LeMans weather 2008

[lazyitus]

Any long range forecasters care to pitch an early guess ?

After last year, surely we deserve a scorcher ?

[TonyHetherington]

Fingers are crossed for a scorcher, I can tell you!

(Lazy, what campsite are you in? Be good to say hi )

[lazyitus]

TonyHetherington said:

Fingers are crossed for a scorcher, I can tell you!

I'm going to be in Houx from Thursday midday onwards. We'll try to meet up.

[mrsxllifts]

Keep looking for LRF but the furthest I can find is 30 days ahead without having to pay so will have to wait til mid May to find out!

Anyone know any sun dances?

[CLN1]

Couldn't be much wetter.

It'll be ok Jon cos I'm leaving my Griff at home !

Colin.

[lazyitus]

CLN1 said:

It'll be ok Jon cos I'm leaving my Griff at home !

Don't you just know it !

[E36GUY]

Why beat yourselves up about the weather? It'll do what it'll do and there's fk all anyone can do about it.

Just make sure you're prepped and make the best of whatever results

[Skywalker]

Just be prepared to activate the wet weather programme for the pilgrimmage.

[Ravell]

Although I'm obviously hoping for nice hot weather with blue skies and sun, I'm prepared for rain to prevent disappointment. Saying that, when I went in 2003 (or was that 2002) it was pouring like crazy and we had an absolute blast.

[Gizmo535]

Metcheck do event forecasts well in advance - obviously not very accurate at distance and they don't have one for Le Mans.

But the IOW festival is on at the same time and it's not *that* far away... http://metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/event_forecast.asp...

[Matt H]

that looks like a lot of rain!

If it rains again this year I am going to have a beer or two

[lowdrag]

Last year I dreamed three times in March of a very wet Le Mans and posted it here. I just thought it was a funny event then but it actually happened. This year I've had two dreams exactly the opposite - not just hot but like 2003 here in France, hotter than 2005 at Le Mans. Like a serious heat wave. If it happens I'm going to start backing the horses!

[Matt H]

lowdrag said:

Last year I dreamed three times in March of a very wet Le Mans and posted it here. I just thought it was a funny event then but it actually happened. This year I've had two dreams exactly the opposite - not just hot but like 2003 here in France, hotter than 2005 at Le Mans. Like a serious heat wave. If it happens I'm going to start backing the horses!

hope you are right!

[Superhoop]

As far as i'm aware, it's against French law to rain two years on the trot at Le Mans

Well hopefully everyone has their fingers crossed, and the previous poster's dreams of a heat wave are spot on and then it's time.

Still, whatever the weather, i'm sure we'll all have a or two

[lazyitus]

OK - we're into the last month.

Any forecasts yet ?

[TonyHetherington]

oooo, good spot. I'm going with the dreamer above though; hot and sweltering

[rude-boy]

As said it is against the law to have more than a few showers two years on the trot at LM.

After last year which wasn't far off the reports I heard about 1995 (the last real bad one rain wise before '07 iirc) I am expecting a hot one for this year.

But if it's wet who cares? So long as the tent is up in time or during a lull that's all I care about. Rain just means it's eaier to keep the beer cold and the dilema as to leaving our £10 tent on Sunday night or packing it away for Thruxton the w/e after is solved

[sniff petrol]

My folks live in the Dordogne (about 4 hours south of LM) and it's been similar weather to here recently but a couple of degrees warmer HTH

[lazyitus]

sniff petrol said:

HTH

No - not really.

[williamp]

rude-boy said:

As said it is against the law to have more than a few showers two years on the trot at LM.

After last year which wasn't far off the reports I heard about 1995 (the last real bad one rain wise before '07 iirc) I am expecting a hot one for this year.

But if it's wet who cares? So long as the tent is up in time or during a lull that's all I care about. Rain just means it's eaier to keep the beer cold and the dilema as to leaving our £10 tent on Sunday night or packing it away for Thruxton the w/e after is solved

It seems to be wet every severn years- and 2001 was another really wet one as well. I think it was 2 years ago where it rained on the thursday, but scorching during the weekend.