Daytona 500 Weather
There are some clouds a’brewing for the Daytona 500. And I don’t mean psychologically, but rather weather-wise. Start time is scheduled for 3:30 PM EST, so while the current weather at the time of this writing is cloudy and 64 degrees F according to weather.com, raceweather.net says the following:
A band of showers is northwest of Daytona and should move over the area within the next hour. However, that should also clear out by noon. The next area of showers that is associated with the stationary front lying across Daytona is now across of the Florida Panhandle. The forecast models show this approaching Daytona near sunset, i.e., the end of the race.
Based on that, it looks like the Daytona 500, at least around start time, should be fine weather-wise.
Rain Cuts Daytona 500 Short
Rain spread into Daytona Beach in the evening and caused the race to be cut short with 48 laps still to go. Periodic rain is expected to continue through the early part of the night. Farther north, cold air in place over the mid-Atlantic will allow for some snow over portions of North Carolina and Virginia into Monday morning.
Most of the rain lingering over northern and central Florida tonight will be moving offshore of the east coast by early Monday morning. While Florida dries out, a disturbance moving into the mid-Atlantic will be supporting some wet snowflakes in North Carolina and southern Virginia.
Rain and wet snow showers will be developing west to east across portions of North Carolina and Virginia through the overnight hours and then quickly taper off Monday morning. Any accumulating snow is expected to be restricted to the mountains, while any snow that falls farther east across the piedmont and coastal plain will likely melt on paved surfaces.
The next potentially major storm system to affect the Southeast is expected to arrive Tuesday into Wednesday of this upcoming week. This storm could spark a round of severe thunderstorms from the southern Plains to the Deep South and interior Southeast late Tuesday into Wednesday.
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