting up the gazebo a challenge, but once erect it lasted the duration without any leaks or mishaps.

The overnight thunderstorm (weds?) woke me up and gave my fellow campers a brief respite from my snoring. Again no leaks from my new Decathlon popup tent.

There was more rain during our trip out to the Hotel de France but there's enough overhang of the roof to remain dry on the front patio.

Had to don the raincoat briefly towards the end of the race as our seats were close to the front, but that was as close as it got.